Who is eligible for mental health services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme?

According to the NDIA, people dealing with “a psychiatric condition who have significant and permanent functional impairment” qualify for the NDIS mental health services.

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Poll -How have you coped with Mental Health during Covid

Self help and wellness gurus, even your mum or dad, have all been quick to offer advice on how to cope with the mental health pressures of COVID-19, but we would like to know what is getting you through and what isn't or didn't work. IMPACT Community Services have created this quick survey specifically for people in the Bundaberg region, feel free to add your own answer if its not listed, 3,2,1 lets go…
James embraces IMPACT's training journey for dream job

When James Ellis decided to enrol in the CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Home and Community) course at IMPACT Community Services, he knew he'd made the right choice. James loves the industry he is preparing to enter, and it perfectly suits his caring nature.
Double delight: Sophie celebrates IMPACT graduation and baby's arrival

Sophie Hamann has two reasons to cheer at the minute. Having welcomed her daughter Acacia into the world on June 18, Sophie has also just graduated from IMPACT Community Services with a CHC33015 Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability).
Work with us - Program Facilitator CVS

The Community Volunteer Scheme (CVS) is a friendship program linking volunteer visitors with people who live in aged care facilities throughout the Bundaberg and Burnett regions. It has been improving the lives of our isolated aged for more than 22 years.

Individual Support

IMPACT Community Services offers one-on-one support tailored your way so you can achieve your goals. Our experienced team of support workers will help you develop the skills, confidence and social connections you need so you can participate more fully in the community and workforce.
Centre based activities

IMPACT Community Services offers a broad range of activities that not only develop key life skills, but many of which also help participants broaden their pre-vocational skill set. And they’re great fun. Our staff work hard to promote socialisation.
Community based activities

Get more involved with your community, be social, and participate in recreational activities with our range of social and community supports designed to help you enjoy your hobbies, see your friends, and have some fun. At IMPACT Community Services the focus is on providing a safe, social setting.
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Community Choir

The IMPACT Community Choir began in 2011 and now consists of more than 80 people who love to sing. Our Choir members are people with a disability, support workers, volunteers and IMPACT staff.

How IMPACT nurse is coping with COVID-19 after having first baby

IMPACT community nurse shares her experience having her a baby in these COVID-19 times. Emma Krampera says the support from her "work family" has been amazing and comforting as she deals with the COVID-19 enforced restrictions.
IMPACT staff help couple who lost $500

WORKERS at IMPACT Community Service’s Material Recycling Centre and Bundaberg Regional Council officers have come to the aid of a distraught retired couple who thought they’d lost $500. The money was placed in an old phone book for “safekeeping”. However, the book was later put into the recycling bin with the couple realising what had happened after their bin had been collected.
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IMPACT's Sharmaine adjusts to new normal working from home

Sharmaine Gernhoefer has noticed a few advantages to working from home, one of which is the absence of distractions of a normal office environment. People walking in and out, phone conversations taking place at the next table and staff members talking to each other were all part of normal life for the IMPACT Community Services’ family mental health support worker. But not these days.
Marina shares recipe to a healthier you through COVID-19

IMPACT Community Health Service launches new health program for Discovery Coast residents during COVID-19. Engage in U will help get people moving and eating well.
EXPLAINED: How to work on your employability skills while stuck at home

A team leader at IMPACT Community Services who supports young people who are out of work has shared her key messages to help those struggling through COVID-19. IMPACT’s Transition to Work Leader Laura Bray said there was a range of things people could do to work on their employability skills at home.
IMPACT nurse keeps busy dealing with flu vaccination demand

Australians are being urged to get their flu vaccination as soon as possible to reduce the risk of a dangerous double up of influenza and coronavirus. The vaccination message is hitting home on the Discovery Coast where IMPACT Community Health Service nurse Pip Burton has flat out keeping up with demand.
Get Set for Work: Tiana overcomes setback to land job

Tiana Paulsen wanted to be a good role model for her daughter by getting a good job, and IMPACT's Get Set For Work program helped her do just that.
Work with us - Peer Support Worker

Based in bundabergn, the Peer Support Worker supports individuals experiencing a severe and complex mental illness, who are being managed by a GP or psychiatrist. You will provide psycho-social support to individuals one-on-one and through facilitating group sessions based around the participants' interests.
IMPACT's volunteers open up virtual new world of adventure

IMPACT's CVS program has several sets of virtual reality goggles that can give residents access to a world of amazing experiences, including National Geographic footage of such adventures as sailing down the Nile, a trip to space, and sailing through Antarctica.

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