COVID Connect

IMPACT Community Services’ Covid Connect Service can help you find the solution you need during these challenging times.

This flexible program is tailored to help vulnerable people across the wider Bundaberg and Discovery Coast regions with the support they need to overcome life’s obstacles.

IMPACT’s specialist support workers can assist with the following:

Pick-up and delivery of essential items such as food and medicine
Daily welfare check for severely at risk people
Connection to specialist staff under IMPACT’s wraparound service model; Eg DV worker, mental health support and peer workers
Expediated access to psychiatric service through Dr Natasha Laukens who operates from IMPACT’s head office
Support to those facing homelessness or eviction
Delivery of activity/ educational kits for families in isolation
Mental health support
Establishing new routines and habit to adjust to the new world
Transport where applicable and necessary
Where applicable and if identified, Support Worker will assist clients develop a strengths-based plan, self-care plan and emergency plan
Requests for conversation and companionship to assist with feelings of isolation; this includes facilitating digital connection to friendship groups
Access to IMPACT's training and employment services to assist with upskilling and connection to employment opportunities
Stabilisation of personal circumstances and accessing other community supports

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