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What is Social Work?

Social workers are qualified professionals who offer services to individuals, couples, families, groups and communities. Social workers aim to improve the well being of these client groups by working with them to address their psychological, emotional and practical needs.

Social workers adhere to the Australian Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.

What is Physiotherapy?

Physiotherapy can be defined as the use of physical and therapeutic modalities to increase the range of movement and strength, to decrease pain and to improve the function and lifestyle of patients. The phrase physical and therapeutic modalities refers to such things as exercises, pain relief, and electrotherapy^(G), which are all tools that may be used by physiotherapists in the treatment of the physical symptoms of disease, injury and surgery.

What is Pharmacy?

Pharmacy is the medical specialty with the role of enhancing a patient's quality of life by promoting the quality use of medicines.

They achieve this by:

What is Chaplaincy?

Chaplaincy is the term used to describe those people who specifically offer spiritual and emotional care and support to community members. The Chaplain is sometimes referred to as a pastoral carer. The pastoral carer/chaplain has usually had life experiences in pain, illness and grief^(G). (S)he has been trained to help facilitate an understanding of the confusion and disarray of emotions and thoughts in the patient that often accompanies pain, illness and grief.