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Podcasts – Finding and Employing a Support Worker

1: Care Matters workshops and help for finding support workers

Louise Ratcliffe talks to Tina Lincoln from Standards and Monitoring Services (SAMS) about the services Care Matters provides to family/whānau.  She also talks about finding and hiring support workers and how care and support work may change with System Transformation.


2: Finding and employing a support worker using MyCare

Louise talks to Tyler Brummer about MyCare – how it started, what it does and how people can access work and support through it.


3: Caring for Ken – David’s story

Louise talks to David Taylor about the years he spent caring for his tetraplegic brother. They discuss the difficult decisions he and his family had to make, the care/support they found and the highs and lows of caring for a family member.


4: Caring for Ken – David’s story continued….

Conclusion of interview from previous podcast. David and Louise discuss David’s life as a carer for his brother Ken.

Upcoming Events
Date/Time Event
July 18, 2026
10:00 am - 2:30 pm
Tauranga Care Matters Workshop
Arohanui Art and Education Trust, Tauranga
August 6, 2026
9:30 am - 2:00 pm
New Plymouth Care Matters Adulthood Workshop
Autism Connex – Marfell Community School, New Plymouth
August 7, 2026
9:30 am - 2:00 pm
New Plymouth Care Matters Workshop
Autism Connex – Marfell Community School, New Plymouth
September 8, 2026 - September 9, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online Care Matters Workshop - Journey to Adulthood and Life After School
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September 22, 2026 - September 23, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Online Care Matters Workshop - Journey to Adulthood and Life After School
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October 14, 2026 - October 15, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
New Diagnosis, What Now - Care Matters Workshop - Online - 14th & 15th October 2026
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November 17, 2026 - November 18, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
New Diagnosis, What Now - Care Matters Workshop - Online - 17th & 18th November 2026
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