What is our Welfare and Supports service
Our Welfare and Supports team can advise on benefits, social welfare entitlements, medical card applications, community support, legal entitlements, childcare and more.
What is the Welfare and Supports service?
Cancer can create additional challenges. Our Welfare and Supports team can help. We can provide advice on benefits, social welfare entitlements, public services, medical card applications, community support, legal entitlements, housing and mortgages, childcare or talking to your workplace about your diagnosis.
We can also act as advocates for patients and their families who may need extra support after a diagnosis. This might include having a Welfare and Supports Officer present when discussing your diagnosis with your employer or at meetings with your financial provider to help them understand your diagnosis.
The team offers monthly online group information sessions covering supports that may help you as well as accessing benefits and entitlements.
Who is the Welfare and Supports service for?
Our Welfare and Supports Team can support patients or their families who may need extra support after a diagnosis.
What can the Welfare & Supports service help with?
Our Welfare and Supports Team provide advice on issues/concerns on topics such as:
- Benefits
- Social welfare entitlements
- Public services
- Medical card applications
- Community support
- Legal entitlements
- Housing and mortgages
- Childcare
- Talking to your workplace about your diagnosis.
All non medical issues that have occurred due to a cancer diagnosis and survival
Welfare and Supports Online Information Sessions
Our Welfare & Supports Officers host group online information sessions each month. These sessions will provide information on:
- Supports and services that may help you.
- Benefits and entitlements that you may not be familiar with.
Participants will also have an opportunity to ask questions on any concerns they might have.
To access one of our online information sessions, please contact our Support Line on Freephone 1800 200 700 or contact your nearest Daffodil Centre.
What information is available?
The Welfare and Supports Team have compiled some general guidance in the following pages:
How do I contact the Welfare and Supports service?
Talk to one of our Cancer Nurses to be referred to our Welfare and Supports team. Call our Support Line on Freephone 1800 200 700 or contact your nearest Daffodil Centre.
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