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Ready to Make a Difference? Let’s Do This—Together.

Your time, energy, and heart can help transform lives. Whether you’re volunteering, donating, or partnering with us, every action counts. Join the jacks place community and be part of something bigger—because when we come together, we create real change.

  • Make a donation – Every dollar helps us reach more people in need.
  • Partner with us – Collaborate as a business, school, or community group.
  • Spread the word – Share our mission and invite others to join.
  • Volunteer your time – In time we will reach out for help at events, support programs, or lend your skills.
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Additionally, we are approved as a deductible gift recipient (DGR) organisation, enabling donors to receive an income tax deduction for any gifts or contributions made.

We also have an income tax exemption ensuring that the Foundation is able to retain all profits to further achieve our benevolent and charitable purposes.

Risk

jacks place Foundation is building a Risk Management Strategy and Appetite statement that covers the breadth of risks associated with the development and delivery of person centred health and wellbeing services. This will focus on

  • Customer and Service
  • Delivery Risks Operational Risks
  • Personnel Health and Safety Risks
  • Legal Risks
  • Financial Risks

Our initial focus has been on the identification and documentation of the risks and mitigation approach for customer and service delivery risks as detailed in the table below.

Service Delivery Risk/Hazard Mitigation
Discharge of guests without a treating healthcare team Create various and numerous community support connections to meet a range of guest needs and goals
Guests being referred with conditions beyond the scope of jacks place
  • Thorough assessment before accepting guests.
  • Well managed and defined pathways of referral and transfer to appropriate external services.
Guests becoming abusive / violent during their stay
  • Staff trained in de-escalation techniques.
  • Established protocols to maintain safety of guests and staff including building lock down.
  • Security escalation protocols and relationships with local police.
Several guests becoming highly acute and unstable at once
  • Staff ratios developed and funded to manage changes in guest stability.
  • Care model designed to be flexible with staff when required and surge protocols developed to cater for high volatility of guests.
  • Include access to trained volunteer peers when guest needs demand higher ratios of care
Restrictive practice compliant
  • Design and build care model to be compliant.
  • Co design with restrictive practices experts
Detox Appropriate and safe spaces for detox are provided within the facility to enable guests with alcohol or other drug addictions to detox as part of their recovery within the jacks place model of care.
Lack of adequately trained and experienced staff and volunteers
  • Robust and clearly defined HR standards and processes.
  • Creation and maintenance of an inclusive and enabling workplace culture.
  • Development of inhouse or partnered training and CPD programs to maintain the currency and fit of skills aligned to model of care

Donations

Additionally, we are approved as a deductible gift recipient (DGR) organisation, enabling donors to receive an income tax deduction for any gifts or contributions made. We also have an income tax exemption ensuring that the Foundation is able to retain all profits to further achieve our benevolent and charitable purposes.

Together, we can save lives

With the right support, this vision can become a reality, offering a lifeline to those who need it most and filling a critical gap in Australia’s mental health landscape. We invite you to join us in making this life saving initiative possible.

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