Werin Aboriginal Corporation Medical Clinic

Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healthcare The Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healthcare award recognises teams and/or individuals from all peoples, natures, and cultures who deliver exceptional healthcare that is culturally safe and responsive to the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Activities and...

Reminder - Werin General Meeting tomorrow at 12.30pm - organisational update and lunch see you there!

Flu vaccination video with Dr Kath Keenan, AHMRC This is "Flu vaccination video with Dr Kath Keenan, AHMRC" by NSW Health on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Great to see everyone at the Bush Tucka Cafe today!

🚨Aboriginal Health Worker Position🚨

Werin Aboriginal Corporation are looking for an enthusiastic, deadly team player to join our Werin family, if you or somebody you know may be interested in applying for this position please contact our Programs Manager Whitney Smith or Practice Manager Michelle Miller on 6589 4000 or email [email protected]

Bush Tucka Cafe at Werin is on Wednesday 10am-2pm

Wow we are 18! It’s our Birthday week 🎂🥳🎈

Congratulations to 13 Yarn on receiving the 2024 National LiFE Priority Populations Award 🎉

13 Yarn is recognised for its innovative, culturally responsive, and inclusive work in crisis support and su***de prevention.

"To each and every community, organisation, family, service, persona and helpseeker who has promoted, passed on or reached out to 13YARN, we thank you for your trust and for providing 13YARN the opportunity to support help seekers contacting the service in what can be their darkest moments.

"Finally, there would be no 13YARN without the dedicated and deadly 13YARN Crisis Supporters who are answering calls 24 hours a day, 7 days a week from our community and giving from their hearts each and every day to ensure the safety of our mob, our people and our families."

https://www.13yarn.org.au/

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – SALTWATER FRESHWATER FESTIVAL 2024

It is with very heavy hearts and much disappointment that we must announce the cancellation of this Saturdays Festival at Smithtown on Dunghutti Country.

Please know that this decision has not been made lightly as so much work has happened to bring us to this point and this includes the incredible support from our sponsors, performers and cultural practitioners, the 50 plus stallholders, our incredible volunteers, the hardworking site and production crew, community and all of you who have been sharing, liking, tagging and planning to come and spend the day with us.

The weather forecast shows potentially heavy rain starting on Friday evening and continuing through the day on Saturday, this amount of rain will make it difficult if not impossible to bump in our stallholders and performers but also will make for a pretty soggy wet day on Saturday.

We will come back soon with more news and thank you for your understanding and continued support.

Kempsey Local Aboriginal Land Council South West Rocks Figtree Descendants Aboriginal Corporation Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation Durri ACMS Macleay Argus Macleay Valley Coast Our Regional NSW O2Living Aboriginal Affairs NSW NSW Environment Protection Authority Lifeline North Coast - NSW GambleAware Mid and Northern NSW Carer Gateway Coffs Harbour & District LALC Purfleet Taree Lalc Birpai LALC

If you have flu/covid please call and change to a Telehealth appointment to stop the spread of flu and covid.

Please show kindness and respect our staff are unwell with flu and covid, we are short staffed.

ALL GROUPS ARE CANCELLED TODAY!!

Please don’t attend any group activities today as staff are sick!

Staff had a development and team building afternoon.
We had six teams with a mixture of Doctors,receptionists, nurses,AHW’s,admin, management and Wellbeing staff.

There was a lot of laughter and fun.
Congratulations to the winners.

Werin will be closed from 12.30pm today for staff development will reopen 9.30am Monday. Please call 1800 022 222.

Congratulations to our deadly reception team winning the “Outstanding Contribution to Quality Mamanagement Award Admin” thank you to AHMRC for your award! Shout out a congratulations to our hard working reception staff 🏆

COVID-19 is at moderate levels, but increasing. There’s likely to be a substantial increase in influenza over the next few weeks. RSV remains at high levels. Consider getting your influenza vaccine now.

View the latest NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report here: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/reports.aspx

And remember these top tips to protect yourself and others:

- stay up to date with your recommended vaccinations
- stay home if you have cold or flu symptoms. Wear a mask if you need to leave home
- gather outdoors or in well-ventilated indoor spaces
- consider taking a rapid antigen test, even if you don’t have symptoms, before visiting vulnerable loved ones
- talk with your doctor now if you're at higher risk of severe illness from COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses. You may need a PCR test and be eligible for antiviral medicines.

More information on respiratory illness:
https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/respiratory/Pages/default.aspx

Happy Mothers Day to our Werin Mums!

Phones will be back on at 2pm
We are currently closed for staff lunch

Wednesday 22nd May 5-6pm - Aboriginal Cultural Fishing LMP
At Birpai LALC - 14 Aston Street Port Macquarie.

A few pictures of our Elders in action at the Elders Olympics today in Kempsey.!!

Our Elders at the Olympics!

Elders Olympics are on today in Kempsey - wishing our team a fabulous fun day 😊

Head on down to Rydges Hotel for the launch this afternoon.

Thursday 2nd May 9am-4pm
LALC 14 Aston Street Port Macquarie

FYI.
Werin will be closed tomorrow for Anzac Day and also the Friday 26th.
Werin will reopen on Monday from 9:30am

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