UniMinistry Foundation Ltd
Nobody should have to do it alone
A non-denominational Christian charity advancing wellbeing and preventing social isolation — for students, for older Australians, and for the carers who serve them.
Everyone is welcome.
ACNC registered charity
DGR Item 1 endorsed
ACN 670 161 430
Start here
Find your way in
Aged care providers and partner organisations.
Students, graduates and people starting out in care.
Open to anyone, member or not.
What we run
Our programs
Aged Care Staffing
We introduce values-aligned carers to providers — a recruitment service, never a labour hire agency, and never with candidate fees.
Thrive In Care
Twelve months of coaching and mentoring for nursing and personal care staff through their first year on the floor.
Generations Connect
Trained student volunteers visit residents each week for life-story conversations, and every resident receives a keepsake booklet.
Student Services
Chaplaincy, coaching, goal-setting workshops, prayer groups, leadership retreats and scholarships.
Interview Practice Studio
Rehearse an aged care job interview out loud and get written coaching feedback straight afterwards.
Daily Prayer
A short prayer for each day. Read the Bible online alongside it, whenever you need to.
Our mission
A community shed
Our mission is to operate as a ‘community shed’ that facilitates a range of activities for members, with the dominant purpose of advancing wellbeing and preventing or relieving social isolation.
We are not a church, but we collaborate with Christians and non-Christians alike through prayer, events, fundraising and volunteering — alongside individuals, organisations and governments.
“Pastoral care is an ancient model of emotional, social and spiritual support found in every culture and tradition — inclusive of religious and non-religious forms alike.”
Aged care pathway
Train, place, stay
Recruitment gets people through the door. Mentoring is what makes them stay. Our aged care work runs as one continuous pathway rather than three separate services.
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Train
The Chancellor Institute short course builds cultural confidence and sector knowledge before day one.
Preparing for Aged Care Jobs2
Place
Providers employ graduates directly, or find values-aligned candidates through Aged Care Staffing.
Aged Care Staffing3
Stay
Thrive in Care mentors each new worker through the make-or-break first year of employment.
Thrive In CareFrom the blog
Featured reading
Pastoral care in education
Why a student’s wellbeing belongs alongside the curriculum — and what schools can do about it.
Giving Voice to Values
How to act on what you believe is right at work — and find the words when it matters most.
Your legacy, their future
Leaving a gift in your will to UniMinistry Foundation, and what that gift goes on to do.
Give
Your gift keeps someone company
Surpluses are reinvested into scholarships, pastoral care and community programs — mission, not margin. You can give once, give monthly, or join as a member.
UniMinistry Foundation Ltd is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient (Item 1). Financial gifts of $2 or more are tax deductible in Australia.
Talk to us
Whether you run an aged care service, study at an Australian university, or simply want to help — we would welcome thirty minutes with you.
UniMinistry Foundation Ltd · ACN 670 161 430 · ABN 25 670 161 430 · ACNC registered charity · DGR Item 1 endorsed · Erina NSW 2250