About Us 

Our Mission

Catholic Healthcare promotes life in all its fullness by providing aged, health and community services inspired by the Catholic tradition.

Our symbol

From the Biblical story of the flood (Genesis 8:10-11), the dove speaks to us of God’s loving kindness and of community. The healing ministry of Jesus began with the presence of the dove (Mark 1:10), sign of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit continues to inspire the Church and our work at Catholic Healthcare today.

Our Values

Our values inform our behaviours. They express the dispositions that we bring to our work. We operate with compassion, honesty, respect and hospitality, and we strive for excellence.

Our services

We provide a diverse range of services through 38 residential aged care services, nine retirement communities, three healthcare services and over 41 community services programs.

Our clients 

We serve the sick, frail, elderly, marginalised and dying, people with a disability, people with a mental illness, people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Our people

Catholic Healthcare employees: 3,093* employees. Of these, Catholic Community Services employs over 600 people, over 1,500 work in our residential aged care services and seniors living communities, 685 are employed in healthcare, and 125 in our corporate office.

We are also supported by over 900 volunteers across the breadth of our services.

Our locations

We operate services across metropolitan, regional and rural NSW and south-east Queensland.   

Our funding

We receive funding from the following Australian and New South Wales State Government Departments: Department of Health and Ageing; Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care; Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs; NSW Health.   

Our responsibilities

We are regulated by Federal and State laws and are subject to the Code of Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church.

*as at 30 September 2010

Go to: At a Glance    

Go to: 2010/11 Annual Review