Power of Union is Strength.

Power of Union is Strength.

An individual maybe brilliant and have strong core competencies but unless you are able to work in a TEAM and harness each others core competencies, you will always perform below par because there will always be situations at which you will do poorly and someone else does well.

Robyn Kaczmarekwww.carecoop.org.au

Reason for the change

Public Service Mutuals: A third way for delivering public services in Australia.

WHITE PAPER August 2014 Parliament House

The Hon Kevin Andrews MP – Minister for Social Services

Social Support Review

• Beveridge Report

• McClure Review - to address challenges facing the sector

Co-operatives and Mutuals

• Key roles of co-operatives and mutuals.

• The Co-operative Enterprise Business Model.

• Reciprocity, autonomy, democracy.

• 1,600 coop and mutual with 13 million members in Australia.

Public Service Mutuals

Banking

NRMA

Healthcare

Disability Employment

Worker Owned Enterprise

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HEADQUARTERS

Sustainable business

• Commercial

• Ensure availability of service

• Quality jobs

• Quality care

So What Makes PSM Different

• Control Structure

• Allocation of earnings

• Purposeful

• Value Driven

Benefits

• Improved service

• Improved working conditions

• Create and retain local jobs

• Concern for community

Complex and Wicked Problems

• PMS well placed to addressing wicked problems

• Complex social service problems

• Cost intensive with low profit margins

Co-operative Home Care

Dealing with complex problems. We are- Holistic- Local collaboration- Autonomous- Multi-skilled- Flexible - Built of relationships and trust- Empowerment model