Health & Wellbeing Support Services

Our Clinical Services Team work collaboratively using evidence based therapies. We aim to provide effective therapy to all clients to achieve their social, emotional, physical and vocational goals and reach their full potential.

Civic can provide, or provide access to, a range of therapeutic and specialist support services such as:

• Speech pathology/therapy – including speech, language and swallowing assessment and therapy.
• Nursing – assisting patients with their personal care needs and reviews. Nursing care planning begins when the client and is continuously updated throughout in response to client’s changes in condition and evaluation of goal achievement. Planning and delivering individualized or patient-centered care is the basis for excellence for the nursing supports Civic aims provide.
• Psychology – including counselling and understanding how people think, feel, behave and learn.
• Behaviour support – creating individualised strategies for people with disability that are responsive to the person’s needs, in a way that reduces the occurrence and impact of behaviours of concern and minimises the use of restrictive practices.

Rebecca VanLierop – Clinical Services Manager
Rebecca is a Clinical Services Manager in Complex Care with over 20 years’ experience as a highly qualified nursing professional and an extensive background in Critical Care, and a wide range of leadership experience across both the public health and disability sectors. Rebecca has been part of the Civic team since October 2018, as head of Clinical leading a multi-disciplinary team responsible for facilitating clinical services and support that are person centred with a strong health and wellbeing focus.

Special interests
Rebecca enjoys all areas of clinical practice but her true passion lays within the complex injury and preventative health space.

Jacqueline Simpson
A Clinical Consultant with over 20 years’ experience as a highly qualified medical professional with dual registrations in both nursing and midwifery. My professional background has given me the knowledge and experience to look after all ages with a variety of complex health illnesses and diseases across both the health and disability sector. It also has given me great pleasure in being able to assist with bringing new life into our world and being able to hold the hands of our dear elderly when leaving our world. Jacqueline is only new but has been part of the Civic team since September 2020 working as an Clinical consultant assisting across all sites in the south eastern area and down South.

Special interests
Jacqueline enjoys all aspects of anything health related but her true passion now lays with mentoring, educating others to work towards best health outcomes for the people we care for.

Christine Hayes
With over 40 years’ experience as a highly qualified nursing professional, Christine has experience across most disciplines, both in metropolitan and rural and remote settings. On a rich background of critical care, she has had the opportunity in both managerial and clinical roles to hone skills for Complex Health, Older Peoples Mental Health and Aged Care.

Christine has been part of the Civic team since October 2019, as Clinical Consultant responsible for facilitating clinical support for our clients and teams.

Special interests
Instead of admission to a Residential Aged Care Facility due to frailty or failing health, Christine has a special interest in supporting clients in their own homes to live as normal a life as possible.