UnitingCare is a
brand name under which many Uniting Church community services agencies operate although they may be agencies of the respective
Synods, or separate
legal entities. Together with agencies under the Uniting Church in Australia without the UnitingCare brand, the agencies form the UnitingCare network. The network is one of Australia's largest non-government community services provider networks, with over 1,600 sites Australia-wide. The UnitingCare network has 40,000 employees and 30,000 volunteers nationally, and provides services to children, young people and families, people with disabilities, and older Australians, in urban, rural and remote communities, including residential and community care,
child care,
homelessness prevention and support, family support,
domestic violence and disability services. Examples of non-UnitingCare branded agencies within the UnitingCare network include Uniting NSW.ACT, Uniting WA, Juniper (WA), Somerville Community Services (NT), and Uniting Communities (SA). The network also includes the
Uniting Missions Network, made up of 34 missions such as the
Wesley Missions in Queensland and NSW, and
Blue Care in
Queensland. Uniting Vic.Tas (legally Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited) is a member of the UnitingCare network and is the community services organisation of the Uniting Church in Australia Synod of Victoria and Tasmania, delivering services and programs across both states. It was formed in 2017 when 21 UnitingCare agencies, Wesley Mission Victoria and several Uniting Church business units were brought together as a single organisation, Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited. Uniting Vic.Tas delivers hundreds of programs in areas such as housing and homelessness, alcohol and other drug treatment, mental health, carer support, early learning and family services across metropolitan, regional and rural communities in Victoria and Tasmania. ==Mandate==