HISTORY
The Pursuits Group was started in 1998 by Patricia Tassell. Patricia had a passion for the concept of community and a sense of the old fashioned support that used to be shared between neighbours and friends.
The philosophy and the utilisation of community building concepts has driven the quality of the business.
Specific improvement initiatives have been developed to reinforce values and build social and human capital in the communities in which we work. The provision of ’services by locals for locals’ is providing a dynamic that is starting to reinforce a return to the importance of the concept of neighbourhood.
HomeCare Pursuits was established in November 1998 and was followed by Training Pursuits in December 2001. Training Pursuits was recognised as a Registered Training Organisation in December 2002. Home support services include nursing care, personal care, home help, social support, respite and recreational care, gardening and home maintenance. Training services have been developed to enable participants to understand issues experienced by people who are aged and have disability and utilise the wide range of aids available to the most disabled of clients. In 2003 both divisions of the company were incorporated under the name The Pursuits Group.
HOW THE BUSINESS HAS DEVELOPED
The concept of community building has been utilised to develop and grow. The company has adopted a relationship selling strategy to drive sales and marketing. Now we have a large community of approximately 1200 clients and 125 support workers who interact with each other on a weekly or fortnightly basis. A connection is maintained by way of a monthly newsletter that has been established and focuses on employment and wellbeing of staff, clients and their families.
The Company has now established an administration and training centre in Kingsley.
The building comprises a administration centre and two large training rooms, one set up as a general training area and the other a practical training area where participants can carry out practical training in hoists, transferring clients to and from bed, showering and manual handling.