We are proud to be part of a newly merged national care organisation, BaptistCare, committed to providing exceptional support and services across Australia.

Together with BaptistCare and BaptCare, we are building on a shared history of care and compassion, expanding our reach, and strengthening our mission to help people live well with dignity and purpose.

Together, we now employ over 12,000 dedicated staff and support over 38,000 customers across NSW, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia, offering retirement living, aged care, community housing, and family and community services.

Our history

From humble beginnings, the combined histories of BaptistCare (NSW, ACT, WA), Baptist Care SA, and Baptcare (VIC, TAS, SA) have shaped the organisation we are today.

As Baptist faith-based organisations, our mission has always been to strengthen communities by valuing people and helping them experience hope, dignity, and fullness of life.

In South Australia, support for people living on the streets was established in 1913 through the West End Baptist Church and West End City Mission, planting the seeds for the coming together of Baptist Care SA.

In NSW, pioneering Baptist volunteers established the Baptist Homes Trust in post-war 1944, driven to provide suitable accommodation and nursing care for older women.

Just one year later, in Victoria, a group of dedicated Baptist women raised funds to open Victoria’s first Baptist home for older people, leading to the foundation of Baptcare.

Meanwhile, on the West Coast, a kindred ministry emerged in the early 1970s, with the Baptist Homes Board established in WA to provide much-needed accommodation and nursing care for older people.

Now, as we come together under one organisation, we carry forward this rich heritage of care, compassion, and community. Together, we are building a stronger, more connected future. One that honours our past while embracing the opportunities of the future.

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We rely on our on the generosity of donors to provide meals, connection and support for people experiencing homelessness at our WestCare Centre. 

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Mission, Values and Strategic Ambitions

Our Mission defines our reason for being, our Values shape our culture and behaviour and our Strategic Ambitions define what we will known for, where we will grow and  how we will measure our success. 

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Work with us

A career with Baptist Care SA is an opportunity to be part of a team truly dedicated to supporting our community. 

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Tapa Marnirni-apinthi Practice Framework

Built on our Values, Tapa Marnirni-apinthi is a holistic, culturally responsive, client-centred practice framework that defines how we will work with clients, families and communities.

Tapa Marnirni-apinthi  Practice Framework

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Acknowledgement of Country

Baptist Care SA acknowledges we work on the lands of the Kaurna, Peramangk and Boandik people. We respect the ongoing skilful custodianship of lands, skies and waters and the continuous deep cultural connection with Country. We pay respect to Elders and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from all Countries, Nations and Mobs.

Ngadlu tampinthi Kaurna miyurna yaitya yarta-mathanya Wama. Tarntanyaku, ngadluku piipawarpulayi kuu Kaurna yartangka tikanthi.

(We acknowledge the Kaurna people of the Adelaide Plains as the traditional owners of the land on which our office sits.)

Ngathu putama nhu mraat, mraat Boandikat wulnuwitjara Berrinat ba mraatat mingru Berrin (I recognise this country (is) the country of the Boandik, the custodians of Mt Gambier and the country around Mt Gambier.)