Well Balanced Care

24/03/2026

This is always a brilliant event - it is in our diaries

📅 Save the date & register now!

🌱 Connecting Across Wide Horizons: Innovate, Adapt & Thrive

The Allied Health professionals of North West Queensland are proud to host the Outback Allied Health Forum 2026. This year’s theme brings together allied health practitioners, services, educators and researchers working across outback and rural communities, to connect and share insights on delivering care across vast and diverse regions.

🕠 Time: Thursday, July 30 at 10 am to Friday, July 31 at 3 pm
📍 Location: JCU MCRRH - Tjirtamai Hall
🎟️ Register : https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/outback-allied-health-forum-tickets-1983592194651
➡️ Further Details : https://www.crrh.jcu.edu.au/conferences/outback-allied-health-forum/outback-allied-health-forum-2026/

23/03/2026

We’re excited to welcome two new team members to the team 👇

Ainjali Wong – Speech Pathologist
Passionate about helping individuals become confident, effective communicators, Ainjali works closely with families to achieve meaningful goals. She brings experience in paediatrics, with a focus on literacy and speech sound delays and disorders.

Tessa Golding Clarke – Counsellor
With 45+ years’ experience, Tessa takes a holistic approach to counselling, supporting clients to better understand themselves and achieve positive outcomes. She is based in Far North Queensland and offers telehealth across regional and remote areas.

We’re proud to continue building a team that delivers quality, person-centered care across our communities.

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Please join us in giving them a warm welcome CAIRNS Providers and Participants Network

19/03/2026

It’s been a big week and we almost missed something important.

A belated happy birthday to Michaela and Anne a couple of amazing members of the Well Balanced Care OT team

Between the pace of work and preparing for the cyclone, we didn’t get the chance to celebrate properly — but we didn’t want it to go unrecognised.

Each of you brings something special to Well Balanced Care. Your commitment to your work, your support for each other, and the impact you have in our communities does not go unnoticed.

We’re lucky to have you on the team and we’ll make sure we celebrate properly soon.

Happy birthday Michaela, and Anne 👏

For all our colleagues and friends in the Cape facing oncoming cyclone - Stay safe and our thoughts are with you

16/03/2026

Well Balanced Care currently has immediate availability for NDIS participants in rural and remote Queensland

- Occupational Therapy – Functional Capacity Assessments (FCA)
- Telehealth appointments available across regional areas
- Psychology – Telehealth & Face to face (Cairns and Surrounds, Cooktown, Atherton Tablelands and Cassowary Coast)

Our experienced allied health team works closely with Support Coordinators, Plan Managers, and families to deliver timely assessments and practical recommendations that support participant goals.

Submit a referral:
https://www.wbcare.com.au/refer-a-client/

Call our team:
07 4281 6776

Flexible delivery including community visits and telehealth.

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15/03/2026

We’re excited to announce that is now partnering with and .farnorthqueensland as an Associate Provider delivering allied health services for community based aged care clients through the Support at Home Program at Home Program Forum – Aged Care & Home Care Discussion Group .

currently provides services across the Cairns and Cassowary Coast communities.

Our team will provide:
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Pathology
• Psychology
• Counselling

Supporting older Australians to stay independent, healthy, and connected at home across Cairns and regional communities.

11/03/2026

Happy Birthday to our amazing Senior Occupational Therapist, Emmah (second from left in the group photo)!

Today the Well Balanced Care team celebrated with a pub-choir style happy birthday sing-along and chocolate cake. While some of us were together in the clinic, most of the team were able to join in virtually from outreach across the region, proving that no matter where we are, we’re still one team, living our belief that healthcare should not be determined by your postcode.

Thank you, Emmah, for the care, expertise, and dedication you bring to our clients and our team every day. We hope you enjoyed the celebration (and the cake)!

08/03/2026

On International Women’s Day we recognise the extraordinary women of Well Balanced Care and the remarkable women who are the heart of Regional, Rural and Remote Australia.

The 2026 theme, “Balance the Scales: a call to ensure equality and a fair go for women and girls across Australia and the world,” reminds us that progress for women happens when we actively support, empower and recognise the contributions women make every day in our workplaces and communities.

Across Well Balanced Care, the women in our team are helping balance the scales in the most meaningful ways supporting people to live well, strengthening families, and ensuring that geography does not determine access to care. Through your professionalism, compassion and commitment, you are helping build stronger and healthier communities.

Your work often happens quietly in homes, in conversations, and in moments of care and advocacy, but its impact is profound.

Today we say thank you for the skill, leadership and dedication you bring to your roles and for the difference you make in the lives of the people we support.

Happy International Women’s Day to the incredible women of Well Balanced Care.

03/03/2026

Well Balanced Care is pleased to announce that we are now a NDIS Registered provider of Therapeutic Supports and Specialist Support Coordination, as well and providing private and in home Aged Care services to our clients.

WBC is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our clients and our communities.

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With expertise in NDIS, community aged care, and private services, we can support you to achieve your goals.

Well Balanced Care services a number of First Nations communities in Cape York, the Gulf of Carpentaria, the central west of Queensland and the regional areas surrounding Cairns.

Through the use of appropriate technology and evidence based practices, we have the skills and experience to provide quality allied health services to anyone in need, regardless of location.

This can be done in person in your community, virtually or at our clinic in Cairns.

Our tailored approach allows our clinicians to work together with you and your family as a partner in providing care.

There is no single solution, but through Well Balanced Care you can access the quality allied health services you need to maintain your health and wellbeing.

Talk to us about how we can best support you.

23/02/2026

You love living in regional rural and remote Australia.
So do we.

We choose to live and work here because community matters. Because relationships matter. Because access to quality health care should never depend on your postcode.

We partner with rural and remote communities to deliver multidisciplinary allied health services where they are needed most. Practical. Culturally safe. Responsive to local needs.

And we welcome allied health professionals who want their work to make a real difference.

Whether you are looking for services in your community or looking for purposeful work, reach out.

Let’s ensure postcode never determines opportunity.

13/02/2026

So nice to be able to catch up with the team at Pinnacle Support Coordination & Services

Thanks to Una and the team for there warm welcome to Tony , Rachel (OT) and Uche (psychologist)

11/02/2026

We welcome Uche Nwankwo to the Well Balanced Care family

Uche is a registered psychologist with experience across EAP, worker’s compensation, and general therapeutic support.

Since beginning his career in 2010 with people living with HIV/AIDS in remote communities, he has also worked extensively in addiction recovery and family-centred care.

Uche is passionate about holistic, multidisciplinary practice and has extensive experience working in remote communities. Uche enjoys reading, teaching, and exploring new ideas through research.

06/02/2026

Next week we welcome Rachel Saunders to the Well Balanced Care family

In Rachel own words :

I am an Occupational Therapist who transitioned into health after many years as a self‑employed hairdresser and business owner. I have two adult children and recently relocated from New Zealand to Australia.

I am enjoying settling into Cairns and look forward to exploring Far North Queensland.

I graduated with a degree in Occupational Therapy in 2022, having been drawn to the profession for its holistic approach to health. I value working with the whole person, considering not only physical health but also lifestyle, meaningful occupations, and the environments in which people live and work.

I have recently completed a postgraduate certificate in rehabilitation, which included formal study in trauma‑informed care. My professional experience spans women’s advocacy within Women’s Refuge, acute mental health services, vocational rehabilitation, and, most recently, working as a wheelchair and seating therapist supporting people with complex needs.

I enjoy working across cultures and pride myself on meeting people where they are, supporting them to achieve their health and wellbeing goals. I strongly believe in each person’s capacity for change, regardless of circumstance. I have a particular interest in working with individuals with intellectual disability, people who experience communication challenges, and those receiving palliative care, following experience supporting clients with life‑limiting conditions.