Why join the PCSA community?
Why Join the PCSA Community?
Our membership is the collective voice for the palliative care sector in South Australia. Our members are health, social, and community professionals, individuals, carers, family members, and general community members with a passion for this space (individuals or organisation).
Collectively, the PCSA Membership Community holds tremendous knowledge and wisdom about the challenges the sector faces and the opportunities those challenges can bring.
If you have an interest in supporting South Australian’s experiencing serious illness, dying, death and grief then join the PCSA Membership Community.
When is the PCSA Membership Period?
- All PCSA Membership periods are for 12 months commencing 1 July and finishing 30 June each.
- Renewal of membership commences on the 1 June each year and must be completed by 31 July.
- New members can join anytime throughout the year. You will then be invited to renew with all other current members from 1 June.
What are my payment options?
Membership can be paid via credit card online or via the phone. There is also the option to request an invoice. You have the ability to select the best payment method for you during the membership checkout process.
Membership Benefits
- 10% discount on PCSA events and training registrations
- Free registration for PCSA Palliative Care Hot Topic webinars
- Receive regular Membership Matters E-News (in addition to PCSA bi-monthly Everybody E-News)
- Access to the member’s portal on the website
- Vote and option to nominate for a PCSA Board or Committee position.
- Option to nominate for a position on the PCA Board
- Discount on Oceanic Palliative Care Conference registrations
- Ability to showcase your membership of PCSA on your LinkedIn account and CV
- Invitations to contribute to an advocacy and policy voice for Palliative Care in South Australia
- 10% discount on PCSA events and training registrations
- Free registration for PCSA Palliative Care Hot Topic webinars
- Receive regular Membership Matters E-News (in addition to PCSA bi-monthly Everybody E-News)
- Access to the member’s portal on the website
- Vote and option to nominate for a PCSA Board or Committee position.
- Option to nominate for a position on the PCA Board
- Discount on Oceanic Palliative Care Conference registrations
- Ability to showcase your membership of PCSA on your LinkedIn account and CV
- Invitations to contribute to an advocacy and policy voice for Palliative Care in South Australia
- 10% discount on PCSA events and training registrations
- Free registration for PCSA Palliative Care Hot Topic webinars
- Receive regular Membership Matters E-News (in addition to PCSA bi-monthly Everybody E-News)
- Access to the member’s portal on the website
- Discount on Oceanic Palliative Care Conference registrations
- Ability to showcase your membership of PCSA on your LinkedIn account and CV
- Invitations to contribute to an advocacy and policy voice for Palliative Care in South Australia
- Organisation name and website link on the PCSA website
- Organisation name acknowledged in the PCSA Annual Report
- 1x invitation annually to the PCSA Organisational Members Roundtable. (Including PCSA Chair, CEO and special guest)
- 10x FREE Individual – Organisational Affiliate memberships to distribute to your staff or volunteers annually.
- Note these must be allocated by 31st July each year or within a month of a new organisational member joining and cannot be reallocated throughout that membership year.
- 10% discount and 1st option for PCSA sponsorship.
- Complimentary National Palliative Care Week (NPCW) Awareness Pack posted annually
- Annual PCSA Organisational Membership certificate and PCSA Organisational Members logo use
- Ability to showcase your PCSA Organisational membership on your website and organisations LinkedIn account
- Receive regular Membership Matters E-News (in addition to PCSA bi-monthly Everybody E-News)
- Ability to post relevant Job Vacancies on PCSA Website
- Access to the member’s portal on the website
- Invitations to contribute to an organisational advocacy and policy voice for Palliative Care in South Australia
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual people, who are not associated with an organisational member.
- Must agree to the principal purpose of PCSA
- Pay a membership fee of $66 per year
- Must agree to the principal purpose of PCSA
- Concession Card holder: You are a Concession Card holder. You will be required to upload a copy of your concession card.
- Retired: You have retired from all regular employment. Should you return to paid work you must notify the PCSA in writing so that your retired membership status can be changed.
- Not Currently in Employment: You are not currently in employment and are unable to work due to circumstances such as unemployment, disability, ill health or parental obligation.
- Full-Time Student: You are a current full-time student. We require evidence of a student card or Written evidence from the institution confirming full-time status (e.g. a copy of enrolment confirmation). Should you cancel or delay your studies you must notify the PCSA in writing so that your membership status can be changed.
- Palliative Care Volunteer: You are a palliative care volunteer. We require evidence of your volunteer status from your supervisor.
- Must agree to the principal purpose of PCSA
- A current PCSA Organisational Member must have selected you for one of their Organisational Affiliate Members
- This must be a current staff member or volunteer of the organisation you are an affiliate for
- You must provide the correct Membership Number for your Organisation’s membership as part of your affiliate membership application
- If you leave the Organisation you are affiliated with for this membership you must notify the PCSA in writing so that your membership status can be changed
- There is no fee associated with the member for the individual.
- Must agree to the principal purpose of PCSA
- Must be a valid Organisation or Corporation
- Assign one person in your organisation as the key contact to represent your organisation on behalf of this organisational membership level (it is recommended that this key contact is also assigned an Individual -Organisational Affiliate membership from your organisation to receive the relevant individual benefits
- Organisational member must notify PCSA in writing if their membership creates any potential or actual conflict of interest or risk to PCSA.
- All new organisational members must be approved by PCSA
- Pay a membership fee of $330 per year
Become a PCSA Member Today
Please select the membership level you wish to purchase
Please note, our membership billing period ends on the 30th of June.
Please select the type of membership best suited to you below.
Need assistance to complete your membership?
If you would like some assistance to complete the membership process:
- Please contact us and we can assist you to complete this form over the phone
- or please download the PDF of the membership form and send us a copy
Alternative Payment Methods:
If you would prefer to be invoiced for a membership there is a box available to request this in the membership application form.
- If you prefer to pay by bank transfer or give credit card details over the phone, please contact us