Membership

CMSA Membership

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CMSA MEMBER BENEFITS

The Society has three classes of members:

Applications for individual or corporate membership can be made on the appropriate application form available for download below and should include the membership dues.

PLEASE NOTE:

New members  pay a joining fee of $35 (included in Price) to cover the cost of supplying 1 copy of the new revised "National Standards of Practice for Case Management", published November 2008.

This new document  supersedes the three previous documents: National Standards 2004, Self Assessment Framework 2006 & Self assessment Matrix 2006.

New Membership Rates:    Please Note: As of 1 January 2009 new rates will be added below

The CMSA is totally a non profit organisation receiving no government funding to support its ongoing running costs. As a result, it relies heavily on the support of its members to ensure that it remains dedicated to the development of the practice of quality case management, and continues to focus on the work needed to advance case management practice in the future.  

Significant achievements made by CMSA recently : 

1. Publication of follow up practitioner tools to the National Standards of Practice for Case Management.- the “National Standards Self Assessment Framework” &  the “National Standards Self Assessment Matrix”.
2. Development of Workshops on the use and implementation of the National Standards Documents.
3. Publication of the CMSA Ethical Principles document.
4. Publication in collaboration with Aged care Services Australia (ACSA) “Case Management in Community Care” Discussion Paper.
5. 10^th Case Management Society of Australia National Conference held in March 2007 & 11th Case Management Society of Australia National Conference held in June 2008.
6. Consultative work in reviewing the viability of a model of certification for case management practitioners suitable for the Australian context.
7. Collaboration with Australian Healthcare Association, who publish the Australian Health Review (AHR), and the subsequent development of a “Models of Care” sub section in the AHR under CMSA editorial.
8. Online database listing and archiving of the Australian Journal of Case Management (ceased production Dec 06).
9. Collaboration with Standards Australia (SAI Global) to expand the sales and use of the National Standards Documents across Aust and overseas markets.
10. Consultation and participation in the major review of the case management and service coordination courses in the VET sector, in particular the  CHCO2 review.
11. Reference group involvement in development of educational resources for modules in both the health and community services VET qualifications
12. Expansion of the previous CMSA member Bulletin to incorporate case management and member information including practice articles on Case Management and conference papers.
13. Major review of the CMSA constitution and business structure to enable it to move forward in the future.

In the next 12 months, CMSA will continue building on these achievements with further work including: 

1. Review of the National Standards documents in line with current practice in the Australian context.
2. Development of a certification model for case management practitioners in consultation with members.
3. Continue to Survey  member needs to determine future direction of CMSA.
4. 12^th Case Management Society of Australia National Conference,  June 2009.
5. Further collaboration with ACSA and other major stakeholders in policy areas pertaining to Case Management practice and needs of CMSA members.
6. Continued collaboration with Industry Skills Council and major stakeholders on the education needs of case managers.
7. Major updating of CMSA website for the benefit of members to interact with each other and to further develop networking and professional development opportunities.

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