People first. Always.
A support plan is only as good as the people delivering it. If you are looking for an experienced NDIS support team in Brisbane, you need professionals who do more than just manage administrative tasks.
Because Care to Change was founded on genuine lived disability experience, our leadership and staff understand the daily realities of the NDIS and disability supports. We don’t just assign support workers to timesheets. We match personalities, spoken languages, and shared interests so you feel comfortable, safe, and respected in your own home. From our business leadership team to our frontline support workers, we share one goal: improving care for everyone.
Business leadership team
Our Business Leadership Team are highly qualified specialists from diverse backgrounds.
Lewis Purdon
Managing Director
Emma Earle
BA
Head of Organisational Development
Toni Thorne
LLB, GDLP
Head of Quality & Compliance
Our care management team
Behind our leadership is an operational team of service delivery, coordinators, human resources and finance experts who keep our community running smoothly.
Nicole Tupper
B.Comm – HR
Human Resources Manager
Melinda Eskilsson
BCoun
Service Manager – Moreton Bay and Sunshine Coast
Jan Thaggard
Area Coordinator
Charli Styles
Dip Youth Work, Cert III Business
Office Manager
Cathy Maguire
Dip Travel & Tourism
Area Coordinator
Jarrod Laverty
BBus(Fin), MIntEcon&F, CA
Finance Manager
Roseanna Coetzee
Cert III in Disability Services, Cert III in Childcare
Service Manager
Local knowledge, personal support
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) can be hard to work through, which is why having a locally based team makes all the difference. Our management team and frontline workers are part of the local community across South East Queensland.
This local expertise means we have established networks with local allied health professionals, community hubs, and transport routes. Whether you need assistance with daily living, complex care coordination, or engaging in local community events, our team is right here in Mount Gravatt and Morayfield, ready to provide hands-on, responsive support when you need it most. We believe that exceptional care requires a personal touch, and that starts with a team that knows your community as well as you do.
Find the right match for you.
Ready to build a support team you can actually rely on? Reach out to our Mount Gravatt office today and let’s discuss who would be the right fit for your specific needs.
Frequently asked questions
Care to Change was founded in 2016 and runs as a profit-for-purpose provider. The business leadership team is Lewis Purdon, Managing Director; Emma Earle, Head of Organisational Development; and Toni Thorne, Head of Quality and Compliance. Behind them, a care management team of service managers, area coordinators, HR and finance staff keeps supports running day to day. Their photos and backgrounds are all on this page.
Each bio on this page lists that person’s qualifications and experience, so you can see exactly who you would be dealing with. Across the team it is a mix of formal qualifications and years of hands-on work in the disability sector. Care to Change itself is an NDIS-registered provider, and our frontline support workers are trained and screened members of our own team.
Our care management team. A service manager oversees how supports run in your area, area coordinators look after rosters and the practical details, and your support workers deliver the support itself. If your NDIS plan includes support coordination, one of our support coordinators can also help you plan and connect your services. The service managers and area coordinators on this page are the people behind that day-to-day support.
They are our own team. Care to Change employs, trains and screens its support workers directly. We do not fill shifts through labour-hire or gig platforms. That is what lets us match you with workers who suit your personality and language, and keep the same familiar faces coming back rather than sending someone new every week.
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