Tumbelin Farm General Team Support

At Baptist Care SA, we find ways to make people's lives better. Baptist Care SA provides out of home care, disability care, youth education and employment, homelessness and therapeutic support services. We work tirelessly to help South Australians achieve their full potential. Baptist Care SA is committed to working with the State’s most disadvantaged, championing local issues and connecting with people to provide transition pathways from adversity to opportunity.

Tumbelin Farm has a group of young people that reside there for a set period as a recovery program. At Tumbelin Farm there is a Learning Centre Shed to begin a structured day of hands-on farm work. The Farm Supervisor plans tasks for the day, and the young people roll up their sleeves and get into it.

‘Farm Life’ is physical, residents are on their feet most of the time lifting, pushing, digging, dragging and, almost always, getting dirty. Tasks may include: Fencing (as pictured above) Feeding livestock and moving them from paddock to paddock Tending to the chook coop and collecting eggs Tending to and harvesting the vegetable patch Planting seedlings as part of Tumbelin Farm’s re-vegetation program Gardening, weeding, mowing General cleaning Farm Life is a wonderful mix of tangible experiences that mimic the ups and downs, the ebbs and flows and seasons of life. It is full of immediate and long-term challenges which teach patience, determination, resilience, the values of working together and reward for effort.

The therapeutic benefits of farming practices for marginalized or vulnerable groups of people are well known in Europe and America. Baptist Care SA has established Tumbelin Farm to provide young South Australians with a unique opportunity to step out of being stuck in survival mode to begin a journey of recovery.