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New data reported by the ABC last week shows Western Australia’s unemployment rate has risen despite an increase in the number of people working in the state. Based on the latest figures, 100 000 people are now looking for full or part time work in WA. This is the second consecutive rise in unemployment since November and it is only slightly below the 101 000 people unemployed in February 1992. WA’s 6.5 per cent unemployment still sits well above the national average, 5.9 per cent.
Periods of high unemployment signals greater reliance on emergency relief and community services. People out of work, or underemployed, will be vulnerable to experiencing severe financial stress and even homelessness. The WACOSS Building Resilient Communities Conference is bringing together knowledgeable and experienced presenters and panelists to dissect, explore and proposes strategies to redress the issues now impacting WA communities...
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The Community Relief and Resilience Conference is approaching. This conference will begin with a score card – how is Australia doing in the 30 years since Bob Hawke’s pledge that ‘By 1990, no Australian Child will be Living in Poverty”. Lotterywest has generously made available funding to enable WACOSS to offer financial assistance to community service organisations to attend the conference. To see more details or to apply, please...
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WA Consultations 1 & 2 May. This is your chance to influence the Australian Government’s 2017 Climate Review and the COAG Energy Ministers Review. WACOSS is supporting a national consultation to ensure the voices of the people you represent are heard and their interests are protected. Don’t let a poorly managed transition to clean energy leave low income households out in the cold – or the heat! Have your say. Read more here...
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The WA Treasury is forecasting further reductions in business investment and gross state product in the 2016-2017 and 2017-2017 financial years as a result of large LNG projects finishing construction phases. Migration to the state has slowed significantly and the overall population growth rate now sits at its lowest on record at just over 1%. The Treasury’s report shows that excess supply has driven down house prices, rents and property transactions. The median house price now sits at $525,000 a drop of 2.8%, and median house rent has dropped to $380 per week, a drop of 9.1%.
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The submission date for Centrelink’s automated debt recovery system has been extended. The Senate community affairs committee is still accepting submissions, encouraging anyone who has been impacted to contribute. Details of the Senate Inquiry are here. The Inquiry into the Better Management of the Social Welfare System Initiative has already received many submissions, from community groups, welfare rights organisations and individuals, who hold serious concerns about the way Centrelink is pursuing debts from the most vulnerable sections of Australian society...
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The Most Significant Change (MSC) technique is a monitoring & evaluation tool ideally suited to providing qualitative information on program outcomes and impact. MSC collects stories of change in peoples' lives as a result of the intervention. It is transferable across cultural contexts, can pick up unexpected outcomes and supports organisational learning and program improvement...
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The performance of staff and volunteers is central to achieving program and service outcomes.This very practical course will focus on the critical factors involved in what enables staff to perform, strategies for effectively tracking performance and what to do when performance is not up to expectations...
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Building trust and respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is critical to working effectively together. This course will build on what is offered in Communicating and Connecting with Aboriginal Clients workshop and will go into further detail around establishing effective communication and cooperation with Aboriginal clients...
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A Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) is a practical way to set out your organisation’s aspirational goals towards Aboriginal reconciliation and greater equality. This half day training will introduce you to the program, give you examples of inspiring RAP’s and provide suggestions for making a RAP plan happen in your organisation...
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With the advent of consumer directed
care, more and more community
services are looking at their level of
consumer engagement.
This workshop will provide the theory
and tools to support you in the design
and delivery of an engagement
strategy for consumers.
Bring your projects or project ideas,
as this will be a day of practical
application...
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This half day workshop will look at opportunities across the whole organisation to address tobacco smoking with both staff and clients. It identifies opportunities across priority areas and uses an organisational change framework to implement changes into existing organisational processes...
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Come and see what all of the fuss is about with this free DropIN training webinar! This session will give an introduction on how to use the community sectors newest online platform, and give you the skills to start collaborating online. Learn how to navigate the DropIN, upload your own content and engage with other users on the system through discussion forms, news updates, voting and heaps more...
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Sector News, Training & Events
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Now in its 16th year, Mission Australia’s annual Youth Survey gives voice to the concerns, values and thoughts of young people aged 15-19 across Australia. In 2017 we are focused on housing and homelessness alongside barriers to post-school plans. The online survey is now live and can be...
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Social innovation and the social economy can cause great confusion. Many terms are new, overlapping or not that useful in the first place. To combat this, VCOSS has prepared a series of briefing papers. They introduce key terms, distill issues and define the risks and potential benefits of various approaches...
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Join St Pat's for St. Pat’s annual Sleep Out Under the Stars to raise vital funds for our services for homeless and vulnerable people within the greater Fremantle community. It’s a fun, family-friendly evening and a terrific way to start a discussion with your kids about homelessness and poverty...
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Managers of organisations working with children are encouraged to enrol in free Child Safe Organisation WA workshops to be held in Perth during May and June. The Child Safe Organisations WA program was created by the office of the Commissioner for Children and Young People Colin Pettit to encourage organisations to develop a comprehensive and daily vigilant approach to effectively protect children from abuse and neglect...
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In partnership with Pro Bono Australia, CPA Australia assists not for profits by connecting them with qualified CPA Australia members via the Mentor the Treasurer program. CPA Australia members volunteer their time to provide small not for profits with professional guidance on best accounting and financial practices. Topics may include bookkeeping, banking, record keeping, internal controls, reporting and annual financial statements...
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The William Street Family Therapy Centre is proud to offer this two-day Workshop by a world-famous Master Family Therapist & Teacher - Maurizio Andolfi. Topics covered include a multigenerational approach to understanding culture and diversity and what to do with marginalised families in therapy...
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Bringing together volunteer-involving organisations, CEOs, corporate and not-for-profit volunteer managers from all sectors of the community, the conference will showcase the latest in volunteering from sector leaders and professionals, with a focus on the theme, Exploring New Directions Together...
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The Know Injury Grants Forum provides a convenient way to connect with funding bodies and become informed about grant programs that are available for injury prevention and community safety initiatives. Also being held in May 2017 are the Pilbara & Kimberley Evaluation Workshops. This intensive one-day workshop is presented by leading evaluation consultant, Dr Stacey Waters. It will increase your capacity and confidence to effectively evaluate your projects, set clear goals and much more...
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Stay On Your Feet ® has created a range of free toolkits to assist you to deliver group education to older adults in the community. The toolkits focus on the Move Improve Remove campaign theme and give you a practical guide to follow and tools to use to deliver a presentation to older adults. Also check out the Introduction to the Lifestyle-Integrated Exercise program (LIFE) and Otago Exercise Program Perth being held in May...
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Women’s Council for Domestic & Family Violence invites you to “Dignity2017” - International Conference May 22 – 24, 2017 at the Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle. “Dignity” is about bringing dignity to the forefront of human service and social justice work...
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‘Yarning our way’ is the theme for the Forum. We want to come together to share, to inspire each other and yarn about ways that build a strong future for the younger generation in sexual health and respectful relationships. Expect to hear a variety of presentations with a strong youth focus...
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Do you handle personal details of volunteers, members, clients or donors? In this webinar we will walk you through the personal information lifecycle and tell you what you need to know to meet your legal obligations and respect the privacy of the people you work with...
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Social media is an increasingly vital communication and marketing tool for not-for-profit community organisations. This webinar will walk you through the key legal risks associated with the use of social media by your organisation and how to manage those risks...
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Are you clear on the legal responsibilities you have to ensure the safety of your volunteers, employees, clients, and members of the public your organisation engages with? In this webinar we explain the safety standards required of community organisations and leave you with some useful tools and tips to help you meet them...
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Changing human behaviour is a complex and challenging task. Many everyday resolutions to change behaviours such as ‘to get fit, lose weight or cut down one’s drinking’ are often not followed through, even though approached with the best intentions.The focus of this workshop is on relapse prevention rather than relapse management and aims to assist the worker develop the necessary skills and confidence to explore relapse prevention with their clients...
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Join the ever popular Spirit of the Streets Choir for an inspiring celebration of song and story to mark their 10th birthday at the Perth Concert Hall on Saturday 6 May 2017...
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Fortis Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) WA is hosting a roundtable for Culturally & Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Aged Care Service providers, recipients, carers, their families and the CALD community to share ideas and experiences to improve aged-care services in a market-driven environment...
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The AASW invites you to our two-day Trauma Counselling workshop presented by Karin Dewar. This interactive 2 day workshop provides a trauma informed approach to working with clients who have experienced complex trauma. Lunch, morning and afternoon tea will be provided...
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The AASW invites you to our two-day supervision training, Making Supervision Work for Everyone: Managing, Modelling and Mirroring Safe Practice, run by Dr Brenda Clare. The two-days will be highly interactive, with an explicit focus on the practice skills required by supervisors...
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Join Foodbank WA on Friday 28th April for an evening of good food, fund, trivia, raffles, auctions and prizes hosted by local comedian and radio host Janelle Koenig. Fantastic prizes and auction items include a week at Busselton Resort, a V8 Driveday Voucher, a Gnocchi Cooking class and more. All funds raised on the evening will go towards purchasing canned meals and soup for those who would normally go without during the winter months...
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DropIN is the free, flexible and interactive way to connect with the community sector
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