QUICK WORD from the HARP Unit February 2013
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RESOURCE order form Jan 2013
Issues Paper: On the future of Commonwealth funded Employment Services
The Commonwealth Minister for Employment Participation, Kate Ellis, has released an Issues Paper seeking community input on the future of Commonwealth funded Employment Services, targeted at the most disadvantaged. These include members of CALD communities and refugees. This public consultation is an opportunity for CALD community input.
The Issues Paper is available here: http://deewr.gov.au/employment-services beyond-2015.
The time frame is short. Submissions due Friday 15 March 2013.
General Invitation: Berkeley Women Inspired Launch
BWI Launch FINAL
UnitingCare Institute of Family Practice
Many of our IFP courses are directed at certain audiences within the Human Services Sector. Our programs have been developed in response to perceived needs for staff working with children, young people, specifically with men, groups and with families. Please take time to look at our website to see the wide range of Professional Development and Nationally recognised courses available at www.ifp.nsw.edu.au. We specialise in Counselling and Mediation qualifications. A few examples of short courses are listed below:
Early childhood/Primary
- Strength Based Therapeutic Work with Children
- Parenting Children with ADHD
- Helping Your Child with Early Learning
- Helping Your Child with Primary School
- Group Work with Children
- Attachment Theory
- Keeping Children Safe
- Group Work with Children
Young People
- Activating Assertive Behaviour
- Managing Angry Adolescents Differently
- RAGE
- Managing the Bull
- Working with the Potential for Violence (in Youth Work)
Families
- Working with Families
- Introduction to Family Therapy
- Working with Addictions in Child and Family Work
Men
- Engaging Men in Family Based Programs
- Working with Men
All ages
- Suicide Prevention
- Accidental Counsellor
- Effective Group Leadership
- Introduction to Strengths
Please call us on (02)88300755 for information or email info@ifp.nsw.edu.au and we can send out a flyer and registration information. Many of our courses can be delivered as consultancies in your workplace.
New Working with Children Check sessions – Wollongong
A new Working With Children Check will start in NSW in 2013. The previously advised start date of 11 February is no longer applicable. A rescheduled start date will be advised in early 2013. Until the start of the new check, the current check continues.
Free one-hour information sessions are being held regularly throughout NSW. The next sessions in Wollongong will be on Friday 15 March. Follow this link to register for the session http://kids.nsw.gov.au/director/working/newcheck/informationsessions.cfm?nPageNum=3
Under the new check:
- workers and volunteers will apply for their own check once every five years
- employers will verify a child-related worker’s or volunteer’s clearance number
- the same Working With Children Check will apply to everyone – paid workers, self-employed people and volunteers
- everyone with a clearance will be continuously monitored for serious sex or violence offenses.
There can only be two results for a new Working With Children Check – a clearance or a bar. People with a bar may not work or volunteer in child-related roles.
- Easy to access: Online applications, online verifications, online employer registration (no online forms will be available until the start date).
- Cost: The new check will be free for volunteers and cost $80 for paid workers and self-employed people. A volunteer check cannot be used for paid work with children.
Find out more: http://kids.nsw.gov.au/kids/working/newcheck#ixzz2Jb56wtM5
Banardos Position Vacant
C4C Community Projects Officer 2013 final
COTA – Free Internet Training
FREE Internet safety talk
Stir it up! Info Session
Invite to Stir it up Information Session 27 Feb 2013
Illawarra Interagency 