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The Queensland Council of Social Service Inc (QCOSS) is hosting a one-day Conference in Rockhampton – held at the Rockhampton Leagues Club – Cambridge St., Rockhampton on 23 July 2012. The Queensland Council of Social Service Inc (QCOSS) is hosting a ...
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The WA Council of Social Services has welcomed a $58 million, four-year commitment to fund 100 new child health nurses, but said the budget failed to address the shortage of affordable housing. WACOSS chief executive Irina Cattalini said the new nurses ...
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Enter: Kondoot, the Australia-based social service that has equipped the world with its first social network platform that incorporates live video broadcasting. “You have services out there now where you can view live videos, view recordings and talk ...
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The Government should provide free, long-term birth control to all women not just beneficiaries, Northland social service organisations say. Family Planning and the Whangarei Child Poverty Action Group said cost could be a barrier to women accessing ...
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''We simply cannot claim to be a prosperous nation until all Australians can access the opportunities ahead of us - that's what this budget was really about,'' he will tell the Australian Council of Social Service in Melbourne.
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“Evolve is a fitting recipient for FebFast because it offers support and assistance to youth and does a whole range of activities from social work to health promotion for Wellington.” Evolve Wellington's Manager Kirstin Smith said that Evolve is all ...
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Australian Council of Social Service chief Dr Cassandra Goldie estimates 100000 families will be $60 a week worse off and fall deeper into poverty as a result. Welfare organisations were hoping the government would increase the Newstart Allowance by ...
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Professor Steve La Grow, the head of Massey's School of Health and Social Services, will spend three weeks in Mongolia training six people in orientation mobility. "You often find in situations where these skills haven't been taught before, ...
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The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) says the the overall approach of the “Robin Hood” style Federal Budget, will improve the lives of people on low incomes - except for 100000 of the country's poorest families.
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The WA government says the state has been robbed to fund a "budget for battlers" but social services workers say last night's federal budget won't do enough to help the homeless. The WA economy is funding Wayne Swan's promise to "share the benefits of ...
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The inmates of the Lautoka Corrections Centre graduated after completing four modules on rehabilitative measures provided by Lautoka-based NGO Pacific Counselling and Social Services. Western Division supervisor ASP Oliver Fisher said the course was ...
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The Office of the Health & Disability Commissioner, and the Office of the Children's Commissioner are able to receive complaints about poor Social Work practice. What is needed is an independent Social Service Complaints Authority that Social Service ...
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To be eligible for this position you must have a Bachelor of Social Work or other relevant social services qualification and a minimum of four years experience directly working with children and families, including child protection.
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Food, Aboriginality, education, gender, health and social service systems, housing, poverty, social exclusion, transport and work have all been identified as key social determinants. Health consultant Miriam Herzfeld, who helped develop a "social ...
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But questions need to be asked about what else collective leadership – not just the government but the private sector, communities, social service providers, management, business and, of course, you and I – can do to produce better social outcomes for ...
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...Anderson, UH Graduate College of Social Work announce new joint venture ...Anderson, UH Graduate College of Social Work announce new joint venture ...between the UH Graduate College of Social Work (GCSW) and the University...
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Victorian Council of Social Service (VCOSS) CEO,Cath Smith, says however, there is too little investment in critical services, such as public transport for families moving into new fringe suburbs or growing regional cities.' 'The budget includes some ...
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...pinch in the South Island with demand for food parcels and social work sessions up more than 100% since the start of the recession...the first quarter of this year, a 172% increase. Social work sessions followed a similar increase (170...
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The Salvation Army goes into its annual Red Shield Appeal this year running at full capacity and, despite generous donations of food from New Zealand companies, with diminishing resources, says Salvation Army Secretary for Social Services Major Pam ...