Building on the success of our past Strengthening Days, we are now offering participants the choice to participate online and/or face to face in 2021 (numbers are limited, you can attend both sessions). This is a Better Chances Forum project, supported by Social Futures, YWCA Communities for Children, Northcott and NSW Department of Communities and Justice.
The Strengthening Days are just for Aboriginal workers and there is no cost to attend. ‘Let’s work together to present our united voice about what we need as Aboriginal workers to support our jarjums and families.’
Online session Thursday 18 March 2021 10:00am – 12:00pm Online via Zoom Free event Registration required at www.trybooking.com/BOZJU Facilitated by Antonia and supported by Jolene from We Al-li Zoom link sent after registration
Face to face session Friday 26 March 2021 9.30am – 4:00pm Ballina Surf Club (65 Lighthouse Parade, East Ballina) Free event with catering provided Registration required at www.trybooking.com/BOZJK Facilitated by Beth and supported by Carlie from We Al-li
The program includes:
self-care and healing
Opportunity for networking and connection between workers and collaboration across services
Yarn about how we connect families with services and support and how we can support children and families with healing
Continue our discussion about how we would like mainstream services to work alongside us and support us – practical things we need and continuing this conversation through the Better Chances Forum.
Support Aboriginal staff to participate in this development opportunity. Limited funding available to cover some staff time/backfill to participate (reserved for centres who do not have funding to cover this).
Momentum Collective are inviting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to design a piece of artwork to be used for our next Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP).
What is a RAP?
A RAP is a strategic document that supports an organisation’s business plan. The RAP Program contributes to advancing the five dimensions of reconciliation.
Momentum is a community collective creating real social change and inclusive opportunities. We help people get a roof, a job, live a better life and engage with the community.
Artwork should represent our vision for reconciliation: Our vision for reconciliation in Australia is one where Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples of this country are returned to a place of equality, dignity and respect, and that we as a nation continue to work to Close The Gap through the recognition of values, beliefs and practices in order to relate and work together more effectively.
The prize for the winning artwork is $500 gift card. Download the PDF flyer here – Art Competition-201f0052
Australia’s largest healthcare event and join the Australian Healthcare community for two days of extensive networking and learning and development opportunities on 17-18 March 2021.
Australian Healthcare Week has a dedicated Aged Care zone designed to showcase the latest technologies and products set to transform aged care service delivery now and in the years to come.
Please note Australian Healthcare Week will operate in accordance with our COVID-Safety Plan and in line with the guidance of NSW Health and the International Convention Centre (ICC), Sydney.
To register for your free pass click the link below
Youth Health Forums (YHFs) are stimulating, half-day forums that cover a wide range of adolescent health and wellbeing issues, appealing to health, education, community, welfare professionals and students. The Forum provides an opportunity for attendees to meet, update knowledge and skills, exchange information and strengthen the youth health network, in order to provide the best possible support for young people in NSW.
Although it’s challenging to host face to face meetings at this unusual time, the YHF Organising Committee recognises the value of extending YHFs to those working with young people both in Sydney and rural and regional areas; the scheduled March 2021 Forum will once again be live streamed to individuals to keep everyone safe. Note that there will be no video conferences held at the usual rural and regional sites.
Cost- Free of charge
When and where
Date: 3 March 2021
Time: 9am -12.30pm (AEST)
Where: live streamed to where you are
RSVP Register by close of business 26 February 2021 to receive a reminder email (registration is optional)
Program includes presentations on:
This forum will be chaired by Ms Kerry Smith, Aboriginal Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Priority Advisor, Mental Health – Children and Young People, NSW Ministry of Health
Welcome to Country: Auntie Yvonne Weldon, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council
Truth for Youth – what they’re teaching us – what we are learning: Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson AM, Patron We Al-li
Working with Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) to understand the health of Aboriginal young people: Ms Kezia Aurora Blackledge, Public Health and Intelligence Officer; Miss Shana Quayle, Sector Support Unit Manager; Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council (AH&MRC)
Staying Connected in the Outback: Ms Corina Kemp, Aboriginal Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol (MHDA) Clinical Leader; Mr Zacariah Henderson, Aboriginal MHDA Trainee; Far West MHDA Service, Far West Local Health District
Mental health habits and rituals: Mr Jeffrey Morgan, Nutritionist/Health & Wellbeing Consultant and Owner, The Lifestyle Program
Voice of youth: young people
Panel discussion: Panel will include all program speakers
Are you teaching a new driver? Sign up for free online workshops. The workshops provide information on the Graduated Licencing Program, licence conditions for learners and P Plate drivers, tips for using the learner driver logbook, and the importance of constructive feedback. Driver supervisors and learners welcome.
Bookings are essential and can be made by emailing [email protected]
The Online Public Policy Design and Development Summit is designed to help policymakers embrace best practice, innovation, technology and collaboration to design evidence-based and user-centric public policy. Senior policymakers and strategists from across Australia’s Government will gather to share practical insights and case studies into the ways their departments and agencies are working towards designing and developing evidence-based user-centric public policy.
Develop your onscreen acting technique with Simon Lyndon & Sarah Doyle. Work in front of the camera with seasoned professionals.
Call for EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST: YOUNG ACTORS (Age 18 – 24) IN REGIONAL NSW/QLD
First Nations Youth | Youth in need
ONSCREEN ACTING WORKSHOP – POTTSVILLE BEACH
SCENE STUDY | PRESENCE | COMEDY | EMOTIONAL SHIFTS | NAILING GENRE | COPY
DATE: Saturday 27th February 2021
TIME: 10:00am – 4:00pm
LOCATION: Pottsville Beach Community Hall, 1 Tweed Coast Rd POTTSVILLE 2489
The Performance Workshop is offering scholarships to young actors (18-24) in rural and regional NSW/QLD to cover the $250 registration fee.
If you would like to apply for funding, please email us with a one-minute video expressing your interest. Your video can be done on an iPhone – nothing too fancy. We are keen to unearth new talent so don’t worry if you don’t have much experience.
We live in a society where convenience and apparent safety issues justify individual restraint or confinement of people who are already living in a closed environment – prisons, forensic services, aged care and disability residential facilities. This panel discussion will consider the application of human rights in these settings as they relate to the institutionalisation of care, the physical environment and administrative practices. It will explore the impact of restrictive practices on individuals and what alternatives exist. Karen Williams of ADA Australia will chair this event featuring the views of human rights experts and those from both sides of the lived experience of restrictive practices.
Professor Tamara Walsh Professor Tamara Walsh is based at the School of Law, University of Queensland, where her research focuses on the impact of the law on vulnerable people. Together with Prisoners Legal Service, Tamara this year released a report on legal responses to solitary confinement in Queensland.
Marlene Eggert Marlene is a registered nurse and worked as a clinician for 30 years in tertiary care and the community setting. She is currently Senior Policy Advisor for Leading Age Services Australia, the national association for all providers of age services across residential care, home care and retirement living/seniors housing.
Mark Viney Mark Viney witnessed concerning effects of medication while his father David was in aged care. Mark will share his experience of the impact of medication upon his father and what it was like for him to negotiate for change.
Mary Burgess Mary Burgess is the Public Advocate for Queensland. As Public Advocate, Mary has championed various systemic issues in the disability, ageing, health, guardianship and mental health sectors. She has been outspoken about the unlawful use of restrictive practices in residential aged care. When: Thursday December 3rd, 5:30 – 6:30pmThis is an online event delivered via Zoom.
This event is proudly presented by Caxton Legal Centre and the University of Queensland Law School.
The Justice in Focus Series is a collaboration between Caxton Legal Centre Inc., the University of Queensland Law School, Queensland University of Technology Law School and Griffith University Law School. Established in 2013, the Justice in Focus Series brings together a panel of experts to discuss topical legal and socio-legal issues.
This panel discussion is produced by Caxton Legal Centre and is intended to provide a general conversation about the law. The views expressed in the discussion are those of individual participants and not the views of Caxton Legal Centre.
These training resources are designed to improve the detection and response to abuse, neglect and exploitation of older people and adults with disability in their family, home and community.
This training module can be accessed on the ADC website, and can be used across multiple devices including desktop computers, iPads, tablets and iPhones.
TAFE NSW is seeking partners to create a Residential Aged Care Centre of Excellence on an existing TAFE NSW site. It is intended that the Centre of Excellence will be co-located within an industry built and operated residential aged care facility. The Centre of Excellence will create an opportunity for schools, TAFE NSW and higher education providers to partner with industry to deliver market leading training solutions that will create jobs for the future.
WHEN: Thursday 3 December 2020 TIME: 9.30am – 10:30am WHERE: Virtual Event Platform RSVP: Register Now
Join us for the virtual Industry Partnership Launch and be the first to learn more about the latest information on TAFE NSW Residential Aged Care Centre of Excellence and our Industry Partnership Expression of Interest.
Join Healthy North Coast CEO Julie Sturgess every Friday lunchtime throughout November for a discussion on building leadership capability for collective impact with Dr Michael McAfee.
Dr McAfee is the President and CEO of PolicyLink. He is one of the world’s most sought-after speakers on racial equity and community and organisational development.
The entire ACE team is thrilled to bring you the very first ACE Community Colleges Summer School in Lismore. A brilliant opportunity to get back on track and make 2021 your year. Go for it! Courses begin December. EXPLORE OPTIONS HERE >
Applications are open for an inaugural First Nations Visual Arts Scholarship. Delivered in partnership with the Byron School of Art (BSA), the scholarship will sponsor a First Nations artist to participate in a year-long Visual Arts Foundation Course
