𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘀, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗼𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹. Please join us to hear from Delia Donovan from Domestic Violence NSW, Mary Jo Mc Veigh from Cara House Family Resource Centre, A/Prof Tim Moore from Institute of Child Protection Studies, Dr Robert Urquhart from Barnardos Australia and a youth advocate from NAPCAN, who will discuss practitioner strategies on how to amplify the voices of children and young people exposed to coercive control. 📅 Tuesday 10 December ⏱ 12pm - 1.30pm 💻 Online via Zoom Register here: https://lnkd.in/gDzCSe2J Hosted by ACWA CCWT.
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Equality, Inclusiveness, Respect.
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The Association of Children's Welfare Agencies (ACWA) is the NSW peak body for non-government community service organisations that deliver services to vulnerable children, young people and their families. Our Vision : A truly civil society based on equal opportunity and social inclusion that actively nurtures the wellbeing and civic contribution of all children, young people, families and communities. Celebrating our 65th Year we have a membership base of more than 100 agencies. Our core activities revolve around advocacy, policy development, research, consultation, member support, publications, sector conferences and seminars, projects, partnerships and sector development.
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𝗔𝗖𝗪𝗔 𝗖𝗖𝗪𝗧 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 (𝗜𝗣𝗣) Social Work students at Australian College of Applied Professions, Charles Sturt University, University of New England (AU), University of Newcastle, University of Sydney have the opportunity to register for the IPP. The program includes a placement with an ACWA member agency, plus access to a range of professional development training run by specialists at CCWT. Thank you to our university and program partners including Allambi Care, Anglican Care, Anglicare Sydney, Barnardos Australia, The Benevolent Society, Challenge Community Services, Key Assets (Australia), Life Without Barriers, MacKillop Family Services, Marymead, Mission Australia, Narang Bir-rong Aboriginal Corporation, OzChild, Uniting, Wesley Mission for providing the students with such valuable and enriching placement experiences. Plus enormous thanks to our experienced facilitators who have been so generous in sharing their knowledge and time. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gd5zZ6Nr
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🎉 What an amazing experience at Youth Action NSW's 2024 Youth Work Conference and Awards on beautiful Wiradjuri country last week! 🌟 🗣️Fams CEO, Susan, had the privilege of being a panellist, discussing the crucial topic of young people as victim/survivors of violence. She was joined on the panel by Maree Walk, CEO of Association of Children's Welfare Agencies and Penny Lamaro, CEO of Women's Shelter Armidale Inc. Points of discussion included the need for a specialised workforce with capacity to address the needs of young people as victims/survivors and the current funding crisis impacting the sector's capacity. 🏆And the Youth Work Awards? Wow! It was an inspiring night celebrating the incredible efforts happening across NSW to support children, young people and communities to thrive. Congratulations to all award recipients and to Youth Action NSW for all your hard work hosting this fantastic conference 👏 #safechildren #strongfamilies #supportivecommunities
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🎉 Congratulations to all the winners of the 2024 Youth Action NSW Awards, including STARTTS | NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors who won the 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 award, sponsored by ACWA CCWT. Click here to find out about their 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻 anti-racism campaign, driven by young people using the arts to promote inclusion, belonging, connection, education & empowerment: https://lnkd.in/gDKAWuTA
Since 2013, Youth Action has hosted the NSW Youth Work Awards, an annual celebration of the exceptional work of youth services and youth workers across NSW. Youth Action is excited to share the winners of the NSW Youth Work Awards 2024! Read more on our website: We would like to thank our Official Event Partners for the Awards the NSW Department of Communities and Justice and NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) Visit our website to learn more about the Awards winners: https://lnkd.in/gFhFPmtZ
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Terrific and important opportunity to do a PhD on one of the most important areas in - family inclusion. And at a great university - Newcastle. Read below - looks fantastic.
Chair of ACHSWE, non executive board member NCOSS (2019-present). President, Australian Council of Heads of Social Work Educators (2024-). Promoting social justice through research, teaching & advocacy.
Sneak Preview: Interested in doing a PhD in Social Work at the University of Newcastle as a part of an ARC project? If you are passionate about family inclusion and want to undertake a higher degree in Social Work you may be interested in the PhD scholarship that will be advertised soon as on this National project: Embedding Parent Peer & Family Advocacy (PPFA) in Australian statutory child protection systems. Brief outline: This national project will focus on answering the questions: What is the scope and characteristics of PPFA in Australian statutory child protection systems? and, what are the opportunities to embed PPF in the Australian statutory child protection systems? Ours is the first large-scale Australian study to use a co-design and multi-stakeholder approach to build knowledge of, and capability in, PPFA. We have partnered with parents and families with lived experience of child protection systems, family and disability service agencies leading PPFA initiatives, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak bodies, seeking to empower parents and families as partners in achieving child safety and family well-being. This PhD scholar ship will be a study into the Question in Study 3: Embedding PPFA in Australian statutory child protection systems (which represents research aim number 5). Project aims; 1. Build knowledge/resources to empower& sustain parent, family, and community led PPFA initiatives in Australian child protection systems. 2. Identify and develop the specific processes and resources required to provide parents and family caregivers with intellectual disability with safe, accessible, sustainable opportunities to be peer-parent and family advocates. 3. Understand how the unique experiences and worldviews of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents, families, and advocates can inform culturally respectful approaches to PPFA. 4. Analyse how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community initiatives can inform PPFA approaches throughout Australia. 5. Build knowledge on the scope of/ opportunities to embed, PPFA in Australian statutory child protection systems. Question is Study 3: Embedding PPFA in Australian statutory child protection systems (research aim 5) RQ3a.What is the scope and characteristics of PPFA in Australian statutory child protection systems? RQ3b. What are the opportunities to embed PPFA in Australian statutory child protection systems? Research Approach: The project will use a mixed method approach. Study 3: Will map PPFA initiatives that are embedded in policy and practice of all state and territory statutory child protection authorities. Informants: representatives from each state and territory’s statutory child protection authority and professional advocates (e.g., Legal Aid and community legal services). We hope to be able to employ an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander PhD student. Official advertisements will be posted on the UoN website.
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ACWA CEO, Maree Walk, was thrilled to join Penny Lamaro, CEO of the Women's Shelter Armidale Inc and Susan Watson, CEO of Fams NSW, last week to discuss 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗺𝘀/𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 at the annual Youth Action NSW conference held on magical Wiradjuri Country in Dubbo. As Maree expressed: 💡 '𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦'𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳.' '𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.' Thank you to Andrew Johnson, CEO of Youth Action NSW, for bringing the panel together and facilitating this important discussion. And thank you to all youth workers for their ongoing commitment and dedication to improving the lives of young people.
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Youth Action would like to thank our Youth Work Awards Official Event Partners: NSW Department of Communities and Justice and NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS) and our NSW Youth Work Award Supporters: Association of Children's Welfare Agencies, Office for Regional Youth The Centre for Volunteering, Western Sydney University and Victoria University for making the NSW Youth Work Awards 2024 possible!
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PLACE-based work always needs a boost and investment. So good to see this investment from Dusseldorp and other Pholanthropic agencies. Well done Margot Beach and colleagues. ACWA looks forward to hearing more and working with communities who use PLACE as the agency is established.
Communities leading positive change across Australia are at the heart of Partnerships for Local Action and Community Empowerment (PLACE) the new national centre for place-based collaboration announced by Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Minister of Social Services Amanda Rishworth today at Our Place in Carlton, Melbourne. We are proud to be one of the initial supporters of PLACE as part of a $38.6 million partnership with the Australian Government, the Minderoo Foundation, Paul Ramsay Foundation, The Ian Potter Foundation, and the Bryan Foundation. PLACE is designed to strengthen and sustain the conditions for place-based initiatives like these to grow and thrive, so more communities are enabled and empowered to accelerate progress on the challenges that matter most to them. “The best way to solve issues communities face is by listening to them, developing solutions led by local people. Place-based support has and can have a profound impact, and now more Australian communities will benefit from these kinds of initiatives” Treasurer, Jim Chalmers For more information - https://lnkd.in/gNCSY52x
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For World Children’s Day, 54 reasons will bring together some of Australia’s leading child rights advocates, researchers and practitioners for an inspiring conversation about child rights and systems change. 📆 Date: Wednesday 20 November 2024 ⏱ Time: 1-3pm AEDT 💻 Location: Online (Teams) Register here: https://lnkd.in/gJ7zH-Pv
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𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗖𝗪𝗧 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴! 🎃 https://lnkd.in/ggGjgFh November courses include: ▶ Loss and Grief Work: Practice Essentials - Nov 7 & 8 https://lnkd.in/gmjxUvzP ▶ Building Resilience, Wellbeing & Vicarious Trauma for Staff - Nov 12 https://lnkd.in/gUFWkUKY ▶ Responding Effectively to People who have Experienced Sexual Violence - Nov 13 https://lnkd.in/g4nXzPhj ▶ Emotionally Intelligent Leadership - Nov 19 https://lnkd.in/gPzs-faN ▶ Writing in Practice - Nov 20 https://lnkd.in/gk7uMUug ▶ Accidental Counsellor- Nov 20 & 21 https://lnkd.in/g22xNgeE ▶ Manage People Performance - Nov 20 & 21 https://lnkd.in/gZsx7gpU ▶ Gambling Harm Minimisation - Nov 22 https://lnkd.in/gHc5Guid