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“There is a huge growing need to support people experiencing homelessness and a big demand for workers. Yet it’s very hard to get experience in the sector, so this is a fantastic opportunity,” says Jasper, Intern. Thanks to the Australasian Housing Institute for sharing the news about inCommunity Inc's Inaugural Case Management Internship Program. Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/grKxQA48

Today is R U OK? Day and inCommunity Inc, and our brands of inCommunity Connect Tenancy Skills Institute and Beddown, are inspired to get behind this message, today and any day! Together, we understand the power of meaningfully connecting with people and starting conversations with those in the world who may be struggling with life. So to raise awareness of this message, the inCommunity Connect team are now using the R U OK? Playing Cards (which double as conversation starters) across our programs. The cards have been a huge hit at Womens Club and for the young people at Hargreaves House Crisis Accommodation so far - so it's a sure thing we will continue using these special cards in the weeks and months ahead too! #RUOKDay2024 #ruokanyday

What an incredible day!! I have worked in the community services sector for many many years now, but, everyday I continue to be motivated and inspired by the people around me. Seriously, how lucky am I?!

Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow! inCommunity Inc held its inaugural Staff Conference on Monday. Bringing our teams together for a day to focus on where our organisation originates; what we're achieving today as a specialist housing and homelessness service via our brands of the Tenancy Skills Institute, inCommunity Connect and Beddown; and highlighting our focus for a bright tomorrow! A special opportunity for our organisation to come together to deepen our collective knowledge, reflect and discuss our learnings, strengthen our team’s collaboration and wellbeing, and build our future together. Watch our video re-cap and read the day's highlights here: https://lnkd.in/evmZMD_X Thanks to Adj. Associate Professor Sonia Martin 🏳️🌈 RN, GACN Founder and Director of OneBridge, Brett de Hoedt, Laura Valenti of McGrath North Lakes and Ipswich locals The Wellbeing Studio (owner Sam and practitioner Ellen) and all of our team. To say it was an inspiring day is an understatement. And our team left connected and energised for our future ahead, together. Our conference occurred and this video was filmed on the Traditional Lands of the Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul Peoples.

We're feeling inspired after our inaugural inCommunity Staff Conference today! A wonderful opportunity to reflect, learn from each other and expert speakers, and continue to grow together as a team. More to follow ... Beddown | inCommunity Connect | Tenancy Skills Institute

As the month of August draws to a close, inCommunity Inc, and our brands of Beddown, inCommunity Connect and Tenancy Skills Institute focuses on Multicultural Queensland Month. Celebrating people of all cultures and Queensland as a multicultural community where we all can contribute and thrive. We recognise the diverse cultural connections within our team as well as the people we walk alongside. Today we highlight our education brand, the Tenancy Skills Institute’s ongoing commitment to delivering our tenancy education courses to multicultural groups via organisations such as Townsville Multicultural Support Group; Centacare Multicultural Services in Cairns (Centacare Brisbane) and Multicultural Australia. Ensuring all residents of Queensland understand their rights and responsibilities under a lease agreement is essential, especially those who speak English as an additional language and/or who may have recently arrived in our state. As our team member Gavin M Ah Kee shares, “I really enjoy the work we do with our multicultural groups and I always learn more than the students. The language and cultural barriers to learning can be significant and I ensure I acknowledge and respect the group’s understanding of housing from where they have come from before I can deliver education and information on what it is like here. Using interpreters is a skill I have grown into but one that I truly value when I appreciate and understand the difficulty experienced by students for something as simple as asking to get a tap fixed, for example.” The Tenancy Skills Institute team continues to deliver to valued multicultural groups throughout Queensland, including next week’s courses in Toowoomba, where students whose first languages include Kurdish Kurmanji/Arabic and Swahili/Kinyarwanda will get rent-ready via our full tenancy education course. #multiculturalmonthqueensland

Better rental outcomes together! Thank you #Ipswich Real Estate Network for your time today attending our Cross-Sector Connection Event, hosted by Peter Brewer, REIQ Chairperson and Ambassador to the Tenancy Skills Institute. A chance for Property Managers to connect with the Tenancy Skills Institute and the inCommunity Connect Case Management Team to discover ways we can work together to deliver early intervention strategies - keeping tenancies at risk on track! Following our teams' presentations, attendees engaged in a meaningful discussion on how collaboration can work between the Real Estate Industry and the Community Services Sector. It's fair to say everyone left energised by our shared purpose! Be sure to get in touch with us if you would like to learn more.

Thanks Local Ipswich News for the wonderful article highlighting inCommunity Inc.'s Inaugural Case Management Internship Program! Our Interns Belinda, Carly, and Jasper have now commenced our 12-month program in earnest, gaining invaluable experience engaging with people at risk of, or experiencing homelessness, on their pathway to independent housing in the #Ipswich community.

"Today is the best day of my life, because I have a door that locks, and this place has a bathroom. I now don’t eat lunch alone because I am able to have a shower, and kids aren’t mean to me." A 9 year old boy describes the impact of benefiting from Beddown's The Good Night Initiative with his Mum. On Saturday night, Beddown had the opportunity to thank the AMA Queensland Foundation in person at their annual Charity Gala for their incredible donation last year, enabling the Foundation to become our major donor for The Good Night Initiative. Joining special guests, including Her Excellency the Honourable Dr Jeanette Young AC PSM; Professor Nimmo RFD; Vanessa Fowler OAM Co-Chair, Queensland Government Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Council; Chair of AMA Queensland Foundation Dr Dilip Dhupelia and his wife Mrs Ann Dhupelia (pictured in video); guests wore purple to represent the Foundation’s fundraising focus for this year—supporting organisations working on the frontline of domestic and family violence. Our CEO Paul Tommasini and Deputy CEO Nerissa Wade were honoured to be able to share the huge impact the Foundation’s donation has made to people sleeping rough via Beddown’s The Good Night Initiative. Since February this year, Beddown has provided bed nights to over 200 people throughout Queensland, 57 of whom were children. With 94% of people assisted identifying as women and two-thirds seeking support for homelessness due to domestic and family violence, there is no doubt that the Foundation will continue to make extraordinary impacts in the coming year with their 2024 focus. In coming days we will continue to share with you case studies from The Good Night Initiative, important stories to be told by our Community Partners on the impact and the outcomes that The Good Night Initiative has achieved. Please join us in giving a huge thank you to the AMA Queensland Foundation. HBNC (Hervey Bay Neighbhourhood Centre) | Protea Place Inc. | Womens Centre FNQ (www.wirc.org.au)

Day 2 of the Australian Homelessness Conference in #Adelaide and we're feeling energised! Exploring questions such as: "how private rentals are being accessed and sustained?" is close to our hearts at inCommunity Inc. If you are attending the conference today, be sure to stop by our Tenancy Skills Institute team's stall to learn more about how we approach this question and others when seeking to address the issue of homelessness. Let's keep #gatheringmomentum Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)