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Funded Agency Channel and Service Agreement Module
25 Apr 2012
On 20/4/2012, Candy Green, Manager Online Information Systems, DHS presented to the Corporate Services Network outlining the latest enhancements to the FAC/SAM system – presentation attached. -
Pay Equity
23 Apr 2012
The Fair Work Australia decision on Pay Equity is due to be implemented from 1/12/2012 and provides the following pay increases over eight years to workers paid under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award.
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Modern Award Translations
23 Apr 2012
Confirmation has been received that the joint unions/employer associations meeting have finalised translation tables from the SACS, DSAV awards and AEU agreements to the SCHADS modern award.
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Australian Charities and NFP’s Commission presents at the Centre
18 Apr 2012
Australian Charities and NFP’s Commission (ACNC)
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Parliamentary inquiry on church abuse leads update
17 Apr 2012
The Parliamentary Inquiry into abuse in religious organisations – in particular the Catholic Church – leads this media update. Reports by the Victorian Law Reform Commission and the Auditor-General tabled in State Parliament today also feature.
Your comments are most welcome and can be made here using our comment form (anonymously, if you wish). All comments are moderated before they appear.
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Looming church abuse inquiry leads update
15 Apr 2012
The looming independent inquiry to tackle church abuse in the Catholic Church leads this media update. A strong story of the benefits of early intervention and prevention also features.
Your comments are most welcome and can be made here using our comment form (anonymously, if you wish). All comments are moderated before they appear.
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Sustained call for church abuse inquiry leads update
04 Apr 2012
The sustained call for an independent inquiry to tackle church abuse leads this media update. Professor Dorothy Scott's Catherine Helen Spence Oration, federal funding for evaluation, and the impact of precarious work on families also feature.
Your comments are most welcome and can be made here using our comment form (anonymously, if you wish). All comments are moderated before they appear.
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Helping fathers go further as parents
04 Apr 2012
On 20 March the Centre is offering a new Knowhow session on fatherhood. Find out how fatherhood has changed and how services can work more successfully with fathers to help them go further in their role as parents.
Our facilitator is Scott Hall, Coordinator of men and family relationships programs at the Sunshine office of Relationships Australia. Scott works with maternal child health, local councils, kindergartens and primary schools on parent programs that are father and family-friendly.
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Take part in Residential Care Census Week
04 Apr 2012
The week of 20–24 February is Residential Care Census Week, and we need your help!
The Centre is asking all community service organisations offering residential care in Victoria to contribute to our annual snapshot of the residential care workforce by completing our confidential online survey.
The survey will help us to strengthen residential care in Victoria by building a clearer picture of workforce demographics, qualifications, unit structure and staffing, as well as issues such as the use of relief staff, staff retention and turnover.
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Help award leadership and quality in resi care
03 Apr 2012
Nominations for the 2012 Residential Care Worker Awards are now open. The awards aim to recognise, celebrate and encourage work of the highest standard that contributes to positive outcomes for children and young people living in residential care in Victoria. They also give residential care workers the opportunity to recognise the often uncelebrated work of their colleagues.
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Giving voice to children and young people
02 Apr 2012
The Centre's new monograph, Their voice: Involving children and young people in decisions, services and systems examines how the voice of children and young people in State care&nb
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Call for church abuse inquiry leads media update
28 Mar 2012
The growing call for an independent inquiry to tackle church abuse and the Auditor-General's report on public housing lead this media update. Donor-conceived children, youth suicide in the Northern Territory and a report linking vulnerability to the London riots also feature.
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