ACTCOSS fully supports the development of an ACT Child Safe Standards scheme based on lessons learned from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
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Submission: Review of Age of Criminal Responsibility
In this submission to Council of Attorneys-General review of the age of criminal responsibility, ACTCOSS recommends the minimum age be raised from 10 to 14 across all states and territories.
Submission: Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety on the Human Rights (Workers' Rights) Amendment Bill 2019
Our submission to the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety on the Human Rights (Workers' Rights) Amendment Bill 2019 ACTCOSS argued that all Economic, Social and Cultural (ESC) Rights should be included in the ACT Human Rights Act.
Self-Assessment Tool for Recruiting & Retaining Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander Workers
This tool is designed to help you think holistically about how to seek, engage, employ and retain Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander staff within your organisation.
Submission: Response to the ACT Sustainable Energy Policy 2020-25 Discussion Paper
Our submission calls on the ACT Government to assess all measures in its next 5-year plan for sustainable energy against criteria for a just transition to zero net greenhouse gas emissions in the ACT by 2045.
Report: GN21 Energy Consumer Advocacy Workshop Outcomes
This report presents the outcomes from a workshop that aimed at assisting Evoenergy in engaging with, and supporting the engagement of, vulnerable energy consumers as part of the development of their next 5-year plan for the gas network in the ACT and Queanbeyan-Palerang region.
Update, Issue 90, Summer 2019-20: 2020 is on the horizon - is it the view we imagined?
Issue 90 of the ACTCOSS journal provides a springboard for reflective practice. Contributions from ACTCOSS members and staff capture the hopes and visions held for service reforms, citizen engagement and social justice advocacy.
Submission: Strengthening Partnerships: Commissioning for Social Impact - Discussion Paper
ACTCOSS strongly supports the development of a Commissioning for Social Impact Strategy as a whole-of-government framework that should assist in matching the intent of The Social Compact and other partnership arrangements between the ACT Government and community sector with practice.
Submission: ACTCOSS Budget Priorities 2020-21
In ACTCOSS’s submission for the 2020-21 ACT Budget, we outline fifty priorities, calling for adequate resourcing of community-based, non-government delivered services and responses to meet community need and a changing Canberra.
ACTCOSS Annual Report 2018-19
This ACTCOSS annual report highlights our achievements for 2018-19, including major policy advocacy and capability activities.
Shattered Myths: 20 years of ACT Council of Social Service work on poverty
Shattered Myths is a retrospective of twenty years of work on poverty, tracing ACTCOSS’s continued efforts to shatter myths about prosperity being available to everyone in Canberra.
Creating Opportunity or Entrenching Disadvantage? 5 Years on: ACT Labour Market Data Update
In this report, WCHM and ACTCOSS have revisited the latest data to determine what changes have occurred in the labour market and how women have fared though the changes compared to men.
Update, Issue 89, Spring 2019: Growth of services needed in a fast-growing city
Issue 89 of the ACTCOSS journal illuminates some of the work being done by ACT community organisations to grow the reach and relevance of services needed as our population grows and changes.
ACTCOSS Constitution
The Constitution provides the legal framework and processes that govern ACTCOSS as an incorporated entity under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991.
Imagining Better - Reflections on access, choice and control in ACT health services for people with disability
The report shows that people with disability self-report poor health outcomes arising from personal and structural issues. It concludes that tangible, specific initiatives with adequate investments are needed to improve access to health services, while a package of work and measures is needed to ensure more supports and cohesion at the NDIS and health interface, including ensuring disability supports continue whilst people access health services.
Submission: Inquiry into Child and Youth Protection Services
In this submission, we seek a child protection system that is transparent, accountable, human rights compliant, and works in collaboration with the community members it seeks to protect.
Workforce Data and Community Needs Analysis
The Workforce Data and Community Needs Analysis seeks to describe the current ACT community services industry workforce, project growth, diversity, skill and knowledge needs into the future, to best meet the needs of the ACT community. The project’s overall goal was to assist the industry to ensure that future workforce development effectively meets emerging community needs.
Workforce Data and Community Needs Analysis - Attachment A - Appendix 1, 2, 3
In this Attachment A - Appendix 1, 2, and 3, a more comprehensive assessment of the needs of three target groups is presented.
Workforce Data and Community Needs Analysis - Attachment B
In this Attachment B - a report on the current (April 2019) characteristics of the ACT Community Services Industry workforce is presented.
Workforce Data and Community Needs Analysis - Attachment C
In this Attachment C, a report on the projected future workforce needs of the ACT Community Services Industry is provided.