The Advocacy and Support Centre Inc., (TASC) team has recently been invited to and attended several presentations in the South West Queensland and Darling Downs region to discuss the Seniors Legal and Support Service (SLASS) and other TASC services. SLASS Social Worker (Anna Rees) and SLASS Lawyer (Vic Hopkins) visited Blue Care in Crows Nest [...]
Read moreIn October 2012, three solicitors from TASC, Kim Raine, Ruth Chai and Figen Cingiloglu completed a Collaborative Practice training workshop organised by the Toowoomba & South West Queensland Family Law Pathways Network and Trainer Marilyn Scott and are now recognized as Collaborative Legal Practitioners. Collaborative Law is an innovative and emerging practice in Australia [...]
Read moreRogue tenants put on notice Rogue public housing tenants will soon face stricter penalties for bad behaviour with the Newman Government today launching a “three-strikes and you’re out” policy. Minister for Housing Tim Mander said the new policy would see problem tenants evicted if they failed to curb their behaviour. “While the majority of our [...]
Read moreTASC CEO, Ms Philippa Whitman announced today that TASC has recently become a member of the National Rural Law and Justice Alliance. The Alliance was launched in May 2012 with the principal purpose “to achieve justice and equity in the provision of legal system services and outcomes for all rural Australians”. The objects of the [...]
Read more“Our CEO, Philippa Whitman and Advocacy and Social Services Coordinator, Meg O’Neill attended the Warwick Hospital on 13 March 2013 where they were invited to address key workers and management from Warwick and Clifton in order to discuss the range of TASC services available to clients in their community and surrounds, including Millmerran, Stanthorpe, Texas [...]
Read moreThe Advocacy and Support Centre Inc., (TASC) team has recently been invited to and attended several presentations in the South West Queensland and Darling Downs region to discuss the Seniors Legal and Support Service (SLASS) and other TASC services. SLASS Social Worker (Anna Rees) and SLASS Lawyer (Vic Hopkins) visited Blue Care in Crows Nest [...]
Read moreTASC CEO, Ms Philippa Whitman announced today that TASC has recently become a member of the National Rural Law and Justice Alliance. The Alliance was launched in May 2012 with the principal purpose “to achieve justice and equity in the provision of legal system services and outcomes for all rural Australians”. The objects of the [...]
Read more“Our CEO, Philippa Whitman and Advocacy and Social Services Coordinator, Meg O’Neill attended the Warwick Hospital on 13 March 2013 where they were invited to address key workers and management from Warwick and Clifton in order to discuss the range of TASC services available to clients in their community and surrounds, including Millmerran, Stanthorpe, Texas [...]
Read more3. We need to agree on the best ways to encourage improvement and get better results We must initially agree on what is good practice across all mental health and support services. This must be based on evidence. Services need to be effective, efficient, provide value and demonstrate improvement in the mental health and experiences [...]
Read more2. We need to provide ‘a complete picture’ of what is happening and closely monitor and evaluate change Behind every bit of data is a part of a person’s story. It is often the only voice that a person has. People should not be treated as a series of different ‘body parts’ or file numbers [...]
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