7 & 9 March 2023: This full day, face to face workshop, was delivered in Hobart and Devonport. The training covered the critical elements that enable us to have brave conversations in the workplace, delivered through a trauma informed lens, focusing on knowing ourselves, identifying and meeting others where they are at, cultivating courageous organisational cultures and practices, and how …
Trauma-Informed “Having the Hard Conversations” training – F2F Devonport
The recent Shelter Tas Workforce Development Program training in November 2022 identified “Having the Hard Conversations” as important training, and has been recommended as a key priority area. This full day session complements the “Trauma-Informed Toolkit for Workers in the Housing and Homelessness Sector” training delivered in November 2022, although attendance at the previous training is not essential. All housing …
Trauma-Informed “Having the Hard Conversations” training – F2F Hobart
The recent Shelter Tas Workforce Development Program training in November 2022 identified “Having the Hard Conversations” as important training, and has been recommended as a key priority area. This full day session complements the “Trauma-Informed Toolkit for Workers in the Housing and Homelessness Sector” training delivered in November 2022, although attendance at the previous training is not essential. All housing …
Residential Tenancy Act: Evictions, Exemptions & Complications (online)
Tuesday 30 May 2023, 11 am – 12 pm. This free online session is delivered by Alex Bomford, Solicitor for the Tenants Union Tasmania. Alex will provide a general overview of the Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) and briefly outline possible reforms and changes coming up. Includes sector-specific information such as the purpose of the RTA, where it applies, evictions, …
Tasmania’s unmet housing need highlights call for urgent Government action (CHIA and Shelter Tas)
Tasmania is amid a housing crisis with thousands of Tasmanians experiencing housing stress and homelessness. New analysis by CHIA and the UNSW City Futures Research Centre based on census data has found 6.2 per cent of Hobart households and 6.5 per cent of Launceston and North East households are not appropriately housed. Read more…
Shelter Tas Factsheet – Homelessness in Tasmania (2023 update)
Homelessness affects people of all ages, and in all regions of Tasmania. With more people experiencing and at risk of homelessness, we need to reduce and eliminate homelessness in Tasmania. Read more…
Residential Tenancy Act – Know Your RTA
31 January 2023: The session provided a general overview of the RTA and brief outline of possible reforms and changes coming up. Sector-specific information including the purpose of the RTA, where it applies, evictions, exemptions, where to find resources and when to contact the Tenants Union. Read the full evaluation here…
Migrant Resource Centre: Cultural Awareness and Competency ‘taster’
15 December 2022: Cultural Awareness Training provided the foundational knowledge and understanding needed to work effectively with people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The training was engaging, interactive and experiential, and recognised that cultural competency is an ongoing process. Read the full evaluation report here.
Bend Consulting: Trauma Informed Toolkit for Workers in the Housing and Homelessness Sector
1 & 3 November 2022: This workshop incorporated a focus on understanding the complexities of the work, including the differences between vicarious trauma and related concepts such as stress, burnout, compassion fatigue and secondary trauma. The risks of working in the housing and homelessness sector in the current climate were also examined, as well as how to respond using practical …
Bend Consulting: Mental Health Trauma Informed Practice
30 August & 1 September 2022: This training included a refresher on the theoretical framework underpinning trauma-informed practice. Participants looked at how this theory applies to understanding complex mental health presentations such as substance abuse, eating disorders, aggressive behaviours, suicidality and self-harm, psychosis and co-morbidity. Attendees also examined the worker experience, including the parallel process of working with trauma, and …