Evaluations

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 …

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…

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.

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 …

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 …

21 June 2022: Shelter Tas has been running a series of popular online workshops with the Tenants’ Union of Tasmania during the course of the Workforce Development Program. This session provided a general overview of the RTA, sector-specific information, and a brief outline of possible upcoming reforms and changes. Read the full evaluation report here.

27 April & 4 May 2022: Shelter Tas and the Drug Education Network held this statewide face-to-face training to provide new information that affects how we work with individuals at their stage of health behaviour change. The Brief Interventions Masterclass provided best practice tools, resources and strategies, as well as invaluable peer reflection and discussion opportunities. Read the full evaluation report …

7 December 2021: Principal Lawyer at Dobson Mitchell Allport, Audrey Mills, presented an in-depth look at the Justice Legislation Amendment (Organisational Liability for Child Abuse) Act 2019 which came into effect in May 2020. This was a repeat of the April presentation which articulated significant changes to organisational liability. Click here for the full evaluation report.

9 September 2021: Shelter Tas partnered with the Drug Education Network (DEN) to deliver a one-hour presentation titled Meeting People at Their Stage of Change. The session gave a brief overview on the Tasmanian landscape and sources for drug and alcohol information and referrals. Click here to read the evaluation report.

11 May 2021: Shelter Tas partnered with ATDC and the Alcohol & Drug Foundation to deliver a one-hour presentation unpacking the language used when working with, or communicating with individuals who currently use or have used alcohol or drugs. Click here to read the summary and evaluation report.

13 April 2021: Principal Lawyer at Dobson Mitchell Allport, Audrey Mills, presented an in-depth look at the Justice Legislation Amendment (Organisational Liability for Child Abuse) Act 2019 which came into effect in May 2020. The targeted presentation highlighted how the new legislation impacts Specialist Homelessness Services and Community Housing Providers. Click here to read the evaluation and summary report.  

23 March 2021: NDIS – Connecting and navigating pathways for consumers presented by a team of statewide NDIS coordinators, addressed the most current and targeted issues for specialist homelessness services and community housing providers who support consumers to navigate the NDIS. Click here to read the summary and evaluation report.  

1 & 3 June 2021: The Sexual Trauma First Aid training provided an overview of trauma informed practice principles, neurological impacts of trauma, referral pathways, basic interventions for trauma symptoms and self-care strategies. Read the full evaluation here.

9 February 2021: This third session from the Tenant’s Union looked at the emerging issues in relation to the end of the non-eviction and rent freeze period eg rent arrears, surge of evictions and strategies for SHS and Tenants Union to work together effectively with the predicted influx. The session also covered the issue of agent timeframes for credit checks …

20 September 2020: The evaluation and feedback from the first online session held with Alex from the Tenant’s Union, was overwhelmingly in favour of a follow up session. This second session from the Tenant’s Union drilled down into the rights and responsibilities of tenants around common issues of mould, subleasing, as well as looking at trends, patterns and risk points. …

October 2020: Workshop #3 rounds off the series by introducing the tools and strategies for practitioners to implement into their practice to ensure ongoing self-care and wellbeing.  Workshop #3 covered: Self-care Tools; Frameworks; Developing a vicarious resilience framework; The art of happiness; Personality and vicarious resilience. Workshop #3: Tools for Self-Care is the first time we have split a full …

2 July 2020: This session was the fourth in the series of online workshops to address the emerging needs of the sector through the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Communities provided an overview of the state government’s COVID-19 packages including Extended Brokerage, Tele Health Screening and Moreton Group Medical Service (MGMS), Mental Health Homelessness Outreach Support Team (MHHOST) and the …

25 June 2020: Third in the series of online workshops, this session presented by the Tenants’ Union, addressed the most current and targeted information for specialist homelessness services to support consumers around changes to the Residential Tenancy Act and the impact COVID-19 measures including the moratorium on evictions, rent increases and the Residential Rent Relief Grants. The session provided sector …

9 June 2020: This session was the second in the series of online workshops that addressed the emerging needs of the sector through the COVID-19 pandemic. The session provided sector-specific information regarding the mandatory completion of COVID Worksafe Plans and targeted advice for keeping our SHS and CHP staff and consumers safe. Click here to read the Summary and evaluation …

14 May 2020: This session was the first in the series of online workshops to address the emerging needs of the sector through the COVID-19 pandemic. Sue Brooke Provided sector specific information, resources and links to relevant information on changes to entitlements including Job Seeker, Job Keeper and changes to Centrelink service delivery and consumer access. Rachael Andrews gave an …