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A post-budget Policy Conversation focussed on the safety and wellbeing of Tasmanian children, featuring a presentation by academic and researcher Professor Sharon Bessell to discuss the 2024/25 Tasmanian State Budget and its potential implications for Tasmanian families and children, as well as the communities and organisations working to keep all Tasmanian children safe and well.

The TasCOSS 2024/25 Tasmanian State Budget Briefing provides an in-depth commentary and analysis of the Tasmanian State Budget’s impact on the community services industry.

Are you interested in developing your or your team’s capability to train, coach and mentor in your organisation? The first funded program opportunity for 2024 is the Developing a Workplace Training Culture program, co-designed with TasTAFE (RTO 60142). This is a first step in gaining training skills and knowledge to support, mentor, instruct and assist people completing qualifications in the wo...

The Community Voices Program is a lived experience advocacy program for people living on low or inadequate incomes. Community Voice Partners receive training, support and payment for sharing their lived experience expertise to ensure the systems, policies, services and decisions which affect Tasmanian communities living on low incomes are fit-for-purpose and inclusive. The launch event included...

The 2023/24 TasCOSS State Budget Briefing provides in-depth commentary and analysis of the State Budget’s impact on the community services industry. The event featured presentations and Q&A from TasCOSS Acting CEO, Dr Charlie Burton, and Minister for Community Services and Development, the Hon Nic Street MP. The event was held at RACV Hobart Apartment Hotel (The Stables), with the option for Ta...

It was another rewarding and busy year for TasCOSS, marked notably by the milestone release of the 10 year Tasmanian Community Services Industry Plan (2021-31), a Federal Election campaign, the launch of our new five year Strategic Plan (2021-26) and our statewide biennial conference. To learn more about TasCOSS’s activities over the past 12 months, please head to tascoss.org.au/ar202122.

Staff often work with clients who have experienced trauma and may also have experienced their own trauma. That is why instilling workforce resilience is so important for service delivery. In this video, Andrea Sturges (Kennerley Children’s Homes) speaks about the importance of healthy coping strategies for staff in the community services industry. Kennerley took proactive steps to improve the o...

Patsy (Community Outreach Leader) and Jane (Chief Executive Officer) at Karinya Young Women’s Service describe the realities of providing smoking cessation support to clients in an organisation funded for crisis care. The relatively short time with clients reduces the opportunity for forming ongoing relationships and there is no long-term case management. Clients are often experiencing acute tr...

“Most of the issues that were raised as being risks actually didn’t materialise come the day of going smoke-free.” - Jane, Karinya Young Women’s Service Patsy (Community Outreach Leader) and Jane (Chief Executive Officer) at Karinya Young Women’s Service recount the challenges and ultimate success the organisation experienced in introducing a smoke-free site. In response to a new policy directi...

“The end goal is to quit, but it is not the main goal. The main goal is to give people education in this space, getting them ready to quit.” - Jay McDonald, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Jay McDonald is a smoking cessation and alcohol and other drugs (AOD) worker at the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre. He works with the Aboriginal community to increase awareness of the harms associated with smoking a...

“One of the brilliant things about being in Tasmania is that we do have some great resources available.” - Rachel Breen, Healthy Tasmania Rachel Breen is a Project Officer for Healthy Tasmania who was instrumental in helping City Mission set up their smoking cessation program. In this video, Rachel describes her role in providing group education sessions and individualised counselling support t...

“You are not just seeing a group of people quit together, you are seeing them doing smoking cessation together. You are seeing them progress in their nicotine replacement reduction together, and it’s just a wonderful thing.” - Matt Carswell, Missiondale Matt describes the successes of a quit smoking program at Missiondale Therapeutic Community. Residents support each other through a multi-facet...

Every five years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) counts every person and household in Australia. This is called the Census of Population and Housing. The Census is the most comprehensive snapshot of the country, tells the story of how we are changing and provides us with information about the economic, social and cultural make-up of the country. Following the upcoming release of the ...

Join Richard Eccleston and the TasCOSS policy team to unpack the nitty-gritty of the 2022/23 State Budget. The post-budget online event featured a presentation from renowned political researcher and commentator Professor Richard Eccleston (Institute for Social Change, University of Tasmania), as well as further analysis on the impact of the budget on community services from TasCOSS.

TasCOSS 2022/23 State Budget Briefing

Policy Conversation: Lived Experience Engagement in the Community Services Industry

TasCOSS Annual Report 2020/21 (CEO Message)

Using FindHelpTAS on a Mobile Phone

FindHelpTAS (Short Explainer Video)

TasCOSS 2021/22 State Budget Briefing

Policy Conversations: Poker Machines in Tasmania: What is Set to Change?

Policy Conversations: Rethinking the Use of ‘Vulnerable’

Tasmanian State Election 2021: Political Leaders’ Forum

Tasplan International Women’s Day Awards for Excellence 2021 Virtual Event

Understanding the Changes to Working with Vulnerable People Checks

Lunch with Tasmania’s Premier, the Hon Peter Gutwein MP

TasCOSS Annual Report 2019/20

TasCOSS 2020/21 State Budget Briefing

TasCOSS COVID-19 Safety Planning Series (Session 2 - Managing Workplace Culture and Change)