Other Resources

Some useful information on a range of topics to assist in your work.

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Survey of Real Estates - tenancy tips

This information is a useful resource for community workers assisting people seeking rental housing.

Click here for the results of a survey regarding tips from Real Estates (pdf format) 160Kb...

 

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The WSCF Conference 2007

Understanding Diversity and Facing Change:  Influencing Social Policy.

Download your copy of these presentations...

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Resources for HACC services that use volunteers.

Toolkits

Volunteer Management Resource Kit - Department of Human Services, Victoria
This highly recommended kit was developed to take HACC services through the National Standards for Involving Volunteers in Not-For-Profit Organisations.

Effective Volunteer Management - CASAnet
Includes information on planning and conducting interviews

Volunteer toolkit, Practical Equipment for Effective Volunteer Management
Informative articles, printable forms and resource lists to help the nonprofit volunteer manager recruit, train, inform and equip volunteers for successful volunteer work.

Be An Effective Volunteer Toolkit - Volunteering Australia
Includes modifiable templates, learner guide and RPL tool for registered training organisations.

Training Modules

Volunteering Australia's Training and Resources
Extensive list of training modules including many applying directly to HACC services:

  • Advocate on behalf of individuals and groups
  • Be an effective volunteer
  • Communicate appropriately with clients and colleagues
  • Work effectively with culturally diverse clients and co-workers
  • Work within a legal and ethical framework

Research about volunteering

Selected research relevant to Home and Community Care (HACC) services

 Statistics

Links to statistics relevant to Western Sydney and organisations using volunteers.

ABS 4441.0 Voluntary Work Australia, 2000 - Australian Bureau of Statistics 
Contains information about participation in unpaid voluntary work through an organisation or group. This publication includes data about the types of organisation with which the voluntary work is associated, the types of activities carried out, time spent volunteering, the characteristics of the volunteer, and the reason for volunteering. Also includes information about monetary donations made to various organisations.