Member centres publications

Health Justice Australia has developed further resources and information available for free and easy use. 

Legal Aid Queensland held a free webinar for community workers on ‘Understanding the youth justice system – what community workers need to know.’ The webinar covers topics like:

• why we have a youth justice system
• why we have different justice systems for young people and adults
• common misconceptions about youth justice
• tips for community workers
• where to get legal help.

The Youth Advocacy Centre (a Queensland-based specialist legal and welfare agency for young people aged 10 to 18) offers specialised training for anyone who works with young people. The practice based training gives participants a better understanding of the law and statutory systems (including youth justice and child protection) involving young people and also how the law affects them as workers with young people.

Legal Aid has developed a Factsheet for people who have been charged with an offence and are due to appear in the Magistrates Court. 

LegalAid have developed a series of 8 videos to provide information on criminal law duty lawyer accreditation. 

The QPILCH Mental Health Law Practice held it’s annual training weekend in late February, 2016 and has 27 new advocates on board for the Tribunal Advocacy Service. Now in its 5th year, the Advocacy Service helps people on Involuntary Treatment Orders prepare for their review hearings at the Mental Health Review Tribunal. 

Mamre Association is a Brisbane based non-profit organisation supporting families with children with a disability. For over 10 years Mamre has offered succession planning workshops, information and resources to assist families to use the law to safeguard the futures of their loved ones with disability. Through this work, however, it became clear that more was needed. 

Now, Disability Law Queensland, an incorporated legal practice wholly owned by Mamre, offers affordable, accessible and expert legal advice and assistance to people with a disability and their families. 

Legal help (discrete task assistance through to full representation) is available in the following areas: succession planning, decision-making, human rights, administrative law and child protection

QPILCH in conjunction with Allens have produced a booklet and employee information sheet explaining the salary sacrifice arrangements available to CLCs and their employees.

The Child Protection Toolkit is designed to provide practical advice to organisations of all sizes across the country. It includes a rundown on laws and obligations in every state and territory, child-safe volunteer and employee recruitment and screening tips, template policies and codes of conduct, and a checklist to ensure your organisation is meeting its obligations and, if not, knows where to go to get help. 

Systematic review of 41 studies looking at the impact of Welfare to Work reforms on the wellbeing of parents and their children.

People Are Missing Out On The Legal Help They Need. This briefing sheet provides facts and figures on the funding crisis CLCs are facing and the risk to frontline legal services.

The Salvation Army invite all past attendees of Insight Suicide Prevention face to face training workshops to complete our free online training modules.

These have been specifically designed for those associated with frontline community legal work, and compliment the awareness raised at our one day program you attended within the last 18 months.