Know Your Rights Resources The Know Your Rights cards are a QATSICPP initiative designed to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and raise community awareness of the rights of families who are involved in the child protection system in Queensland. The wallet-sized cards can be used by service providers, members of the community as…
A friendly reminder to all our staff and member organisations, applications for the Griffith University Scholarship will be closing on 09 September 2022. “I really enjoyed the course content and found it beneficial to my role as a practitioner in the community-controlled sector, and I enjoyed connecting with staff from other organisations.” QATSICPP Scholarship and…
Applications are now open for QATSICPP Workforce Professional Scholarships 2022-2023 QATSICPP have opened their next round of scholarship applications for Trimester 3 2022/2023 for potential students who are interested in studying a Graduate Certificate in Human Services or a Graduate Certificate in First Peoples Community of Practice through Griffith University. These scholarships are open to…
We are very proud and pleased to provide the 2019/2020 Annual Report for Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection Peak (QATSICPP) “Leading the way”. This report provides a snapshot of how we are working towards a better future and outcomes for our children in Queensland. In the report, we share some of the…
QATSICPP Practice Standards Workshop – Mount Isa QATSICPP continues to support our members by delivering the QATSICPP Practice Standards workshops. On Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 June 2022, Program Officer Arnold Simpson attended Kalkadoon Country in Mount Isa to facilitate a QATSICPP Practice Standards workshop with 17 staff members from community-controlled member organisations AIDRWA and…
Solid Voices of Tomorrow – Cairns Trip Last week, Lucas Moore made a trip to Cairns to yarn with some amazing First Nations young adults. A road trip to Mareeba to spend time with Simeon on Muluridji Country. Simeon participated in the Solid Voices project, co-lead by fellow QATSICPP legend, Sheree Hilt. Lucas was lucky…
This week QATSICPP releases Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children in the Queensland Child Protection System 19/20 Data Summary. This document has been developed by drawing together relevant publicly available data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs about our children’s involvement with different…
Solid Voices of Tomorrow Knowledge Circle On Thursday 28 April QATSICPP was delighted to host a Knowledge Circle as part of our Solid Voices of Tomorrow project bringing together young people and Members. The purpose of the Solid Voices of Tomorrow project is to identify how young people’s stories can be best heard and acted…
New Ways for Our Families: QATSICPP’s first collaborative research report is now available Over the past year the QATSICPP Team been working with community researchers across 8 (eight) sites conducting community research on the impacts of domestic and family violence on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people. On 7 April 2022 ANROWS…
New National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Crisis Support Line 13YARN [Thirteen YARN] is the first national crisis support line for mob who are feeling overwhelmed or having difficulty coping. The service offers confidential one-on-one yarning opportunity with a Lifeline-trained Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter who can provide crisis support 24 hours a…
