Capacity Building Resources

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultural Awareness Self-Assessment Toolkit (CASAT) is a set of good practice standards developed to assist community service organisations improve the quality of their services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients and communities and to strengthen the organisation’s knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. The […]

The Self-Assessment Tool for Recruiting & Retaining Aboriginal &/or Torres Strait Islander Workers is designed to help you think holistically about how to seek, engage, employ and retain Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander staff within your organisation. This tool reflects your opinion of your current organisational capacity with a point-in-time view. The tool is intended […]

ACTCOSS has developed this calendar to reflect on our shared history and to map events that have helped shape the reconciliation journey for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and the wider Australian community. The events in this calendar recognise and celebrate some of the actions and achievements from the past that form the foundation for […]

The Emerging Leaders’ Framework is better practice guide to identifying and developing emerging leaders within the ACT Community Services Industry. This Framework is for emerging leaders, their organisations and system leaders.

This legislative compliance checklist was developed by ACTCOSS for internal governance purposes only. It has been shared as a resource for other organisations to adapt for their own purposes. This checklist outlines some pieces of legislation that may be relevant to the work of community organisations in the ACT, and can help organisations identify legal obligations […]

The Workforce Data and Community Needs Analysis seeks to describe the current ACT community services industry workforce, project growth, diversity, skill and knowledge needs into the future, to best meet the needs of the ACT community. The project’s overall goal was to assist the industry to ensure that future workforce development effectively meets emerging community […]

In this Attachment D, it sets out a proposal for a future research tool for the ACT Community Services Industry snapshot. The purpose of the snapshot is to capture information about the current state of the ACT Community Services Industry workforce, set trajectories, and measure progress against Industry wide goals and plans such as the […]

In this Attachment C, a report on the projected future workforce needs of the ACT Community Services Industry is provided.  

In this Attachment B – a report on the current (April 2019) characteristics of the ACT Community Services Industry workforce is presented.  

In this Attachment A – Appendix 1, 2, and 3, a more comprehensive assessment of the needs of three target groups is presented. These cohorts: children, young people, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been selected as groups that could benefit greatly from early support. At the end of each appendix, we highlight […]