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This case study has been provided by South East Community Links.
Jim’s Story deals with a number of issues such as safe lending, family violence and intersectionality.
Between September and December this year, FCVic is conducting a series four forums for financial counsellors to meet with representatives from the Banking, Energy, Telecommunications and Tenancy sectors. The Hardship Forum is a process designed to facilitate structured engagement on hardship, between financial counsellors and creditors.
In alternating issues of the Devil’s Advocate, the FCVic Executive Officer contributes a message to the sector. This month, Sandy Ross contemplates the prospects and challenges for the financial counselling sector in 2021.
2020 was a significant year for many reasons. Before we draw a line in the sand between what happened and what is to come, we are pausing to look back on some of the events from last year –the first 12 months of FCVic’s operation under its current name.
Delivered by Neami National, Connect with CARE is a suicide prevention and intervention training package, made up of five key elements: Connect, Collaborate, Acknowledge, Reflect and Empower. Each element explores suicide prevention and intervention approaches in a manner that meets legal and ethical obligations whilst upholding recovery-oriented practice principles.
Katrina Barrett has written a short reflection on why financial counsellors should take up the Connect with CARE training opportunity.