MENUMENU
  • ABOUT FCVic
  • CONTACT US
  • MEMBER PORTAL
MENUMENU
  • About Financial Counselling
    • ABOUT FINANCIAL COUNSELLING

      Financial counsellors provide assistance, advocacy and information to people experiencing financial difficulty.

    • Getting assistance
      • Find a financial counsellor
      • How a financial counsellor can help
    • Interested in financial counselling?
      • Become a financial counsellor
      • Diploma of Financial Counselling
    • Regulatory landscape
      • ASIC exemption
      • Restriction on the use of "financial counsellor" terms
  • For Financial Counsellors
    • Become a member
      • Apply online
      • Application process
      • FCVic policies
    • Continuous Professional Development
      • Continuous Professional Development
      • Upcoming sessions (members only)
      • CPD Library
    • Professional Supervision
      • Professional Supervision
      • Find a Professional Supervisor (members only)
      • Apply to become a supervisor (members only)
    • Log In

      Please log into the site.

  • Sector News
    • SECTOR NEWS

      Keep up to date with news and information relevant to the Victorian public, people in hardship and those who work with them.

    • News
      • Latest news
      • Media releases
    • Publications
      • The Devil’s Advocate
      • Reports & Submissions
      • The Gazette (members only)
    • Jobs
      • Find a job
      • Post a Job
      • Employ a financial counsellor
  • Events & Conference
    • EVENTS & CONFERENCE

      Find information on all upcoming FCVic events, including our annual conference.

    • Events
      • Calendar of events
    • Conference
      • FCVic Conference
      • Virginia Noonan Award
      • Jan Pentland Memorial Award
      • The Rising Star Award

Member news

Keep up to date with news that informs your practice and expands awareness of your client’s rights.

New Face at Social Security Rights Victoria, Continuity of Service

Karl Schaffarczyk
|
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
The Integrated Services Project between Social Security Rights Victoria and FCVic is now in its second year, bringing together the work of specialist social security lawyers and financial counsellors. This update welcomes the project’s new financial counsellor and provides information on service continuity arrangements.
Continue reading »

Chairperson’s message – March 2020

Colin Harte
|
Tuesday, 31 March 2020
In alternating issues of the Devil’s Advocate, the FCVic Chairperson contributes a message to the sector. This month, Colin Harte delivers a message of hope for the financial counselling sector.
Continue reading »

Executive Officer’s message

Sandy Ross
|
Thursday, 27 February 2020
In alternating issues of the Devil’s Advocate, the FCVic Executive Officer contributes a message to the sector. This month, Sandy Ross details the busy – but exciting – start to the year for the financial counselling sector.
Continue reading »

Interview with Sarah Brown-Shaw, Consumer Action Law Centre

FCVic
|
Thursday, 27 February 2020
In each issue of the Devil’s Advocate, FCVic shines the spotlight on one of our members. This month, Sarah Brown-Shaw, financial counsellor at Consumer Action Law Centre’s National Debt Helpline, talks about her love for her role and the variety it presents.
Continue reading »

News from the Integrated Services Project

Karl Schaffarczyk
|
Thursday, 30 January 2020
Social Security Rights Victoria Inc. (‘SSRV’) and Financial Counselling Victoria (FCVic) are continuing their partnership in 2020. The Integrated Services Project (ISP) has been funded for a second year. We look forward to continuing to improve client outcomes by bringing together the work of specialist social security lawyers and financial counsellors.
Continue reading »

Chair’s report – January 2020

Colin Harte
|
Thursday, 23 January 2020
In alternating issues of the Devil’s Advocate, the FCVic Chairperson contributes a message to the sector. This month, Colin Harte discusses the financial counselling sector response to the bushfire disaster.
Continue reading »

New research on debt problems caused by economic abuse

Evgenia Bourova
|
Thursday, 19 December 2019
Researchers at Melbourne Law School have published an article drawing on the views of financial counsellors, consumer solicitors and other advocates on their experiences of assisting women with debt problems resulting from economic abuse.
Continue reading »

Interview with Joy Mason, Centrecare (WA)

FCVic
|
Thursday, 19 December 2019
In each issue of the Devil’s Advocate, FCRC shines the spotlight on one of our members. This month, Joy Mason talks about her eye-opening decision to “go West” and step outside her comfort zone. Joy has spent the past 12 months working in remote WA communities, and offers encouragement for others to give it a go.
Continue reading »

Researching the impact of financial difficulty assistance, bankruptcy and debt agreements: Seeking survey participants!

Nicola Howell
|
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Do existing laws help consumers recover from over-indebtedness? A call for participants for the next phase of my research. In the June 2019 edition of the Devil’s Advocate, I told readers about my research on the impacts of bankruptcy, debt agreements and financial difficulty assistance. I invited financial counsellors to help promote my study by letting relevant clients (or former clients) know about the opportunity to complete an online survey about their experiences. I am very grateful to those who were able to assist. I am now starting a new phase of the data collection, and inviting financial counsellors, insolvency practitioners, and others who work in the sector to share their insights on the different options. Interested practitioners can complete an anonymous online survey for the study, available here: https://melbourneuni.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6RRwGzecQs8dxQx. The debtor surveys also remain open for a few more weeks, so I am still keen to hear from you if you can help by promoting the surveys to clients and/or former clients, and/or through social media. Please contact me for more information (including suggested text for social media or an email to clients) ([email protected] or (07) 3138 2006), or follow the link for more details (link to full article).
Continue reading »

Chair’s report – November 2019

Colin Harte
|
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
In alternating issues of the Devil’s Advocate, the FCRC Chairperson contributes a message to the sector. This month, Colin Harte reflects on the “exciting times” ahead for the financial counselling sector, and welcomes the new FCRC Board elected at the AGM in October.
Continue reading »

You have reached the end.

No more pages to load

1 … 7 8 9 10 11
  • CATEGORIES

ARCHIVE
  • April 2022 (5)
  • March 2022 (5)
  • February 2022 (3)
  • January 2022 (5)
  • November 2021 (5)
  • October 2021 (3)
  • September 2021 (5)
  • August 2021 (3)
  • July 2021 (4)
  • June 2021 (5)
  • May 2021 (2)
  • April 2021 (5)
  • Admin login
  • © Copyright 2022 FCVic