Peter Hudson was part of the team which facilitated the Managers’ training day at St John of God ACCORD North Greensborough on Wednesday 31 May 2017.

This was the first opportunity that managers from the recently merged Marillac  joined their colleagues at St John of God for a day of reflection and dialogue around the vision and mission as seen through four core lenses of Catholic Social Teaching: Human Dignity, Common Good, Subsidiarity and Solidarity.

Annual budgets, and their lead up, are an opportunity for genuine dialogue between government and concerned stakeholders across a range of sectors. Communities engaging with governments can really help in setting budget priorities which hopefully help all in society to flourish. It is in this spirit that a range of Catholic social service personnel gathered yesterday to listen to Parliamentary Treasury Secretary, Daniel Mulino MP, share his insights into the 2017 State Budget.

The spirit of generosity, service and collaboration was truly alive as more than 60 people from across the northern suburbs, and beyond, gathered at St Francis Xavier Parish in Montmorency for the ‘Parishes as Centres of Service Expo’ on Saturday 6 May.
Hosted by Catholic Social Services Victoria and St Francis Xavier Parish, the expo provided an opportunity for parish representatives, social services agencies, groups and organisations, to gather in one place to network and collaborate, share ideas and resources, and to dream and plan the way forward for their parishes and service-outreach programs among the community.

In addition to the 17,000+ volunteers that contribute to the work of our member organisations, Catholic Social Services Victoria, as a peak body, relies on volunteers for some of our advocacy and organisational work. We would be much less productive, and less effective, without volunteer input on our committees and working groups, in organising our forums for parishes and agencies, in drafting our various advocacy papers, etc.  We are in their debt.
We currently have a vacancy for a volunteer to assist with our parish support work.

 

Joce Bignold, CEO of McAuley Community Services for Women, Cath Garner, Executive Director, Mission and Strategy at Cabrini Health, Sheree Limbrick, Deputy CEO at CatholicCare, were welcomed to their first meeting of the Council at Catholic Social Services Victoria on Friday 7 April. All three joined the Council at the recent Annual General Meeting. Chair of Council, Bernie Cronin (pictured), was also re-elected for a further two year term.

Catholic Social Services Victoria (CSSV) has a position vacant for a part time (0.5) Senior Policy Officer in East Melbourne, reporting to the Executive Director of CSSV.

For more information, including an overview, responsibilities and key selection criteria, click here. Applications to HRRecruitment@cam.org.au close 1 May 2017.