Legal Aid Nsw. Law For Community Workers On The Go

The Australian Centre for Disability Law (ACDL) was set up in 1994 as a specialist Community Legal Centre, working towards a world where people with disabilities are able to participate in all aspects of life. Our vision is of a society in which persons with disability live with dignity, and in which their human rights and fundamental freedoms are recognised, respected, protected and fulfilled. Our purpose is to work towards the realisation of our vision by providing persons with disability and their associates with specialist legal assistance in our designated practice areas, and by undertaking complementary community legal education, continuing legal education and policy and law reform activities.   Website: Home - Australian Centre for Disability Law Contact Us: Contact - Australian Centre for Disability Law Learning Together: Education - (disabilitylaw.org.au) Talk Up: Talk Up! – Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability to know and understand their legal rights (fpdn.org.au)

Financial Rights Legal Centre is a specialist legal centre providing advice for anyone in financial distress. They are a Community Legal Centre based in NSW, but offering legal advice and financial counselling across Australia. We focus particularly on assisting low-income, marginalised or disadvantaged consumers who need help to solve complex problems and gain greater financial freedom. We also use our experience helping individuals to argue for improved consumer protection laws and a fairer marketplace. Website: Home - Financial Rights Legal Centre Contact Numbers:  National Debt Helpline: 1800 007 007    Monday to Friday 9.30am-4.30pm (Online Chat available 9am to 8pm) Credit & Debt Legal Advice line (NSW only):     1800 844 949    Monday to Friday 10am-1pm Insurance Law Service:     1300 663 464    Monday to Friday 10am-1pm Mob Strong Debt Help:    1800 808 488    Monday to Friday 9.30am-4.30pm   Training and Workshops: Workshops and Education - Financial Rights Legal Centre Factsheets: Fact Sheet Ind

This is a special edition of Law for Community Workers in which we speak to the Defence and Veterans Legal Service about the Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicide. Bridget from the Community Legal Education Branch speaks to Yolanda D’Aquino about the Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicide and some imminent deadlines for people who wish to participate to request a private session with the Royal Commission or to make a submission to the Royal Commission. 28 April 2023 is the last date on which someone can request to have a private session in the Royal Commission. 13 October 2023 is the last date on which someone can make a submission to the Royal Commission. Use the links below to find out more information about what we talked about in this episode. Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicide To contact the Royal Commission: Email:dvsrc.enquiries@royalcommission.gov.au Telephone: 1800 329 095 or +61 2 5122 3105, 9:00am to 5:00pm AEDT Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays. F

The Financial Counsellor role sits within the Consumer Law Team, and the Financial Counsellor is available to receive referrals from the Civil Law division A Financial Counsellor can: Assess a client’s financial situation and advise on possible solutions. Make financial hardship applications, including requesting debt waivers. Provide advice for clients who are struggling to pay bills, meet basic financial needs and prioritise creditors. Help clients to negotiate with creditors, such as banks, water and energy suppliers, telco’s, government agencies, landlords, debt collectors and others. Refer clients to other services they may need such as legal, accommodation, or crisis services. Provide training to solicitors and community on financial hardship issues and how to complete a statement of financial position. Our Financial Counsellors cannot give grants or arrange relief. All Financial Counsellors at Legal Aid work within our Allied Professional Framework that states that “all Allied Professional Services are

This episode is being released on the International Transgender day of Visibility, Friday March 31st 2023 to  celebrate and support Trans and Gender Diverse people in our lives and communities.  The Inner City Legal Centre, in partnership with Dentons, offer the Trans and Gender Diverse Legal Service for transgender and gender diverse people experiencing legal problems. The service runs a fortnightly appointment-based legal clinic on a Monday, with appointments taking place over the phone.  Website: Home - Inner City Legal Centre (iclc.org.au) **scroll down the above page to subscribe to their newsletter** T&GDLS: Trans and Gender Diverse Legal Service - Inner City Legal Centre (iclc.org.au) Email: iclc@iclc.org.au Phone: 02 9332 1966 Toll Free: 1800 244 481 SMS-only number: 0476 857 342 Location: Basement, Kings Cross Library, Neighbourhood Centre 50-52 Darlinghurst Road Kings Cross NSW 2011 Postal Address: PO Box 25, Potts Point NSW 1335   Link to Transcript: https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/track?uri=u

The Immigration Advice and Rights Centre (IARC) is a specialist, not-for-profit community legal centre (CLC) with over 35 years’ experience in migration law and policy. IARC’s vision is for a fair and just immigration system for everyone, regardless of means. IARC assists migrants experiencing vulnerability in NSW by providing free legal information, advice, and casework services. Our clients are financially disadvantaged, come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and often speak little or no English. Many experience multiple layers of disadvantage including homelessness, low education levels, and disability. They have often experienced torture or trauma. Almost half of our clients have experienced, or are at risk of, family violence. IARC also provides community legal education (CLE) services, undertakes law reform and policy activities, and collaborates with other organisations in the legal and social justice/human rights sector on individual matters and systemic issues.   Website: Free i

Seniors Rights Service is a community organisation dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights of older people, particularly vulnerable and disadvantaged groups. We provide free and confidential advice, aged care advocacy and support, and legal advice to seniors across New South Wales. Your rights. Your voice. Free and confidential. Telephone: 1800 424 079  |  02 9281 3600 Website: Protecting the rights of older people - Seniors Rights Service Email: info@SeniorsRightsService.org.au Information Sessions: https://seniorsrightsservice.org.au/information/information-sessions/ Newsletter: Newsletters - Seniors Rights Service Subscribe: Seniors Rights Service (list-manage.com) Facebook: Seniors Rights Service - Home | Facebook Twitter: https://twitter.com/Seniors_Rights   Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/dMd-umKupo6ONdFHoh54Sl-peto Acknowledgments The music in our Law for Community Workers on the go podcasts is Blue Highway by Podington Bear licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 Licenc

The Homeless Persons’ Legal Service (HPLS) provides people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness with practical legal assistance. Informed by our casework and consumer feedback, we also address causes of homelessness through strategic engagement and policy advocacy with government and service providers. They have recently launched the Women’s Homelessness Prevention Service (WHPS), which aims to help women at risk of homelessness, particularly women experiencing domestic and family violence. You can visit the HPLS website here: Homelessness (HPLS) | Public Interest Advocacy Centre (piac.asn.au) or call them on: (02) 8898 6545 or Email on: homelessproject@piac.asn.au You can find the referral form here: 22.05.24-HPLS-Referral-Form.docx (live.com) You can find all the outreach locations using this link: Clinic times & locations | Public Interest Advocacy Centre (piac.asn.au) You can read more about the Street Care Team here: StreetCare | Public Interest Advocacy Centre (piac.asn.au) You can Subscribe

This is Part 1 of a new podcast series exploring homelessness in Australia and the legal issues people experience when they are homeless or at risk of homelessness.  During this series we will be speaking to people from different services providing support and legal advice to those experiencing homelessness. In this first episode, Bridget from the Community Legal Education Branch speaks to Mary Lovelock from Legal Aid’s Elder Abuse Service based on the Central Coast and lower Hunter region, about homelessness and its causes in older people. There is useful information in this episode about how community workers working with older clients can support and refer those clients for legal help.   Use the links below to find out more information about what we talked about in this episode. Legal Aid services and resources for older people: Legal Aid NSW, Elder Abuse Service Ph. (02) 4324 5611 Elder Abuse Service - Legal Aid NSW LawAccess 1800 888 529 Seniors Rights Service: Ph. 02 9281 3600 Seniors Rights Service off

The Employment Law Service is a specialist service of Legal Aid NSW. We provide free legal advice, assistance and representation for workers with employment law problems. We provide employment law advice in our offices that provide civil law advice throughout NSW. We also have dedicated employment law advice sessions on fixed dates. You should call first to check that we can help you and make an appointment. If you are not sure which office to contact call LawAccess NSW 1300 888 529. Who we can help? We can help many types of workers, including: full time/part time  workers casual workers government workers younger and older workers contractors workers on visas   Legal Aid Website: Employment Law Services - Legal Aid NSW Request a CLE: https://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/what-we-do/workshops/request-a-talk Wages Resources: Ripped off - Legal Aid NSW Fair Work Commission: Fair Work Commission | Australia's national workplace relations tribunal (fwc.gov.au) Fair Work Ombudsman Links: Casual employees -

Kingsford Legal Centre is part of the UNSW Sydney Faculty of Law & Justice and provides a number of clinical legal education programs to its students. KLC's lawyers, volunteers and students help over 1,500 local community members each year with problems such as domestic violence, discrimination, housing, employment, criminal law, credit and debt, fines and victim’s compensation. The Sexual Harassment Legal Service works across a range of areas, including: Legal advice, assistance and representation to people who have or are experiencing sexual harassment; Community legal education aimed at preventing sexual harassment and empowering people to speak up when it happens. This education is focused on a wide range of audiences, from high school and university students to community legal centres, pro bono lawyers and community workers; Law reform work to advocate for better legal protections for people who experience sexual harassment. This work aims to improve how the law and institutions deal with sexual hara

  Overspending at Christmas can be the worst start to new year for a lot of people. In this episode we speak with two of Legal Aid’s Financial Counselors about some of the spending traps people can fall into at Christmas and give some information about tools and services available for people to gain control over their spending. Jeanine is from the Civil Law Service for Aboriginal Communities or ‘CLSAC’. We are a service of Legal Aid NSW. CLSAC goes to communities in NSW and visits Aboriginal women in custody. The majority of CLSAC staff are Aboriginal people. Baryulgil Maclean Brewarrina Mt Druitt Lake Cargelligo Batemans Bay Malabugilmah Condobolin Tabulam   Bodalla Mogo Coraki Toomelah   Boggabilla Moree Dareton Wallaga Lake   Bourke Moruya East Dubbo Yamba   CLSAC goes to these communities:   Sharon is a member of the Consumer team in our Civil Law division. Both CLSAC and the Consumer team are a part of the Civil Law division of Legal Aid NSW. The civil la

RACS Mission: To achieve Justice and Dignity for and with Refugees through dedicated legal services and advocacy. RACS is a strong, independent public voice for the rights of refugees and people seeking asylum. We assist people of all nationalities, religions, and sexual and gender identities. In 1987, RACS quietly opened its doors with very few staff but with very big ambitions to provide access to crucial legal support for people seeking asylum in Australia. For 35 years, thousands of courageous people from all corners of the world have walked through our doors. They have been welcomed and supported by hundreds of committed staff, passionate legal students and thousands of volunteers. Many of these refugees now live happy, safe and secure lives alongside us, as part of our communities.   Link to Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/NYhRiXXnQva4Npo5E3wda5qelKE Email: admin@racs.org.au Telephone: (02) 8355 7227. Website: RACS | Refugee Advice & Casework Service Subscribe to the newsletter: Subscribe — RACS | Re

The HIV AIDS Legal Centre (HALC) is a not-for-profit, specialist community legal centre, and the only one of its kind in Australia. They tackle the severe stigma and discrimination associated with HIV by providing specialist services to vulnerable people living with HIV and viral Hepatitis in Australia. They provide free and comprehensive legal assistance (within operational guidelines) to people in NSW with HIV or Hepatitis-related legal matters. HALC also provides volunteer placements for law students, particularly those undertaking their practical legal training (PLT) requirement prior to admission as a legal practitioner.   HALC Website: https://halc.org.au HALC Facebook: HIV AIDS Legal Centre - Home | Facebook HALC Insta: HIV AIDS Legal Centre (@halcnsw) • Instagram photos and videos HALC Twitter: https://twitter.com/halcNSW    Link to Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/MsP1zbJ8ijE85Mjvn61ifqepS-A    For any questions about this or any other episode in our series, please email: cle@legalaid.nsw.gov.au    Ack

Justice Connect "In the face of rising levels of unmet legal need, we design and deliver high impact interventions to increase access to legal support and progress social justice." This episode focuses mainly on their Disaster Relief Service, but we encourage listeners to visit the website and see for themselves the good works of Justice Connect. Here are the links to Justice Connects social media pages: https://www.facebook.com/JusticeConnect https://twitter.com/Justice_Connect https://www.linkedin.com/company/justiceconnect/ https://www.instagram.com/justiceconnect/ And their website: https://justiceconnect.org.au/ https://justiceconnect.org.au/disaster Link to Transcript of this episode: https://otter.ai/u/ONEPDskCQF0mr4Zu0I9wYJn6riM    Acknowledgments The music in our Law for Community Workers podcasts is Blue Highway by Podington Bear licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 Licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Legal Aid NSW has met all our legal copyright and

Youth Law Australia is a community legal service that is dedicated to helping children and young people in Australia and their supporters to find a legal solution to their problems. They are Australia's only national, technology-based community legal service and are dedicated to addressing the human rights abuses of children and young people in Australia.  You can find their website here: Youth Law Australia (yla.org.au)  You can find their Social Media channels here: Youth Law Australia | LinkedIn Youth Law Australia (@youthlawaus) / Twitter https://instagram.com/youthlawaustralia  https://www.facebook.com/youthlawaustralia  https://www.tiktok.com/@youthlawaus    Acknowledgments The music in our Law for Community Workers podcasts is Blue Highway by Podington Bear licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 Licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Legal Aid NSW has met all our legal copyright and intellectual property obligations in the preparation of these podcasts.   Any e

This is Part 2 of the eighth episode in our series called “Renting Matters”, which explores all aspects of tenancy and other living arrangements in NSW. This series is a joint project between the Tenants’ Union of New South Wales (“TU”) and Legal Aid NSW. The final episode of this series is in 2 parts. In part 2 Bridget from the Community Legal Education Branch speaks to Cathy from Side By Side Advocacy Inc about tenancy and housing problems experienced by people living with a disability.  She also speaks to Alison from Redfern Legal Centre’s Housing Service about a case she ran for a client with a disability who was at risk of homelessness.  Finally Bridget speaks to Justin from Marrickville Legal Centre about a client he helped who had been experiencing discrimination and vilification in his tenancy. There is useful information in this episode about how community workers working with clients living with disability can help their clients.   Use the links below to find out more information about what we talke

The Witness Assistance Service (WAS) provides support and information for vulnerable victims and witnesses involved in criminal cases. The WAS is part of the ODPP (Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions) and WAS officers are available to provide services through each of the ODPP offices. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander WAS Officers can provide culturally appropriate support across the State to witnesses who are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. WAS officers are social workers, psychologists or counsellors who understand both trauma and how the criminal justice system works. Please find helpful links to services below: Preparing for court | ODPP (nsw.gov.au)   Victims & Witnesses | ODPP (nsw.gov.au)   1 - Justice Journey - Introduction - YouTube   Justice Assist | Home (nsw.gov.au)   Link to Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Gwd49cJbCu8QNiUzzRK8Ge0V_EU Acknowledgments The music in our Law for Community Workers podcasts is Blue Highway by Podington Bear licensed under Creative Commons: Attribu

This episode introduces the Refern Legal Centre Police Accountability Practice. They are the only specialised police accountability practice in NSW. They can advise people on issues or incidents around: Police harassment General searches Strip searches Arrests Excessive force Failure to investigate Fines, including COVID-19 fines Access to police records You can fill out an intake form on the Redfern Legal Centre website, as well as find numerous links to resources and fact sheets to download. Website:   www.rlc.org.au Facebook: http://on.fb.me/sZOTl5  Twitter:  http://bit.ly/sT9quL To subscribe to our e-Alerts:  Legal Aid NSW - Subscribe To send any questions: cle@legalaid.nsw.gov.au    Acknowledgments The music in our Law for Community Workers on the go podcasts is Blue Highway by Podington Bear licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 Licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Legal Aid NSW has met all our legal copyright and intellectual property obligations in the pre

What is civil law? Why is it important? In this mini-episode, we chat to Legal Aid NSW lawyers at the Civil Law Conference all about civil law and how you can assist your clients with legal issues.