Foreword
Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Human Services, Minister for Social Inclusion
Editorial — ‘Centrelink and Homelessness’
Jenny Smith, CEO, Council to Homeless Persons
NEWS
Homelessness Australia — July Update
By Nicole Lawder, Chief Executive Officer, Homelessness Australia
Countdown to Census Night: Tuesday the 9th of August 2011
By Sarah Kahn, Manager, Policy and Communications Unit, CHP
Part A: Centrelink and the Response to Homelessness
Secretary’s Message
By Kathryn Campbell, Secretary, Department of Human Services
The Portfolio of Human Services: What can we do to help?
Overview of Payments and Services
Department of Human Services
A Unique Partnership
By Scott Buick, Centrelink Social Worker, Wodli HOME Advice Program, SA
Social Work Values in Engagement Officer Practice
By Anne Manicas, Centrelink Social Worker, Area North Central, Victoria
Brian’s Story
By Dalia Pisk, Centrelink Social Worker, Bankstown Centrelink Customer Service Centre, New South Wales
Grass Roots Assistance in Alice Springs
By Christine Sharma, Centrelink Community Engagement Officer, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Mandy’s Story
By Vicky Bowen and Michelle Bail, Centrelink Social Workers, Townsville, Queensland
Thursday Morning in the Life of a Centrelink Community Engagement Officer
By Gavin Bampton, Centrelink Community Engagement Officer, Rockhampton, Queensland
Rockhampton Homeless Connect: A Centrelink Community Engagement Officer Perspective
By Leah Munns and Gavin Bampton, Centrelink Community Engagement Officers, Area Central North Queensland, Rockhampton
Social Work: Reflections from the Recovery Centre
By Glen Muller, Centrelink Social Worker, Area Central North Queensland, Rockhampton
A Delicate Balance of Needs
By Angela Bowen and Liza Roberts, Centrelink Social Workers, Gladstone, Queensland
Beyond The Link: Supporting Homeless Men Along the Participation Pathway
By Paula Webber, Centrelink Social Worker, Parramatta, NSW
Centre Links: Exploring Story, Strengths and Community Partnership for Homeless Youth
by Daniel Hadson, Centrelink Social Worker, Wyong Shire, and Corrina Peck, LINKS Youth Service, San Remo Neighbourhood Centre
Soup Patrol
By Simon Murrish, Centrelink Community Engagement Officer, Innaloo, Western Australia
Soccer Brings People Together
By Aaron Fisher, Centrelink Collaborative Service Development Manager, Western Australia
Connecting People with a Brighter Future Ahead
By Brenton Sloane, Portfolio Communication, National Support Office, ACT
Part B: Centrelink and Homelessness, Analysis, Examination, Discussion
Centrelink and Homelessness: Part of an Emerging ‘Mainstream’ Response?
By Peter Humphries
The Hand That Feeds: Centrelink and Homelessness
By Travis Gilbert, Policy and Research Officer, Homelessness Australia
Use Centrelink Power to Help People!
By Maree O’Halloran, NSW Welfare Rights Centre
Income Quarantining — The Cure or The Cause?
By James Farrell, Manager/Principal Lawyer, PILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic (HPLC)
Half a Citizen: Life on Welfare in Australia
An excerpt from Half a Citizen: Life on welfare in Australia, by John Murphy, Suellen Murray, Jenny Chalmers, Sonia Martin and Greg Marston
Centrelink Community Support Unit at the Crisis Centre: 20 Years On
By Dr Lisa Harris, Lecturer Social Policy, RMIT University
Flexibility is Required to Make the System Work
By Suzi James-Nevell, Building Up and Developing Skills Coordinator, Sacred Heart Mission, Journey to Social Inclusion and Stella Young, Employment Consultant, Mental Illness Fellowship of Victoria
Prisoners, Centrelink and Homelessness
By the Research and Evaluation Unit, Australian Community Support Organisation (ACSO)
Income Management and Homelessness
By Emily Webster, Welfare Rights Legal Officer, Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Service
Tamara: A Case Study
By Dr Shefali Rovik, Coordinator, External Relations Unit,Office of Chief Executive, Juvenile Justice, NSW Department of Attorney General and Justice
Part C: Consumer Voices
Consumer Voices: Centrelink and Homelessness
Interview by Allan Martin, Consumer Advocate with the Peer Education Support Program
The Peer Education Support Program (PEST) Update
Homelessness and Centrelink
By Kevin
Part D: Further Food for Thought
Garbage
By Dr John Falzon, Chief Executive Officer, St Vincent de Paul Society, National Council of Australia
Hard to Take: Constructions of Welfare Dependency and Privileged Entitlement
By Mark Furlong, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Deakin University
Book Review
Half a Citizen — Life on welfare in Australia
Reviewed by Felicity Reynolds, CEO, Mercy Foundation
Opinion
Maree O’Halloran
President, National Welfare Rights Network
Removing Centrelink’s Road Blocks