South Australian charities and community services – who are increasingly seeing clients present with highly complex needs – can apply for up to $10,000 in grant funding for staff training and development.

Ongoing training is important to keep community service workers abreast of the  changing needs of the people they work with.

Homelessness, family violence, physical and mental health issues, behavioural challenges or contact with the justice system are just some of the circumstances that community service clients can experience, with some people facing multiple and compounding issues at the same time.

There is $250,000 in grant funding from the Department of Human Services available to not-for-profit, community-based and Aboriginal organisations across South Australia to boost staff knowledge, skills and capacity to effectively help their clients overcome difficult and overlapping issues.

Better meeting the needs of Aboriginal clients in a culturally safe and appropriate way is a key focus of the grants program.

This is the second of three annual grant rounds to be made available in 2022, 2023 and 2024, representing a State Government investment of $750,000 over three years.

Examples of training completed by last year’s grant recipients include Mental Health First Aid, Foundations of LGBTI Inclusion, Trauma Informed Cultural Response and Working with Cultural Diversity. To learn more, visit dhs.sa.gov.au/enu-grants

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With this significant funding boost, we are backing South Australia’s vital community services sector. Demand for services is growing and these tailored grants will empower organisations to support some of the most vulnerable members of our society with greater capacity and confidence.