BIG Recommendation

My name is Andrew Caple, a casual legal researcher with TASC. I came to this organisation by responding to an advertisement to join the Queensland Criminal Justice Centre (QCJC). The QCJC is TASC’s web-based ‘think-tank’ committed to developing theoretical and practical innovations that facilitate the development of resolutions to the many systemic legal issues inherent within our criminal justice system.

Quite simply, I recommend TASC to anybody who wishes to make a contribution to the well-being of some of Queensland’s most marginalised persons. Possessing a sense of social responsibility is essential, as is the ability to initiate and develop ideas. TASC is an innovative organisation, and from my experience, everybody here possesses these abilities – and more.

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Why I'm here!

Hi my name is Paula and I am the Business Services Coordinator. I have only recently joined TASC, 5 months ago yet have already felt and seen the enormous differences that we truly make to people’s lives.

Our CEO is a true visionary and steers our bus in forward directions. In our last general staff meeting we viewed the documentary Red Hook, about a Community Court House in New York, and discussed Blue-Ocean thinking, which stimulated us all to make a difference wherever we could and to do what we can individually or as a whole to assist those who need our services and support. Later this month we are having the Creativity guru: Gary Bertwistle visit in house to develop creativity strategies for the entire organization, therefore, further supporting us not only as a team but providing us fuel to continue striving in new directions to facilitate change for those who need it most.

On the horizon is the CEO 10,000 step challenge, offering a bit of in house fun and competition while more importantly supporting the staff’s well being in what can at times be a very stressful environment when dealing with people in very high stress personal circumstances.

TASC not only offers a stimulating work environment but it offers a great lifestyle balance with flexible work hours and a 9 day fortnight.

Why I enjoy working at TASC

My name is Rodney and I am employed as an Advocacy Worker, this means I will be trained as Tenancy Advocate as well as my current role as a Disability Advocate. My previous experience has been in Disability Employment in Toowoomba, prior to this I spent most of my life in South West Queensland and North Western New South Wales managing sheep and cattle properties.

I started with TASC in December 2008, a big part of my role is to provide advocacy to people with P300 funding, also anyone with a disability require help. I love working at TASC because I get great satisfaction through being in a position to help people help themselves. It is a wonderful feeling to go home after work knowing you have helped change a person’s life for the better. This is made possible with the help of the great team of people at TASC I work with.

I find TASC is very innovatively managed, with lots of opportunity for professional development provided. The nine day fortnight and flexible hours are beneficial to fit work around family. I love the opportunities at TASC to take on other projects with the support of the organisation to help bring them to fruition.

We just keep getting better!

Hi, I'm Dan and I'm the CEO

I came to TASC as a young lawyer who wanted to make a difference.  It allowed me the space, elasticity and support to be able to innovatively respond to some pretty damn big social and legal issues.  It also gave me a great team of people who supported both legal innovation and wanting to make a real difference each and every day to the lives of the most disadvantaged.  

Since becoming CEO, I'm as keen as mustard to ensure what I experienced is replicated for each and every member of our team.  That's why we insist that our TASC Force have time to dream up new approaches and time to work across our diverse organisation.  We don't encourage staleness.  We really are a dynamic organisation.  The people who succeed here are invariably those who have a deep-seated sense of social justice and irrepressible enthusiasm for changing the world, either by one person at a time, or whole systems.  We do both here!  

While all that sounds way too serious, never before have I worked anywhere that offers the conditions, interspersed with great people and good fun! 

Why TASC works for me!

Hi, my name is Helen and I'm the Chief Operating Officer at TASC.  For me working in TASC enables me to use my management skills in a way that supports people involved in day to day services for clients.  Working in a highly professional environment, while supporting the people who support some of the most marginalised people in our community, really gives me the best of both worlds.  I feel like in my own way I'm helping to make a difference, and I'm continuing to develop and utilize my own professional skills.  Particularly as a former practitioner in the not for profit sector this is ideal.

 

TASC is about the people - while our new premises are lovely, it's the team & the people who make it the place it is.  And it's a great team with dedicated professionals who genuinely care about their clients and their fellow team members.  As the saying goes if you find something you love doing, you'll never work a day in your life (because you're being paid to do what you love) - and with TASC I think that sort of dream is very much a possibility. 

 

TASC also offers a great lifestyle balance with a 9 day fortnight, additional annual leave over Christmas and flexible working hours - as a working mother I find this a fantastic bonus. 

Why I like working at TASC

Working as a Tenant Advocate for TASC.

My name is Samantha and I have been working for TASC as a Tenant Advocate for 12 months. Prior to working here I worked for the Residential Tenancies Authority for 7 years providing information to Real Estates, Lessors and Tenants on their rights and obligations while renting in Queensland under the Residential Tenancies Act 1994.

I moved to Toowoomba at the beginning of 2008 and contacted TASC not long after. When I contacted them I let them know my experience in tenancy law and was employed not long after that as a casual employee. I am now the full time tenancy worker and have never looked back. I have been very fortunate to meet some great people in my co-workers. Some of the most wonderful things about working with TASC are the working conditions, the people I work with, the flexibility and the encouragement we are given to be innovative.

I love the job that I do here as I get to see the impact and outcomes that TASC has on helping people fight for their rights and change their life for the better.