Governments

How do we support government agencies?

Our team understands the important role that government agencies play in ensuring that our communities are safe, healthy and engaged through effective policies and programs.

As a mission-based health and social services consultancy, Beacon Strategies is committed to partnering with local, state, federal government agencies to plan, design, implement and evaluate their work to deliver on their policy priorities.

Our team has considerable professional experience working in multiple government departments across a range of portfolio areas.

Beacon Strategies is an approved supplier on the following Local Buy supplier panels for local governments and councils across Queensland:

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Review of the Healthy Workers Initiative for the Office of Industrial Relations
Review of the Healthy Workers Initiative for the Office of Industrial Relations

Beacon Strategies reviewed the Healthy Workers Initiative (HWI) for OIR, completing this project in 2023. During the project, Beacon engaged with a comprehensive number of people, documents and data to review the Healthy Workers Initiative and explore avenues to enhance health and safety outcomes in workplaces.

Suicide Prevention Outreach Teams: COORDINARE (South Eastern NSW PHN)
Suicide Prevention Outreach Teams: COORDINARE (South Eastern NSW PHN)

Beacon Strategies were engaged by COORDINARE to support inside and out associates australia to co-design the establishment of local Suicide Prevention Outreach Teams (SPOT) in the South Eastern NSW region. The co-design of SPOT was funded by the NSW Ministry of Health as a key component of the statewide Towards Zero Suicides initiatives. Beacon Strategies summarised the co-design process through development of a service model summary document, presenting the final model to Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD at completion of the co-design process.

City Heart Cabs: Ipswich City Council
City Heart Cabs: Ipswich City Council

In 2020 Beacon Strategies engaged in a service design project partnering with Ipswich City Council. There was an opportunity to review the utility and performance of the City Heart Cabs program to ensure the program adheres to community needs, achieves the Council’s objectives and uses insights provided by similar models being operated by other local governments.

Child Protection Framework: Children’s Health Queensland (CHQ)
Child Protection Framework: Children’s Health Queensland (CHQ)

In July 2020, we closed off a service delivery project with our partners Children’s Health Queensland. Within this project we were engaged to support the transition from the development of a draft Child Protection Capability Framework to the development of contemporary resources. This project page outlines our approach to service design planning and implementation and how our involvement informed statewide implementation practices for the Child Protection Capability Framework.

Carer Support for Individuals Experiencing a Suicidal Crisis: Queensland Health
Carer Support for Individuals Experiencing a Suicidal Crisis: Queensland Health

The project involves the development, testing and evaluation of a multi-modal place-based model of support for individuals caring for people experiencing a suicidal crisis. The program was part of the broader Suicide Prevention in Health Services Initiative which aimed to identify and translate the evidence base for suicide prevention in the health service delivery context.

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Impact Measurement in the Not-for-Profit Sector: Learning from Six Varied Approaches
Impact Measurement in the Not-for-Profit Sector: Learning from Six Varied Approaches

Impact measurement is an intriguing concept that many not-for-profit organisations are contemplating. While there's no universally accepted approach, it's worth examining how different organisations have experimented with this concept, both in the present and the past.

Co-Design: The Three Essential Elements for Success
Co-Design: The Three Essential Elements for Success

Co-design is a powerful approach to creating solutions that meet the needs of all stakeholders. below is a summary of the three essential elements for effective co-design: commitment, capability, and capital. Let’s go into more detail.

5 reasons we have launched the imPact breakfast series
5 reasons we have launched the imPact breakfast series

Impact will join up individuals working in the health, social and not-for-profit sectors to learn, connect and seek advice from each other. We envisage that the group will regularly bring together a collective of like-minded people who share a vision of a more impactful social purpose sector.

Here are 10 projects we’ve been busy with during COVID-19
Here are 10 projects we’ve been busy with during COVID-19

Over here at Beacon Strategies we have been been through lots of internal changes during the pandemic that we haven't had a chance to keep you updated. Not only that, we have been extremely busy on the project front and are always thinking of ways we can deliver more value to our partner organisations.

How to identify needs in your local government area
How to identify needs in your local government area

Needs assessment is a term that you have most likely heard of if you work for a local government or council. However, what exactly is it, why should you consider conducting one and what is the best approach? 

Want to speak with one of our team about your needs?

If you would like to find out more about how we might be able to support your organisation, please reach out to us at info@beaconstrategies.net or call us on (07) 3180 3870 for an obligation-free chat about your needs and goals.