Queensland Community Services Sector Development - QCOSS' role

In moving towards a fair, inclusive and sustainable Queensland, the role of Sector Development is to value, promote, support and develop the capacity of non-government organisations to provide assistance to vulnerable Queenslanders and to contribute to policy making on sector issues.

We advance this key outcome area by:

• Providing leadership for the social, health and community sector to positively influence the policy framework and structural changes affecting the sector
• Positioning and promoting the sector to increase our collective influence and improve recognition of our contribution to society
• Building organisations' capacity to provide high quality services by facilitating development and providing resources information and advice
• Promoting sector standards and developing organisations' capacity for quality improvement, accountability and consumer participation
• Partnering strategically with, and supporting, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community owned organisations including child care services throughout the state.