Research into improving family violence practice and service outcomes was completed and I published with Monash University our report, “Through the Eyes of the Child” demonstrating the need for a whole of family approach to healing and preventing family violence.
I commenced my career as a CEO leading my local family support organisation now known as Family Life. From a small community agency with with minimal funds and assets, I led the growth to the substantial […]
I volunteered with the late Jim Stynes and Paul Currie to set up the Reach Foundation, developing the business plan and becoming a founding Director. Our vision for an organisation empowered and led by young people from all walks […]
I was honoured to be appointed as an inaugural Pre Hearing Convenor for the Family Division of the Children’s Court of Victoria. A key insight from this time was the many missed opportunities to address families problems and help strengthen […]
As a member of the Victorian Government Standing Committee on Child Protection, I worked with sector experts including the late Honorable Justice John Fogarty and Emeritus Professor Dorothy Scott to inform the state government policy response […]
I was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study Innovations for Preventing the Abuse of Children in Out of Home Care. As a social worker I witnessed the harms experienced by some children in non-family […]
After graduating with a double degree in Arts and Social Work Honors, I progressed from social worker in juvenile justice and children in care to Deputy Director of a Children’s Home. My passion for improving the lives of vulnerable children, […]
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