Our People
BUILDING OUR REGISTERED TRAINING ORGANISATION ( RTO )
While we have provided a number ������������������������������������� people in regional areas , we decided to invest our funds to extend our registration to deliver better ������������������������������� the sector .
�������������������������������������� Family Interventions was prioritised because of the high risk nature of residential work and because it will �������������������������������� that all residential care workers in Victoria will need to complete within 12 months of starting work .
Together with UK consultant , ����������������������������������� ���������������������������������� for residential care workers , is therapeutically informed , delivered ���������������������������� residential care practitioners and combines classroom learning and work-based delivery .
�������������������������������� month course . We are particularly pleased to have been funded by the Department of Education and Training to open up two courses to other residential providers , as a pilot program , before delivery is rolled out statewide .
WE CELEBRATED THE SUCCESS OF :
Kate Jenkins ’ appointment as Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner and as one of Westpac / Australian Financial ������������������������������
Warrick Remilton ( Senior Manager of Child , Youth and Family Services in the West ) who received the Resi ROCKS Leadership Award from Minister Mikakos . One of our Shepparton residential teams was also nominated for the Team Award at Resi Rocks
Pat Clinton ( Deputy Director in the South East ), who retired after 32 years of exceptional service to residential care
Jenny McNaughton ( Director in the North ), who was ���������������������������� Excellence Awards
Award recipients at our Annual Celebration in 2015 :
. Selina Sutherland Award for Outstanding Foster Carers – Pam Nelson ( Northern ) and Samantha Parsons and the late Julie Parsons ( Hume )
. Deb Kearsey Award for ��������������������������� Yola Armstrong ( Senior Manager Marketing & Communications ) and Sharon Clark ( Senior Manager Family Violence , now Residential Care )
. Early Career Award – Poppy Booth ( Teacher , Berry Street School , Noble Park Campus ) & Luke How ( Residential Worker in Ballarat )
Investment of salary expenditure for professional development
1.8 %
Residential supervisors with a Diploma ������������
95 %
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