3.6.6 Foster Care
Foster Care
Gippsland - 25
Hume - 150
North & West - 110
South Eastern - 61
Our 238 carer households (217 in 2008/09) provided care for 346 children and
young people (395 in 2007/08).
Thirty-eight (38) new carer households were recruited and assessed (compared
with 47 in 2007/08 and 40 in 2006/07).
3.6.7 Residential Care Services
Residential Care
Gippsland - 63
Hume - 30
North & West - 53
South Eastern - 75
Residential Care is our most costly area of service delivery and where we work
most intensively with the young people. We ran 18 ongoing units and set up an
additional 20 contingency units. Care was provided for 221 children and young
people (184 in 2007/08; 148 in 2006/07).
4.
People – Berry Street has the best staff and foster
carers
4.1
Executive Management Team (EMT)
Chief Executive Officer
Deputy CEO / Director of Services
Director Business Operations
Director Community Relations
Director People, Work & Culture
Sandie de Wolf
Marg Hamley
Peter Stansfeld
Peter Edwards (until September)
Jackie Mead
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