Community Report 2014/2015
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COMMUNITY K ARI REPORT 2014/2015 1 2 CONTENTS KARI VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS 4 CHAIRPERSON REPORT 5 CEO REPORT 6 BOARD OF MANAGEMENT 8 OUR SERVICES STRUCTURE 10 OUR SERVICES 11 OUR VALUES AND STANDARDS 12 OUT OF HOME CARE PROGRAM (OOHCP) 14 BRIGHTER FUTURES 27 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS 32 BROADER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS 36 FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM 42 SPONSORSHIP AND COMMUNITY GRANTS 44 FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIPS 45 3 OUR VISION OUR MISSION WHAT WE SEE FOR THE FUTURE Flourishing Aboriginal families, youth and communities. WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO Building strength in families and services. OUR STATEMENT KARI is committed to providing quality, sustainable services to OF COMMITMENT Aboriginal communities, especially in the areas of Aboriginal child TO THE COMMUNITY protection and Aboriginal community support programs. We will continue to seek further opportunities to expand programs and our service capacity. We will continue to develop local partnerships with our key stakeholders to enhance our resources and service delivery. We will endeavour to deliver all our programs in a culturally appropriate manner and promote the ideals of self-determination. The service will conduct itself in a professional manner, and deliver programs that are of a high standard and deliver good outcomes. This will be achieved by adhering to quality policies and procedures, good recruitment practices, staff support, involving community, maintaining partnerships and open communication. 4 CHAIRPERSON REPORT It has been a very good year for KARI, one highlighted by service growth challenges and by service achievements. It has also been a year where we decided to consolidate our position around Out of Home Care transitioning and a continuance in providing a quality foster care support program for our children and young people. I would like to congratulate all of the KARI staff for their inspirational and exceptional work achieved in the areas of foster care support, community programs, early intervention and prevention, brighter futures as well as clinical and cultural support. Our holistic approach to servicing our community truly provides great results in assisting all sections of our community and this is the model that we will continue to develop and deliver into the future. I would like to congratulate our senior management team in all locations for their high level leadership and commitment to the service. I make special mention of wonderful work done by our foster carers in supporting our children and young people in foster care. Finally, I would like to thank my fellow Board members for your dedication and great contribution to KARI. I am very excited about the year ahead as I am certain that it will be filled with more great challenges and equally more great achievements. I am very confident that our Board and staff are well up to the challenges that lay ahead, therefore reaffirming our position as being leaders in the field of Indigenous community engagement and servicing. Gary Potts Chairperson 5 CEO REPORT 2014/2015 proved yet again to be another exceptional year for KARI in terms of service growth and service branding. We are well on track with our plans to expand our programs and services in our newest locations, Penrith and Rosebery. A priority for the coming year will be to ensure that our business infrastructure and service systems are at a high level in preparation for the next big service growth challenge. We will continue the practice of recruiting quality people to the service, as well as providing important training and development opportunities for all staff. This investment in our staff is seen to be an investment into the future. I would like to acknowledge the support provided to me during the year by the KARI Board of Management, and in particular the Chairperson Gary Potts. I would also like to acknowledge the hard work achieved by our Chief of Operations, Casey Ralph and her expert team in delivering such a high quality Out of Home Care Program as well as other important programs and services. In closing, I would like to sincerely thank all of our wonderful foster carers for their great commitments to our children in care. I want to personally thank all of our staff in all locations for a job well done, and finally I would like to pay tribute to our excellent service Ambassadors, sponsors and community partners for their great support during the year. Yours Sincerely, Paul Ralph Chief Executive Officer 6 7 BOARD OF MANAGEMENT PROFILES GARY POTTS ISABELLE PHILLIPS ANNE MARTIN CHAIRPERSON DIRECTOR DIRECTOR Gary is a Wiradjuri Man from Parkes Isabelle is the founder and Managing Born at La Perouse in Sydney, NSW, however he spent most of his Director of Mackerel Sky – Leadership Anne has held a range of senior life in Campbelltown NSW. He is a Matters. She has an undergraduate public and non-government sector proud father and grandfather, and a degree in adult education majoring in roles across Indigenous affairs, devoted husband to his loving wife human resource development, post including State Manager for ATSIC Debbie. Gary has been involved in graduate studies in linguistics, and is and Senior Advisor to the Chair. Aboriginal Affairs since 1992, and completing a PhD bringing together Anne has always placed an has held a number of positions on the fields of positive psychology and emphasis on the health and several boards and committees in the leadership. Isabelle is an experienced wellbeing of Aboriginal youth, and Campbelltown/Liverpool areas. Gary and accredited coach and trains has been instrumental in establishing is currently employed with the NSW coaches around Australia, in New innovative education programs that Dept. of School Education where Zealand, Singapore and China. operate both nationally and locally. he holds an important Aboriginal Isabelle started her career in Specialist position. Both Gary and Anne has also worked on programs education, working first with Debbie are current foster carers, in South Africa, Israel, New Zealand children at Redfern Primary School, and both know first-hand the many and Canada. Currently, Anne is and then with migrants and refugees trials and tribulations associated with the Co-Chair of the National NAIDOC in Fairfield and Cabramatta. Prior to being a foster carer. Gary is honoured Committee. starting Mackerel Sky – Leadership to be the Chairperson of KARI and Matters, Isabelle worked for Vedior; sees the service as being a leader in the the world’s third largest human area of Aboriginal child protection, capital company, running HR and prevention and community capacity Talent Management consulting building. businesses for the Eastern seaboard of Australia. Today her consulting business primarily designs and runs leadership development programs for government, corporates and the NFP sector. Her pro bono work involves coaching prisoners. Isabelle is the adoring parent of two gorgeous children who adopted her as their mum when they were three. 8 BOARD OF MANAGEMENT PROFILES NICOLA MICALLEF GEORGE VILLAFLOR PAUL RALPH DIRECTOR DIRECTOR CEO – DIRECTOR (APPOINTED 1ST DECEMBER 2014) Born in Queensland, George is a Paul is a founding member of Nicola was born in Canberra ACT descendant of the Wagiman peoples KARI and the current CEO. A and is a descendant of the Yuin (NT). He spent his early childhood in proud Aboriginal man with family people. Nicola has been exposed Darwin at the former police paddocks connections on the north and south to Indigenous affairs from an early which is now known as Stuart Park. coasts of NSW, Paul has spent 35 age through her grandparents’ Whilst not stolen, he spent time at years living in Gandangara Country, involvement in managing an a stolen children’s home – Retta located in south-west Sydney. Over Aboriginal hostel in Darwin, and Dixon in Darwin, before moving the years, Paul has worked across by her mother already being well to Queensland where he played A a number of important Aboriginal entrenched in Indigenous affairs grade rugby league. portfolios specific to employment through Indigenous education. outcomes, housing, education and George became involved with Land human services. This experience When the family moved to Sydney, Rights in the 80’s with the Alice has enabled him to travel to many Nicola continued on with her studies Springs-based National Federation Aboriginal communities across and in time went on to become of Land Councils before working Australia and see first-hand the a proud School Captain, House for the North Queensland Land many social issues that affect Captain and a member of the La Council. He was the CEO of the first Aboriginal people but at the same Perouse Dance Troupe. Cape York Aboriginal legal service time be privileged to see the diversity in the late 80s, and was admitted Nicola has 10 years of frontline and resilience of the world’s oldest as a barrister to the Supreme Court experience working in customer culture. of Queensland and the High Court. service and administration practices He has worked in Aboriginal and Since 1999 Paul has been committed with the Commonwealth Bank and Torres Strait Islander child care to working exclusively in the is now employed in a State public protection in New South Wales, Aboriginal community sector, and service department. Queensland and currently in the has found this to be the most Nicola is happily married and is Australian Capital Territory. George is challenging and exciting time of the proud mother of two children, actively involved in his local Canberra his professional career. Paul is Alexander and Eve. In the future primary school as Chair of the Board. now committed to assisting his Nicola has made a strong commitment He is not formally practising law. community for the remainder of to support her community where his professional career.