Annual Report 2010 - Berry Street

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7 Leading the way and advocating for change It is an explicit expectation that everyone working at Berry Street will: • Be a strong advocate for the rights and needs of our clients; • Contribute to organisational processes and appropriate networks to improve policies, processes and systems for our clients. While advocacy has always been an integral part of our work, we are now determined to do this in a more rigorous and strategic way. The creation of a Director Public Policy and Practice Development role, an agreed advocacy agenda and the commitment of 1% of salary funding over three years to collect evidence of what works, are clear evidence of our determination to strengthen this area of our work. The calibre, expertise and knowledge of our staff is recognised by the leadership role so many play. Our desire to learn, and also to share this knowledge, has also meant that we have developed relationships with key international colleagues. Some examples include:- • Presenting at international and national conferences:- o Annette Jackson in Seattle on trauma and resilience. o Sarah Waters in Canada on ‘Making evidence informed practice a reality’. o Raeleen McKenzie at the International Foster Care Organisation conference. o Shaun Coade on ‘Yarning up on Trauma’ at the SNAICC conference in Alice Springs. o Lauren Oliver at the ‘Watch this space: Children and Young People and Privacy’ conference run by the Victorian Privacy Commissioner. o Timothy O’Leary on resilience at the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare conference. o Pam Miranda on project management at the Industry and Training Board conference. o Felicity Rorke and Kate Cannon undertaking a USA study tour on family violence.
8 • Continued support of Aboriginal community controlled organisations to understand the impact of trauma and providing Yarning up on Trauma training in South Australia, Western Australia and in the Northern Territory, as well as twelve Indigenous communities in Victoria. • Playing a leadership role in sector advocacy around:- a new Family Services price; the Australian Services Union Pay Equity Case and the portability of long service leave; integrated standards; proposed new National Standards in Out of Home Care; and the charter of rights for children and young people in Out of Home Care. • Bringing out Clark Baim from the UK to celebrate the work of the late Tony Morrison and present on attachment, and working with people with violent and abusive behaviour. • Our partnership with The Pavilion School being recognised with a NAB Schools First Impact Award. • Providing learning labs for child protection staff and training in therapeutic residential care in partnership with Westcare. • Leading the development of a guide for the Child Safety Commissioner to help people understand how to work with traumatised children and young people. • Helping to develop and then teach the new Graduate Certificate and Diploma in Child and Family Practice Leadership. • Being the keynote speaker for the annual gathering of residential workers from across Victoria. • Hosting visitors from Macau, the University of Washington and Washington Institute. We also wrote public policy submissions relating to:- National Standards in Out of Home Care; improving access to education; the Ombudsman’s review of Out of Home Care; the Victorian Drugs and Crime Prevention Committee on Young People Offending; family violence; and Child Protection Reform. We carried out a number of internal research and evaluation projects, including:- our Home Based Care program in the South East; the Health and Wellbeing Program in the North & West; the Darwin Experience and Annual Foster Care Camp; Police Responses to Breaches of Intervention Orders in the North & West; our education program in the South East; and we participated in another nine external projects.
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