SDN Children's Services Inc. Annual Report 2010

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Our people Senior Management Team Profiles The Senior Management Team (SMT) is made up of the CEO and eight Directors — four in service delivery and four in corporate support roles. The SMT meets weekly, and: provides leadership and strategic direction; manages the operational risks faced by SDN; determines applications for tender; reviews policies and procedures; and, most importantly, ensures we deliver our mission of providing high quality early education and care, strengthening families and communities, and addressing inequalities faced by children. Ginie Udy MBA UNE, BEd, MA(Hons) Macq. Chief Executive Officer Ginie Udy has been the CEO of SDN since September 2002. Under Ginie’s stewardship the number of children we care for and educate has quadrupled from 1500 to 6000 children a year, the number of child and family support services has vastly expanded and SDN’s annual revenue has doubled. In her time SDN has also received national awards for the advancement of women and child protection. Ginie has 28 years’ experience in children’s services, with 20 years in leadership roles. She started her career as an early childhood teacher at Murrawina, an Aboriginal centre in Redfern. She then went on to set up the first Early Intervention Service for children with disabilities in Lithgow. Her interest in the contexts in which children are raised led her to investigate factors that contribute to healthy family functioning for a master’s honours thesis. Ginie has lectured at Macquarie University and the University of Canberra and held senior leadership roles with the Uniting Church Children’s Services, Early Childhood Australia and the YWCA of Canberra. Ginie is regularly called on to brief government and sits on several national and state advisory committees, boards and reference groups. She is a strong advocate for socially cohesive communities that respect and include all children and families. Rebecca Watson Dip Teaching (Early Childhood) UWS Director, Early Childhood Education Rebecca joined SDN in August 2005 and is the Director, Early Childhood Education at SDN. In this position she manages SDN’s 23 centres and supports more than 360 staff with responsibility for the education and care of around 3000 children. Rebecca is an Early Childhood Teacher with more than 20 years’ experience as a practitioner in long day care, family day care and preschool. During this time she has developed expertise and an ongoing interest in early childhood leadership and the role it plays in supporting curriculum construction. Rebecca has also held senior management positions in government, been a lecturer at the University of Western Sydney and worked as a consultant and trainer. Kate Miranda BComm(Journalism) CSU Director of Marketing and Communications Kate joined SDN in March 2010 as the Director of Marketing and Communications. As part of the Senior Management Team she is responsible for corporate communications, public relations and implementing SDN’s marketing strategies. Kate is the principal contact for the media and provides media briefings on SDN’s work. Kate has more than 12 years’ experience in journalism, marketing and public relations in Australia and the United Kingdom. She has a background in government and media, working as a Ministerial Media Adviser for the Australian Government. Before joining SDN Kate worked for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in London. She started her career as a radio and television journalist with the ABC, winning the Andrew Olle Scholarship in 1999. Joanna Mallon BSocSc UNSW Director, People and Culture Joanna joined SDN in August 2009 as the Director, People and Culture. Joanna is responsible for supporting SDN’s 519 staff and driving organisational and employee programs which cover such areas as recruitment, remuneration and benefits, learning and development, and health, safety and wellbeing. As part of the Senior Management Team Joanna is responsible for implementing SDN’s strategic objective of being an employer of choice. Joanna has more than 15 years’ experience in human resources management across the manufacturing, retail and financial services sectors, including eight years in senior management roles at HCF. Before joining SDN Joanna worked as a senior manager in retail sales and distribution of financial services. 22 SDN Annual Report 2010
We are constantly trying to improve our management practices and our performance to build a stronger, more cohesive organisation for our staff, our children, our families, our donors and our funding partners. SDN senior management team Kay Turner MSSc UWS, BEd (Early Childhood) Macq. Director of Child, Family and Children’s Services Programs Kay joined SDN in September 1997 as Manager of Focus Support Service, and in 2006 was appointed Director of Child, Family and Children’s Services Programs. Kay is responsible for SDN’s early childhood intervention services for children with dis abilities and developmental delays, including autism, speech delays and language disorders. Kay oversees three Inclusion Support Agencies, SDN’s Child and Family Resource Centre and six support programs in Cumberland/Blacktown and Northern Sydney. Kay has 30 years’ experience in early childhood education and early intervention as a teacher, a centre director and a program manager. She has also worked for NGOs and in government services. Kay is an experienced adult trainer and has worked extensively with children with disabilities and their families. She has a Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training. Julie Druce MA (Social Policy Administration) UWS BEd (Early Childhood) CSU, Director of Early Intervention and Family Support Julie joined SDN in March 2000 as the Project Officer, Waterloo Parent Resource Program and worked in a variety of child and family services roles before being appointed the Director of Early Intervention and Family Support in December 2006. She has 30 years’ experience in early childhood education and early intervention. Julie is responsible for SDN’s early intervention and prevention services for marginalised children and their families. She also facilitates the enrolment of children with vulnerabilities into early childhood education and care centres. Julie manages four key programs — Brighter Futures, Poets Corner, Partnership with Parents, and Pathways to School — operating in Central Sydney, the Inner West, Southern Sydney and Eurobodalla Shire. Julie has worked as a centre director, a teacher and a program manager. She has also worked for NGOs and in government. Deb Mann MEd, USyd., BEd (Early Childhood) Macq. Director, Aboriginal Unit Deb joined SDN in August 2002 as the Manager of the Supporting Children with Additional Needs (SCAN) program in South East Sydney. She went on to manage the entire SCAN program and our Aboriginal Programs. In 2010 Deb was appointed as the founding Director of SDN’s Aboriginal Unit, which was established as a result of identifying directions in which SDN services could move to further support Aboriginal children, their families and communities. In March 2008 she established an early childhood education TAFE course specifically for Aboriginal women. For this SDN won a national Equal Opportunity For Women Agency Award in 2008 from the Australian Government for the Advancement of Indigenous women. Deb was awarded an Early Childhood Australia advocacy award in 2007. Deb has more than 30 years’ experience in early childhood. She has been a teacher in preschools, long day care services and schools and has lectured at TAFE and University in early childhood and education faculties. Angela Todd MBA UTS, PhD USyd., BA UNewcastle (NSW) Director of Research and Evaluation Angela commenced at SDN in February 2010 as the Director of Research and Evaluation. She is responsible for developing an organisational evaluation framework, supporting research activities and overseeing SDN’s historical and archival collection. Before joining SDN Angela worked extensively across the health sector in Australia and Canada, in research, research funding, service development, service evaluation, policy development and strategic planning. Her areas of work have included Aboriginal health, mental health, obstetrics, early child development, health information systems development and pharmacy practice. She has worked for government, public hospitals, universities and NGOs. After completing her MBA Angela was awarded the UTS Zonta Award for the most outstanding female MBA graduate in 2000. SDN Annual Report 2010 23
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