Forum: Get evidence off the shelf and into children's lives
- Date: Wed, 24, 5:30 pm - Wed, 17 Oct 2018, 8:00 pm
- Location: Union House, Rumours 6th floor, University of Adelaide, North Terrace campus
- Cost: Free
- Contact: Anne Jurisevic 8313 8222
- Email: anne.jurisevic@adelaide.edu.au
Get evidence off the shelf and into children’s lives
Turning research into outcomes using proven wellbeing frameworks
A joint forum presented by HDA and the Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth (ARACY).
When: Wednesday 24 October 2018, 5.30 - 8 pm (doors open from 5 pm, networking with light refreshments from 7.15 pm)
Where: Rumours (6th floor), Union House, University of Adelaide, North Terrace campus
Cost: Free - all welcome
RSVP: by Thursday 18 October for seating and catering purposes to anne.jurisevic@adelaide.edu.au
Chair: Professor Claire Roberts, HDA Co-convenor, Lloyd Cox Professorial Research Fellow Deputy Director, Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide
Presenters:
Ms Penny Dakin, Acting CEO, ARACY
The Nest: young Australians at the centre from development to delivery
Penny is ARACY Acting CEO since June 2018 and previously worked as General Manager for Policy and Strategic Engagement with ARACY. She has also worked in a number of senior capacities and with organisations including Insight Consulting, the Australian Government Department of Health, and A Village for Every Child. Penny also sits on a number of boards including that of the Belconnen Community Service. Penny is passionate about ensuring young Australians, regardless of their background or circumstances, receive every opportunity to reach their potential and is a firm believer in ARACY’s unique role as a driver of collaboration and as a leader of alliances to help achieve this.
Ms Cheryl Malone, Channel Manager, Early Years and Child Development, Department for Education
Implementing a common framework for use in services who work with vulnerable children and families
Cheryl is a Channel Manager in the Student Support Services within the Department for Education based at the Para Hills Education Office. Cheryl provides leadership to student support teams at Para Hills, Elizabeth South and Berri. Cheryl began her career as a schooling social worker in the department nearly 30 years ago and has worked across a range of service provision, program and team management and strategic leadership roles. Cheryl led the introduction of the Common Approach as an assessment framework across Student Support Services in 2016. Cheryl’s professional interests include systems theory, holistic practice frameworks and restorative practice.
Dr Claire Ralfs, Chief Executive Officer, Relationships Australia (SA)
It takes a community to build a nest: how service partnerships can help fledgling families
Claire is an experienced professional educator and counsellor in the family services sector. She is currently CEO of Relationships Australia South Australia. Claire is innovative and outcomes driven with a demonstrated commitment to human services that strengthen family safety, build cultural respect and use community resources wisely. She is experienced in driving organisational change and building cross-disciplinary collaboration. She is consistently able to motivate staff teams to produce service results, contribute to quality education and demonstrate evaluation outcomes.
Mr Dan Cox, Executive Director, Early Intervention Research Directorate, Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Evidence based early intervention for SA children: how best to align our collective actions!
Dan is the Executive Director of SA’s Early Intervention Research Directorate (EIRD) in the Department for the Premier and Cabinet. EIRD was established in response to the SA Royal Commission into the Child Protection System with the intention of improving the wellbeing of children and families that are vulnerable to child abuse and neglect. As leader of EIRD, Dan's role is to assist all of SA government to identify and deliver early intervention and prevention policy, programs and services that work. EIRD also pursues a specific vision to reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal children in the child protection system. EIRD’s work is built on a platform of evidence-based research, evaluation and innovation. Dan’s work experience has spanned health, aged care, disability, youth and education sectors in public, private and non-government settings.