Experience

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  Department of Enterprise, Investment and Trade

  • NSW

  • Deputy Secretary Engagement Operations and Governance

    • Dec 2022 - Present
    • NSW

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  NSW Department of Education

  • Australia
  • Education Management
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Deputy Secretary Education and Skills Reform (Job Share)

    • Dec 2020 - Dec 2022

  • R/Chief People Officer

    • Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

  • Relieving Deputy Secretary Educational Services

    • Mar 2020 - Jul 2020

  • Executive Director Learning and Wellbeing

    • Jul 2018 - Jul 2020

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  Department of Family and Community Services (NSW)

  • Australia
  • Government Administration
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Program Director ChildStory

    • Sep 2014 - Jul 2018

    Co-leading a team to provide new digital technology to assist workers in Child Protection and OOHC in NSW to work with families and each other. Using user centred design, and prototyping to discover the right solutions.

  • Director Statutory Child Protection

    • Feb 2014 - Sep 2014

    Leading a team to manage policy and programs that deliver services and implement reforms in statutory child protection in NSW. Delivery of legislative reform process that successfully supported the Safe Home For Life legislation through parliament to improve permanency outcomes for children.

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  NSW Department of Family and Community Services

  • Sydney, Australia

  • Director OOHC Service Improvement

    • 2013 - Jan 2014
    • Sydney, Australia

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  Family and Community Services NSW

  • Director Child and Family Services Western

    • 2005 - Jun 2013

    Lead and manage a team of Child Protection and Out of Home Care senior managers to deliver services to their clients and develop strong partnerships with other agencies. I also have a key leadership role in the transition of Out of Home Care to the non government sector in Western NSW.

  • Director

    • 2010 - 2010

    I undertook a secondment to work with Head Office staff during the implementation phase of the Wood Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection, Keeping Them Safe reforms. My key role was to ensure clear and useable information for workers in the field was developed as a means of implementation of new policies in a short timeframe.

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  NSW Law Reform Commission

  • Sydney

  • Specialist Consultant

    • 2010 - 2011
    • Sydney

    I undertook a 6 month secondment to assist in the NSW LRC and Australian LRC with the Family Violence: A National Response report to assist with specialist child protection and community engagement knowledge during the consulting and report writing phase.

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  Family and Community Services, NSW

  • central West NSW

  • Manager

    • 2002 - 2005
    • central West NSW

    I undertook both team leader and cluster management roles in the child protection and Out of Home Care fields in various locations in Central NSW.

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  NSW Health

  • Sexual Assault Counsellor

    • 2001 - 2002

    Provide counselling services to adults and children, and coordinate the after hours sexual assault service.

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  Relationships Australia (NSW)

  • Parramatta

  • Manager

    • 1999 - 2001
    • Parramatta

    I managed a team of workers who provided leaving care and after care support to young people preparing to leave or having already left out of home care.

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  ACT Government

  • Caseworker

    • 1994 - 1995