Speakers

An experienced Senior Employment Services Manager who is employed by The Disability Trust as the Employment Services Manager working across the Illawarra, Shoalhaven, Eurobodalla, and Lower South Coast of NSW.

I commenced my career as a Disability Job Placement Consultant in regional NSW where I have now worked in Not-for-Profit Employment Services for over 8 years.

I have led multiple portfolios across Disability Employment Services, Workforce Australia, Transition to Work, Jobactive and NDIS services.

I am a passionate, committed and highly regarded Community Services professional, with person centred service delivery experience in the full suite of Employment, Mental Health, and NDIS services.

I have led and is leading key initiatives and programs throughout NSW, Queensland and Victoria that have assisted employers and participants into securing meaningful, sustainable employment – such as The IncludeAbility Illawarra Pilot in collaboration with The Australian Human Rights Commission.

I have been successful in connecting with local and national organisations to inform, encourage and support them to understand ‘how’ to employ people with disability and provide monthly community of practice meetings to encourage and establish confidence, best practice and understanding of all levels of recruitment for people with disability.

As an experienced Community Services professional, I pride myself on creating an environment of collaboration and equality in delivering excellence in service delivery with strong collaborations with participants, families and external community support services to ensure I deliver real outcomes that meet needs and choices of the participants both myself and my team support.