western region health centre

Achievements:

Development of a rights-based strategic plan and related performance framework
Management of many of the key organisational initiatives that underpinned successful nomination for the 2013 Premier’s Health Service of the Year including the Reconciliation Action Plan, Aboriginal Employment Action Plan, Your Health, Your Say consumer participation strategy, Health Champions project, health literacy demonstration project, and models for refugee and GLBTI health

Responsibilities:

Eight direct reports overseeing approximately 140 staff
Combined budget of approximately $12m
Ensuring alignment between the Centre’s strategic and values based commitment to inclusion and continued development of the Centre’s local communities and services
Facilitating a range of cross organisational programs and external partnerships
Supporting participation in innovative approaches to improve health, wellbeing and social inclusion

Programs:

Community engagement and consumer participation (Oct 2010 Apr 2014)
Cultural responsiveness and language services (Oct 2010 Apr 2014)
Prevention and health promotion (Oct 2010 Apr 2014)
Barkly Arts Centre (Jul 2011 Apr 2014 )
Zoe Belle Gender Centre youth project (auspice Jul 2012 Apr 2014 )
Children, counselling, and victims of crime (Oct 2012 Apr 2014)
Community, refugee and Aboriginal health (Oct 2012 Apr 2014 )
Asylum seeker and refugee response project (Oct 2013 Apr 2014)
Statewide refugee health nurse program (Jan 2014 Apr 2014 )
Joslin and Laverton Hub medical clinics (Jan 2014 Apr 2014)
Information technology (Jan 2014 Apr 2014)
Corporate operations (Jan 2014 Apr 2014 )
Planning and development (Oct 2010 – Apr 2012)
Research and evaluation (Apr 2012 – Dec 2012)

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