28 Catholic Diocese of Sandhurst Year in Review 2022 Brent Grimes Communications Officer - Internal Communications Lead Engagement Pictured - Agnes Sheehan Chief Executive Officer CatholicCare Victoria Sandhurst Diocese Reports attended her first appointment with us in October and spoke to one of our advisors about her goals. Ebony decided that she wanted to study community services but didn’t know how to go about it. Our advisor referred her to a local training organisation, and she started study in the following weeks. She enrolled in a Certificate IV in Community Services which was funded through ParentsNext along with childcare for her two children, enabling her to study. When Ebony finished her Certificate IV in Community Services in 2019 she was assisted through ParentsNext to create a resume. She secured employment as a job coach with a disability employment services provider in Shepparton, but Ebony couldn’t forget the help she had from ParentsNext, and she really wanted to be a part of our program. This year Ebony applied for a Team Leader role with CatholicCare Victoria based in our Shepparton office. Although she didn’t have the managerial or leadership background required, we gave her the opportunity due to her great interview and responses to our key selection criteria. Ebony is now in her dream job - working within the program that supported and assisted her to get where she is today. Communities for Children in Greater Shepparton The Greater Shepparton Communities for Children (GS CfC) program is a place-based initiative funded by the Australian Government. The GS CfC provides funding and other support to early intervention and prevention programs, which are targeted at children and families who are most disadvantaged in the City of Greater Shepparton. As the Greater Shepparton Communities for Children Facilitating Partner, CatholicCare Victoria works strategically to address local needs, supporting early childhood development and wellbeing from before birth to 12 years old. Community Partners are subcontracted to deliver these programs and services in the community. We also seek to build local service capabilities based on evidence of what works in early intervention and prevention. In the 2021/22 year we funded six different organisations (our Community Partners) in the Greater Shepparton area to deliver nine different programs. This resulted in 1,748 client sessions, and 914 clients who received support from GS CfC funded programs. The Greater Shepparton Communities for Children program also: • continued to fund the Practice Seminar Series. This series provided bimonthly training to the local workforce on topics including ‘Building Parental Capacity’ and ‘Managing Wellbeing and Recognising Vicarious Trauma’. • developed a new four-year Strategic Plan with four key priority areas being inclusive services; workforce capacity and capability; families and parenting; and positive mental health and emotional wellbeing. • sponsored seven local community service workers to attend the internationally recognised Circle of Securing training in Melbourne. • sponsored five people to complete the internationally recognised Measurement, Evaluation and Learning Course.
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