Staff Recognition and Awards
Interrelate’s Employee Benefits and Rewards Program aims to support, recognise and reward staff
for their contributions to the objectives and values of the organisation. The main components of the
program are:
Appreciates Postcard Program
This informal program provides staff with the opportunity to recognise and acknowledge a co-worker
for doing something ‘over and beyond’ their normal job. This year our staff issued 299 postcards to
each other.
Employee Awards Program
This peer-nominated annual award aims to recognise and celebrate the outstanding efforts of staff
in advocating the RELATE values. Nominations are considered by a panel who select a winner for
each value category. This year the following staff were recognised at the conference:
Respect - Tony Clark, Indigenous Advisor & Community Development Worker Port Macquarie/Taree,
for his work in developing programs to support Aboriginal young people in the Lower Mid North
Coast Region to develop respect in their own lives.
Equity - Kate Mudford, Rural Support Worker Central West, for championing the Drought Assistance
Program and accessibility for clients who are isolated geographically and have very limited access
to services.
Leadership - Fran Phipps, Media & Communications Officer, for consistently taking responsibility
for driving projects that build the image, profile and reputation of the organisation, including the
re-branding process.
Accountability - Simone Jackson, Senior Manager Finance & Data, for ensuring that our accounting
practices and procedures work effectively and are in accordance with acceptable accounting
principles.
Transparency - Anne Heath, Area Manager Central and Far West, for her daily demonstration of
transparency within her own team and the organisation as a whole.
Empowerment - Deborah Atkinson, Senior Counsellor Sydney North, for her consistent work
in support of Interrelate’s Registered Training Organisation and Ray Muddle, Senior Practitioner
Newcastle, for his dedication to the needs of his clients.
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