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Our People
our life force
ABOVE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT : Otto and Anna-Marie Ippel , Sandie de Wolf , Laurinda Gardner , Pam Miranda , Steve Kightly , Jess Sewell
At the core of all our work at Berry Street is the importance of relationships – developing and maintaining trusting and productive relationships with our clients , respectful relationships with our colleagues and mutually beneficial relationships with our supporters .
This means that we are constantly reviewing how we can improve our recruitment , induction , support , supervision and professional development of our large and diverse workforce . Jackie Mead , Director People , Culture and Information Systems , continued her great leadership of this area and also took on responsibility for Information Management .
To ensure our clients receive the best possible service , we invest heavily in the professional development of our staff . Our five person Learning and Development team now includes dedicated support and resources for students who want to do a tertiary placement with us and hopefully join us when they are qualified .
• 2.3 % or $ 943,000 of our salary budget was dedicated to Learning and Development
• Thirty-three staff took up Study Leave ( up to 5 hours a week )
• A new comprehensive six monthly organisational Training Calendar was launched
• Thirty five staff completed the Diploma of Community Services in Gippsland , four staff completed the Diploma of Management ( Impact Leadership ) and a further 15 are currently enrolled , 10 staff completed the Diploma of Project Management , 16 staff completed Certificate IV in Child , Youth and Family Interventions
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