Various interstate presentations and consultations , including the Wood Commission , Tasmania , South Australia , Queensland and Northern Territory Minister . Providing the „ With Care ‟ Residential Care raining to more than 500 residential care workers across Victoria . Bringing out social care expert , Tony Morrison , for a week of training . Being asked to be the non-Indigenous critical friend in discussions with Aboriginal Controlled Community Organisations regarding transfer of guardianship – Sandie de Wolf . Leading the rollout of Therapeutic Residential and Foster Care in the State . Partnership Brokers Accreditation Scheme ( PBAS ) accreditation in the UK – Marg Hamley . Sector advocacy around Family Services pricing – Peter Stansfeld . Sector advocacy on Portability of Long Service Leave – Jackie Mead . Premier ‟ s launch of A Fairer Victoria , where Sandie spoke on behalf of the sector .
We presented our work at : -
The International Foster Care Organisation ( IFCO ) Conference in Dublin – Anita Pell and Raeleen McKenzie on Therapeutic Foster Care . The Robin Clark Awards , hosted by the Minister – Sandie de Wolf on „ what inspires us ‟. „ Resilience as a guiding framework for research and practice on child maltreatment ‟ – Annette Jackson at the University of Washington . The Social and Community Services Industry Training Board Conference on Project Management – Pam Miranda . Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect in Perth – Amanda Jones on ELF ( Early Learning is Fun ). Resi Rocks Conference & Centre for Excellence Conference - Annette Jackson on „ Promise or Reality : Residential Care being Therapeutic ‟ and Resilience . Stability , Adoption and Permanent Care Conference – Annette Jackson . Victorian Child Psychotherapy Conference - Virtual , Real and Inner Lives of Children and Adolescents Conference – 4 Take Two , Western & Northern staff – on subliminal messages in context and vulnerable children and internet communication , Centre for Excellence Conference – Timothy O ‟ Leary on Resilience .
4.3 Initiatives to enhance Berry Street as an employer of choice As part of our goal that Berry Street has the best staff and foster carers , we aim to be in the top third in our sector in remuneration . All remuneration data available reflects the fact that we are currently meeting this goal within Victoria .
We also work very hard at sustaining a culture which is supportive , encourages initiative and where learning is valued . Flexible working arrangements are common place and , wherever possible , we encourage staff to arrange their work to meet family needs .
Key initiatives included : -
The completion of our second Employee Opinion Survey in February . Key results included the following : o A 66 % response rate , up 2 % from last year . o 94 % of respondents would recommend Berry Street to others as a good place to work ( up from 89.1 % in 2008 ).
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