- Who WE ARE -
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We have a combined over 20 years experience within community services roles - from client facing to service development, project management, data analytics and design.
We have worked within the sectors that we are trying to effect change within, which gives us a first hand perspective of the challenges and barriers organisations face on a day to day basis.
We understand the work, we understand the systems, and we have worked with the people who are trying to access these systems. Our clinical experience in social work and occupational therapy are fundamental to our approach.
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- JESS: CO-FOUNDER AND LEAD ANALYST -
Jess is a Social Worker with a keen interest in improving systems through advocacy and evidence. Her work experience and interest is in the community sector, with over a decade of experience in client facing, project management and analyst and senior roles across community mental health, youth counselling, Job Services Australia (JSA), disability and the NDIS, homelessness, case management, program design and implementation, analytics, administrative population data analysis (Big-data), university research collaborations, social impact analysis, and data visualisation.
Winner of the South Australian Social Worker of the Year, Agent of Change in 2021, and Young South Australian Achiever in Creating Change in 2020, its safe to say Jess is tenaciously passionate about creating lasting change!
She has a Bachelor of Health Sciences, a Master of Forensic Mental Health, a Master of Social Work and a Graduate Diploma in Health Research. She is currently working towards finishing a PhD, focusing on improving homelessness programs and systems, with international impact.
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- NADIA: CO-FOUNDER AND PROJECT LEAD -
Nadia is an Occupational Therapist with a passion for improving equity and access to services for people who experience vulnerabilities and marginalisation. She has worked in the community sector for the duration of her career in client facing, project management and leadership roles. She has experience in disability and the NDIS, with specialist knowledge of Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA), NDIS Legislation, Younger People (under 65) in
Residential Aged Care and the barriers for marginalised groups accessing the age-appropriate services. Nadia also has experience in homelessness, clinical occupational therapy service delivery, case management, project management, service design and implementation, and data analysis.
Nadia's key achievements include winning a 500k grant to address barriers to NDIS access and heath care to people experiencing homelessness, designing and implementing a successful (and free) Occupational Therapy Program for people with disabilities and chronic health conditions who were homeless or marginally housed, and co-supervising an Occupational Therapy Honours Student thesis in the misrepresentation of homelessness within NDIS policy.
Nadia has a Bachelor of Applied Science: Occupational Therapy and a Bachelor of Visual Communication: Graphic Design.