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 DIRECTOR-GENERAL/DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL FORUM

The Director-General meets fortnightly with the deputy directors-general, divisional directors and executive directors.  This meeting deals with new issues of operational or policy significance, as well as urgent and/or general executive issues, enabling the monthly Executive meetings to focus on more strategic and whole-of-organisation matters.

Director-General Jennifer Mason
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard
Deputy Director-General, Corporate Services Jo Grisard
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett
Executive Director, Communities Sonja Stewart
Deputy Director-General, Strategy, Communication and Governance Donna Rygate

AUDIT COMMITTEE
Committee members
Date commenced on committee
Meetings attended
Alexander Smith (Independent Chair) 21 January 2009 2
Deborah Page (Independent member) 8 November 2000 5
Susan Lenehan (Independent member) 10 December 2002 5
Jennifer Mason (Director-General) 15 April 2008 5
Annette Gallard (Deputy Director-General, Operations) 21 October 2008 4
Donna Rygate (Deputy Director-General, Strategy,
Communication and Governance)
27 October 2005 to 23 May 2009
4
Jo Grisard (Deputy Director-General, Corporate Services) 21 August 2007 5
Linda Mallett (A/Deputy Director-General,
Service Systems Development)
15 April 2008 4
Christine Howlett (Acting Executive Director,
Accountability and Review)
25 May 2009 1

ABORIGINAL REFERENCE GROUP
Hunter Region (Chair) Robyn Bird-Hedges
Southern Region (Deputy Chair) Cameron Smith
Helpline Stephanie Brasier
Metro Central Region Casey Yarnold
Pam Kelly
Metro South West Region Doreen Kelly
Metro West Region Kelly Ramsden
Northern Region Kaylene Kennedy
Western Region Betty Cragg
Vivian Hall
Central Coast Lynette Lawrie
Mid North Coast Lillian Greenup
NSW Department of Community Services Annual Report 2008/09 135

CHILD PROTECTION ADVISORY GROUP
Minister for Community Services (Chair) Hon. Linda Burney MP
Department of Premier and Cabinet Vicki D’Adam
University of Sydney A/Prof. Judy Cashmore
Association of Children’s Welfare Agencies Andrew McCallum
Aboriginal Child, Family and Community Care Secretariat Bill Pritchard
CREATE Foundation Danielle Domanski
Foster Parents Support Network Sue O’Connor
Macquarie University Prof. Jacqueline Goodnow
Youth Action and Policy Association Ray Reodica
Australian Services Union NSW/ACT Branch Sally McManus
Public Service Association of NSW Steve Turner

CHILD PROTECTION MAJOR PROJECT COMMITTEE
Director-General (Chair) Jennifer Mason
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard
Deputy Director-General, Corporate Services Jo Grisard
Deputy Director-General, Strategy, Communication and Governance Donna Rygate
A/Executive Director, Child and Family Welfare Eija Roti
Executive Director, Economics, Statistics and Research Marilyn Chilvers
Executive Director, Operations Statewide Services Helen Freeland
A/Executive Director, Operations Development Anne-Maree Sabellico
Director, Business Improvement and Service Capacity Elizabeth Knight
Chief Information Officer, Information and Communication Technology Kerry Holling
Executive Director, Major Change Christine Howlett
Regional Director, Metro West Margaret Oldfield
A/Regional Director, Hunter and Central Coast Liane Flynn
Director, Legal Services Roderick Best
A/Director, Aboriginal Services Simon Jordan

CHILD PROTECTION SYSTEM COMMITTEE
Director-General Jennifer Mason
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett
Deputy Director-General, Strategy, Communication and Governance Donna Rygate
Deputy Director-General, Corporate Services Jo Grisard
A/Executive Director, Helpline Jody Grima
Director, Business Improvement and Service Capacity Elizabeth Knight
Chief Information Officer, Information and Communication Technology Kerry Holling
Director, Information Management Julie Young
NSW Businesslink John Kobal
Section 8 Appendices
NSW Department of Community Services Annual 136 Report 2008/09

COMMUNITY AND CARERS ADVISORY GROUP
Director-General, Department of Community Services (Chair) Jennifer Mason
Department of Premier and Cabinet Anne Campbell
AbSec Michelle Stewart
Women’s Refuge Movement Catherine Gander
NSW Family Services Sue Richards
Homelessness NSW Digby Hughes
CREATE Foundation Naomi Konza
Foster Parents Support Network Sue O’Connor
Youth Accommodation Association Michael Coffey
Karitane Rita Fenech
Rosie’s Place Catherine Want
New South Wales Link-Up Glendra Stubbs
Youth representative Heath Ducker

COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANTS PROGRAM ROUNDTABLE7
DoCS (Chair) Toni Milne
Maria Visotina
Phillip Borg
Geoff Patton
Aqua Robins
Boon-Chye Lee
Judy Giese
Marilyn Chilvers
Jill Herberte
Council of Social Service of NSW Alison Peters
Dev Mukherjee
Youth Action and Policy Association Reynato Reodica
Western Sydney Community Forum Mary Waterford
Local Government and Shires Association Noel Baum
NSW Family Services Inc Sue Richards
Local Community Services Association Brian Smith
Sandra Handley
7. The CSPG Roundtable was dissolved in May 2009.
NSW Department of Community Services Annual Report 2008/09 137

EARLY INTERVENTION STEERING COMMITTEE
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development (Chair) Linda Mallet
Director-General Jennifer Mason
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard
Deputy Director-General, Corporate Services Jo Grisard
A/Executive Director, Operations Development Anne-Maree Sabellico
Executive Director, Economics, Statistics and Research Marilyn Chilvers
Director, Business Improvement and Service Capacity Elizabeth Knight
Regional Director, Metro South West Janet Vickers
Director, Media and Communication Wendy Seckold
Director, Learning and Development Sean O’Toole
Director, Performance-Based Contracting Judy Giese
Director, Prevention and Early Intervention Clare Rogers
A/Director Aboriginal Services Branch Simon Jordan
Chief Information Officer Kerry Holling

ETHNIC AFFAIRS ADVISORY GROUP
DoCS Head Office Paul Mortimer
Fatma Mohamed
Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies Lo-Shu Wen
Australian Centre for Languages Mark Lack
Bathurst Neighbourhood Centre Monique Van Toor
Community Relations Commission for a Multicultural NSW Gosia Dybka
Council of Social Service of NSW Dev Mukherjee
DoCS Multicultural Staff Reference Group Kathy Tzanis
DoCS Advisory Committee – Metro Central Oriana Blanco
DoCS Advisory Committee – Metro South West Ricci Bartels
DoCS Advisory Committee – Metro West Dana Rosinski
Ethnic Child Care Family and Community Services Co-op Vivi Germanos-Koutsounadis
Ethnic Communities Council of NSW Meta Vurel
Ethnic Minorities Action Group Cheryl Webster
Fairfield Community Resource Centre Elaine Hirst
IIIawarra Ethnic Communities Council Terrie Leoleos
Immigrant Women’s Speakout Jane Brock
Migrant Resource Centre Forum Karin Vasquez
NESB Women’s Housing Scheme Mira Mitrovic
Northern Settlement Services Alex Burns
STARTTS Jasmina Bajraktarevic
Refugee Support Network Marisa Salem
Settlement Services Coalition Cristina Fica
Women’s Refuge Resource Centre Liliana Reynaud
Youth Accommodation Association Michael Coffey
Youth Action and Policy Association Leah Webber
Section 8 Appendices
NSW Department of Community Services Annual 138 Report 2008/09

FINANCE COMMITTEE
Director-General (Chair) Jennifer Mason
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard
Deputy Director-General, Corporate Services Jo Grisard
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett
A/Executive Director, Operations Development Anne-Maree Sabellico
Regional Director, Metro Central Lisa Charet
Deputy Director-General, Strategy, Communication and Governance Donna Rygate
Executive Director, Major Change Christine Howlett
Executive Director, Communities Sonja Stewart
Chief Financial Officer Steve Matthews
Director, Financial Strategy and Systems Carol Limbo

INDUSTRY REFERENCE GROUP – CHILDREN’S SERVICE’S REGULATION REVIEW
DoCS Sonja Stewart
John Tansey
Early Childhood Australia Jan Langtry
Community Child Care Co-Operative Bernadette Dunn
Community Connections Solutions Australia Jane Hamilton
Child Care NSW Ian Weston
Lyn Connolly
Network of Community Activities Robyn Monro Miller
Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Child Care (SNAICC) Roslynne Webb
Family Day Care Association Cheryl Doyle
Sue Sheiles
Family Day Care Carers’ Association of NSW Bronwyn Guy
Mobile Children’s Services Association Tim Keegan
Association of Independent Schools Robyn Yates
Catholic Education Commission Rosalie Nott
NSW Department of Education and Training Robyn Bale
Local Government and Shires Association Noel Baum
ABC Developmental Learning Centres Matthew Horton
Jayne Kinley
KU Children’s Services Christine Legg
Uniting Care Children’s Services Natalie Grenfell
SDN Children’s Services Rebecca Watson
Campbelltown City Council Justine Uluibau
Ethnic Child Care Family and Community Services Co-op Vivi Germanos-Koutsounadis
Unions NSW Verena Heron
NSW Department of Community Services Annual Report 2008/09 139

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY STEERING COMMITTEE
Director-General Jennifer Mason
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett
Deputy Director-General, Strategy, Communication and Governance Donna Rygate
Deputy Director-General, Corporate Services Jo Grisard
Executive Director, Operations Statewide Services Helen Freeland
Director, Business Improvement and Service Capacity Elizabeth Knight
Chief Information Officer Kerry Holling
NSW Businesslink John Kobal
Director, Information Management Julie Young
MULTICULTURAL STAFF REFERENCE GROUP
Head Office Ximena Tapia
Helpline Cleopatra Raffoul
Kara Rae-Minshall
Metro Central Mariam Maatooq
Mary Spilitopoulos
Metro West Jose Vasquez
Zeljka Music
Mary Labbad
Metro South West Kathy Tzanis
Northern Deanna Fuller
William Van Den Bosch
Peter Schmidt
Western Gargi Ganguly
Isabel Abbass
Southern Jasna Putica
Vasil Sribinovski
Hunter Claudia Medina
Christopher Downie

OUT-OF-HOME CARE MAJOR PROJECT COMMITTEE
Director-General (Chair) Jennifer Mason
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett
Deputy Director-General, Strategy, Communication and Governance Donna Rygate
Deputy Director-General, Corporate Services Jo Grisard
Executive Director, Economics, Statistics and Research Marilyn Chilvers
A/Executive Director, Operations Development Anne-Maree Sabellico
A/Executive Director, Child and Family Welfare Eija Roti
Regional Director, Metro West Margaret Oldfield
A/Director, Aboriginal Services Simon Jordan
Executive Director, Major Change Christine Howlett
Section 8 Appendices
NSW Department of Community Services Annual 140 Report 2008/09

PSYCHOLOGY EXPERT REFERENCE GROUP
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard
Executive Director, Economics, Statistics and Research Marilyn Chilvers
A/Executive Director, Operations Development Anne-Maree Sabellico
Director, Corporate Human Resources Leon Newbery
Manager, Special Project (Psychology) Suzanne Pope
Executive Director, Operations Statewide Services Helen Freeland
Director, Clinical Psychology Programs, Wollongong University Associate Prof. Brin Grenyer
Director, Allied Health and Clinical Research MH-Kids, NSW Health Dr Sandra Heriot
Senior Lecturer, Director of Clinical Training, University of Sydney Dr Caroline Hunt
Director, Institute of Psychiatry, NSW Health Dr Roslyn Montague
SERVICE SYSTEM ADVISORY GROUP
Director-General (Chair) Jennifer Mason
Department of Premier and Cabinet Anne Campbell
Barnardos Louise Voigt
Benevolent Society Maree Walk
Uniting Care Burnside Jane Woodruff
Life Without Barriers Learne Durrington
Marist Youth Cate Sydes
Catholic Care Bernard Boerma
Anglicare Jacqui Palmer
Hunter Aboriginal Children’s Services Steve Larkins
Canterbury Bankstown Migrant Resource Centre Violet Roumeliotis
Local Community Services Association Brian Smith
Early Childhood Australia Nan Grieg
St Vincent De Paul John Picot
Sutherland Shire Family Support Kathy Jones
Community First Step Elaine Hirst
Wesley Mission Elisabeth Orr
Karitane Robert Mills
Southern Youth and Family Services Narelle Clay
KARI Paul Ralph
Consortium of Neighbourhood Centres Gretchen Young
Riverwood Community Centre Pauline Gallagher
National Disabilities Services Emily Caska
NSW Department of Community Services Annual Report 2008/09 141

RESEARCH ADVISORY COUNCIL
Director-General (Chair) Jennifer Mason
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett
Southern Cross University Prof. Judy Atkinson
University of Sydney Prof. David Bennett
Prof. Gwynnyth Llewellyn
A/Prof. Judy Cashmore
Macquarie University Prof. Jennifer Bowes
Prof. Jacqueline Goodnow
University of New South Wales Prof. Ilan Katz
University of Western Sydney Prof. Sheila Shaver
University of Newcastle Prof. Graham Vimpani
Ministerial advisory committees

COMMUNITY AND DISABILITY SERVICES MINISTERIAL COUNCIL (CDSMC)
The CDSMC is a forum for regular consultation between commonwealth, state and territory ministers with family, youth,
community and disability services and welfare responsibilities and the New Zealand Government.
NSW representatives
Minister for Community Services Hon. Linda Burney MP
Minister for Ageing, Disability and Home Care Hon. Paul Lynch MP

COMMUNITY AND DISABILITY SERVICES MINISTERIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL (CDSMAC) - CDSMAC supports the Ministerial Council by implementing its decisions and providing strategic advice.
DoCS representatives
Director-General Jennifer Mason
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard

COMMUNITY AND DISABILITY SERVICES MINISTERIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL NATIONAL FRAMEWORK IMPLEMENTATION WORKING GROUP
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett
A/Executive Director, Child and Family Welfare Eija Roti
Manager, Child Protection Policy Louise Boulter

COMMUNITY AND DISABILITY SERVICES MINISTERIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL WORKING PARTY ON HARMONISATION
Director, Adoption and Permanent Care Services Mary Griffin

HOUSING MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE (HMC) (JOINT SESSIONS INVOLVING HMC AND SAAP MINISTERS)
Minister for Housing Hon. David Borger MP
Minister for Community Services Hon. Linda Burney MP
Section 8 Appendices
NSW Department of Community Services Annual 142 Report 2008/09

MINISTERIAL COUNCIL ON EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND YOUTH AFFAIRS (MCEETYA) EARLY CHILDHOOD MINISTERS’ SATELLITE MEETING
Executive Director, Communities Sonja Stewart

YOUTH TASKFORCE OF THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL ON EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND YOUTH AFFAIRS
A/Director, Strategy and Planning Janet Schorer
Members of significant interdepartmental committees and statutory bodies

ABORIGINAL CHILD SEXU AL ASSAULT SENIOR OFFICERS GROUP
Director, Operations Allana Christie

ABORIGINAL MATERNAL AND INFANT HEALTH STRATEGY STEERING COMMITTEE
Executive Director, Communities Sonja Stewart
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett
Director, Prevention and Early Intervention Clare Rogers
A/Executive Director, Operations Development Anne-Maree Sabellico

ALCOHOL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION FOUNDATION (AERF) NSW POLICY PARTNERSHIP STEERING COMMITTEE
Director, Drug and Alcohol Expertise Tahn O’Brien

ANAPHYLAXIS WORKING PARTY (NSW HEALTH)
Policy Officer, Children’s Services Caroll Philips

AREA ASSISTANCE SCHEME REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Manager, Community Program Support Deidre Young

BUSHFIRE COORDINATING COMMITTEE
Executive Director, Operations Statewide Services Helen Freeland

CHILD DEATH REVIEW COMMITTEE
Executive Director, Operations Statewide Services Helen Freeland

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS COUNTER-TERRORISM COORDINATION GROUP
Director-General Jennifer Mason
Executive Director, Operations Statewide Services Helen Freeland

CHIEF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Director-General Jennifer Mason

CHILD PROTECTION SENIOR OFFICERS GROUP (HUMAN SERVICES AND JUSTICE AGENCIES)
A/Executive Director, Child and Family Welfare Eija Roti
Executive Director, Operations Statewide Services Helen Freeland
Manager, Child Protection Louise Boulter
NSW Department of Community Services Annual Report 2008/09 143

CHILDREN’S COURT ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Director, Legal Services Roderick Best

COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENTS EARLY CHILDHOOD SUB-GROUPS
Executive Director, Communities Sonja Stewart
Executive Director, Children’s Services John Tansey

DOCS/NSW HEALTH JOINT COMMITTEE ON METHADONE-RELATED CHILD DEATHS
A/Assistant Director, Child Deaths and Critical Reports Sandy Abrams

DOCS/NSW HEALTH DIRECTOR-GENERAL MEETING
Director-General Jennifer Mason
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett

DOCS/NSW HEALTH SENIOR OFFICER GROUP
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard
A/Executive Director, Operations Development Anne-Maree Sabellico
A/Executive Director, Child and Family Welfare Eija Roti
Director, Drug and Alcohol Expertise Tahn O’Brien
A/Director, Operations Practice Jane Sheldon

DROUGHT WELFARE COORDINATION COMMITTEE
Director, State Disaster Recovery Centre Wendy Graham

FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF MISSING PERSONS UNIT INTERAGENCY FORUM
Senior Project Officer, Operations Practice Lewis Murphy

FAMILIES NSW SENIOR OFFICERS GROUP
Executive Director, Communities (Chair) Sonja Stewart
A/Director, Community Strategy and Planning Janet Schorer

GOVERNMENT CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Chief Information Officer, Information and Communication Technology Kerry Holling

GOVERNMENT CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS COLLABORATIVE GOVERNMENT SERVICES PROGRAM8
Chief Information Officer, Information and Communication Technology Kerry Holling

HOMELESSNESS WORKING GROUP9
A/Director, Policy Development and Service Planning Phillip Borg
8. Previously known as Government Chief Information Officers Channels and Access Senior Officers Group.
9. Previously known as Supported Accommodation Assistance Program Coordination and Development Committee.
Section 8 Appendices
NSW Department of Community Services Annual 144 Report 2008/09

HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GROUP10
A/Director, Policy Development and Service Planning Phillip Borg
Manager, Policy Development Anthony Shannon
Principal Economist Ben Smith

HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES ACCORD SENIOR OFFICERS GROUP (HOUSING NSW)
A/Executive Director, Child and Family Welfare Eija Roti
A/Director, Policy Development and Service Planning Phillip Borg

HUMAN SERVICES SENIOR OFFICER GROUP, WESTERN SYDNEY
Regional Director, Metro West (Chair) Margaret Oldfield

JUSTICE AND HUMAN SERVICES CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS FORUM
Director-General Jennifer Mason

JUSTICE AND HUMAN SERVICES SENIOR OFFICERS GROUP
Executive Director, Communities Sonja Stewart
A/Executive Director, Child and Family Welfare Eija Roti

JUSTICE SECTOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE COORDINATION COMMITTEE
Director, Business Improvement and Service Capacity Elizabeth Knight

INTERAGENCY STANDING COMMITTEE FOR DISABILITY
Director, Policy Development and Service Planning Simone Walker

INEBRIATES TASKFORCE
Manager, Policy Development Anthony Shannon

INTOXICATED PERSONS TASKFORCE
Manager, Policy Development Anthony Shannon

JOINT INVESTIGATION RESPONSE TEAMS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S GROUP
(WITH NSW POLICE AND NSW HEALTH)
Director-General Jennifer Mason
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard
Executive Director, Operations Statewide Services Helen Freeland
Director, JIRT Myra Craig
Regional Director, Northern Susan Priivald
10. Previously known as Supported Accommodation Assistance Program Information Sub-Committee.
NSW Department of Community Services Annual Report 2008/09 145

JOINT INVESTIGATION RESPONSE TEAM STATEWIDE MANAGEMENT GROUP
Deputy Director-General, Operations (Chair) Annette Gallard
A/Executive Director, Operations Statewide Services Helen Freeland
Director, Operations Allana Christie
Regional Director, Northern Susan Priivald
A/Manager, JIRT Coordination Unit Patricia Aliferis

KEEP THEM SAFE SENIOR OFFICERS GROUP
Executive Director, Major Change Christine Howlett

MENTAL HEALTH SENIOR OFFICERS GROUP
A/Executive Director, Child and Family Welfare Eija Roti
A/Director, Operations Practice Jane SheldonA/Executive Director, Operations Development Anne-Maree Sabellico

NATIONAL COMMUNITY SERVICES INFORMATION MANAGEMENT GROUP
Director, Business Improvement and Service Capacity Elizabeth Knight11
Director, Information Management Julie Young

NETWORK OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INTERAGENCY FORUM
A/Manager, Intergovernmental Relations Hooma Mishra

NSW BUSINESSLINK BOARD
Director-General Jennifer Mason

NSW COMMITTEE ON ADOPTION AND PERMANENT CARE, INC
Director, Adoption and Permanent Care Services Mary Griffin

NSW EXECUTIVE OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND EDUCATION LAW ASSOCIATION
Director, Legal Services Roderick Best

NSW GOVERNMENT IMMIGRATION AND SETTLEMENT PLANNING COMMITTEE
A/Manager, Multicultural Services Paul Mortimer

NSW LAW SOCIETY FAMILY ISSUES COMMITTEE
Director, Legal Services Roderick Best

NSW LAW SOCIETY SPECIALIST ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE ON CHILD LAW
Director, Legal Services Roderick Best

NSW PUBLIC SECTOR WORKFORCE PLANNING ADVISORY GROUP
Director, Workforce Planning Lynette O’Connor
11. To December 2008.
Section 8 Appendices
NSW Department of Community Services Annual 146 Report 2008/09

NSW SENIOR OFFICERS COMMITTEE ON DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
Director, Drug and Alcohol Expertise Tahn O’Brien
A/Executive Director, Child and Family Welfare Eija Roti
Manager, Drug Budget Projects Aqua Robins

NSW SENIOR OFFICERS COMMITTEE ON DIVERSION
Director, Drug and Alcohol Expertise Tahn O’Brien

NSW STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Director, State Disaster Recovery Centre Wendy Graham

NSW STRATEGIC HOMELESSNESS FRAMEWORK WORKING GROUP
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett
A/Director, Policy Development and Service Planning Phillip Borg
Manager, Policy Development Anthony Shannon

PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HOMELESSNESS
A/Director, Policy Development and Service Planning Phillip Borg

PRESCHOOL INVESTMENT AND REFORM PLAN WORKING GROUP
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett
Executive Director, Children’s Services (Acting Chair) John Tansey
Executive Director, Economics, Statistics and Research Marilyn Chilvers

REFUGEE SUPPORT NETWORK
Project Officer, Multicultural Services Fatma Mohamed

TWO WAYS TOGETHER COORDINATING COMMITTEE
A/Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett
A/Director, Aboriginal Services Simon Jordan

WELFARE SERVICES FUNCTIONAL AREA SUB-COMMITTEE
Director, State Disaster Recovery Centre (Chair) Wendy Graham
Operations Manager, State Disaster Recovery Centre Murray Nott

WORKING TOGETHER FOR NSW JOINT IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE
(HUMAN SERVICES CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND FORUM FOR NON-GOVERNMENT AGENCIES)
Executive Director, Communities Sonja Stewart

YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL
Manager, Youth Strategy and Participation Edward Greenaway

YOUTH JUSTICE ADVISORY COUNCIL
Director, Strategy and Planning, Communities Paul Murphy
NSW Department of Community Services Annual Report 2008/09 147
Number of executive positions as at 30 June 2009
Level 2008/09 2007/08 2006/07
8 1 1 1
7 0 0 0
6 2 2 2
5 3* 3* 2
4 3 4 6
3 12 15 14
2 1 2 3
1 0 0 0
Total 22 27 28
* Temporary arrangement. The Level 4 Executive Director, Communities position is being kept vacant while the current occupant is performing additional
duties in the temporary Level 5 Executive Director, Communities and Early Years position. Actual current substantive number is 22 positions.
Number of female executives as at 30 June 2009
2008/09 2007/08 2006/07
Executive positions 22 26 28
Women in executive positions 18 21 21
Percentage 82 81 75
Executive remuneration – SES Level 5 and above as at 30 June 2009
Name of occupant
SES
level
Total remuneration package ($) Period
Director-General Jennifer Mason 8 $366,251 Full year
Deputy Director-General, Operations Annette Gallard 6 $320,600* Full year
Deputy Director-General, Service System Development Linda Mallett (A) 6 $251,188** Full year
Deputy Director-General, Service Capacity Jo Grisard 5 $259,850 Full year
Deputy Director-General, Strategy, Governance
and Communication
Donna Rygate12 5 $288,350* Part year
Executive Director, Communities Sonja Stewart 5 $278,850*** Full year
* Includes recruitment allowance.
** Higher duties allowance.
*** Includes recruitment and higher duties allowance.
Appen dix 3. Execut ive report s
12. To 19 June 2009.
Section 8 Appendices
NSW Department of Community Services Annual 148 Report 2008/09
Performance reports for SES officers Level 5 and above
NAME Jennifer Mason
POSITION AND LEVEL Director-General, SES 8
TOTAL REMUNERATION PACKAGE $366,251
PERIOD IN POSITION Whole year
RESULTS IN 2008/09
• Developed DoCS contribution to the revised State Plan incorporating Keep Them Safe and Homelessness.
• Developed DoCS response to the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW resulting in Keep Them Safe – A shared approach to child wellbeing.
• Secured funding to support initiatives under Keep Them Safe.
• Coordinated DoCS contribution to the National Affordable Housing Agreement, NSW Homelessness Strategic Framework, Homelessness Implementation Plan and Action Plan for the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program services over the next three years.
• Developed a Savings Implementation Plan to meet the 1.5% per annum of the 4% per annum wage increase over three years beginning from 2008/09.
• Completed the roll-out of permanency planning to all community services centres and developed a new model for supporting permanency planning for the long term within existing resources.
• Strengthened DoCS management of Joint Investigation Response Teams (JIRT) resulting in improved support and better services to child victims and their families.
• Reviewed key memoranda of understanding with Department of Education and Training and the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care.
• Implemented a major review of the Children’s Services Regulation 2004 as part of the Government’s commitment to strengthen and improve outcomes for children by chairing stakeholder reference groups.
• Finalised the roll-out of central licensing to all children’s services across the state in March 2009.
• Delivered improvements for the Integrated Domestic and Family Violence Services program and the roll-out of six additional Staying Home Leaving Violence projects.
• Oversighted development of Aboriginal Cultural Support (ACS), a systemic way of gathering cultural information for Aboriginal children and young people entering and exiting out-of-home care, to support better decision-making in relation to care plans and matters before the Children’s Court and improve the maintenance of Aboriginal identity.
• Initiated the Key Information Directory System Core Design Upgrade project, a three-year initiative to improve the efficiency of the core DoCS client management system, so that frontline staff can spend more time with children and families.
• Oversighted development of the DoCS Multicultural strategic commitment 2008–2013, launched during the year, supporting the DoCS EAPS Plan and laying the foundation for achieving a culturally-capable organisation.

NSW Department of Community Services Annual Report 2008/09 149
NAME Annette Gallard
POSITION AND LEVEL Deputy Director-General, SES 6
TOTAL REMUNERATION PACKAGE $320,600 (includes retention allowance)
PERIOD IN POSITION Whole year
RESULTS IN 2008/09
• Streamlined foster carer recruitment processes to reduce average processing time.
• Increased the number of foster carers recruited.
• Completed the roll-out of permanency planning to all community services centres and developed a new model for supporting permanency planning in the long term within existing resources.
• Completed the implementation of the Partnerships and Planning Review.
• Piloted the Pre-Natal Reporting Policy.
• Implemented reforms to psychologist supervision and recruited to new psychologist positions.
• Developed new practice guidelines for psychologists.
• Supported the OOHC roll-out of new funding and transitioned case management of appropriate children and young people to non-government organisations.
• Created new child and family regional units to assist with transferring children in OOHC to non-government services.
• Developed and implemented changes to Practice Solutions sessions for caseworkers to better target learning approaches to reforms being rolled out.
• Strengthened DoCS management of JIRTS resulting in improved support and better services to child victims and their families.
• Introduced a new unit to screen all JIRT referrals with NSW Health and Police.
• Streamlined data collection and reporting in collaboration with NSW Health and Police.
• Reviewed the Memorandum of Understanding with Department of Education and Training.
• Revised the Memorandum of Understanding with Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care.
• Represented NSW at the Community and Disability Services Ministerial Advisory Committee.
• Completed a project to increase tools and supports for out-of-home care adoptions.
• Supported the roll-out of Safe Families initiatives in far-western NSW so that DoCS targets are met and represented DoCS at the whole-of-government Steering Committee.
• Expanded the roll-out of eReporting to the DoCS Helpline.
• Completed tools and training for the commencement of quality reviews at CSCs.
• Integrated out-of-home care quality improvement plan into the Professional Development and Quality Assurance program.

Section 8 Appendices
NSW Department of Community Services Annual 150 Report 2008/09
NAME Jo Grisard
POSITION AND LEVEL Deputy Director-General, SES 5
TOTAL REMUNERATION PACKAGE $259,850
PERIOD IN POSITION Whole year
RESULTS IN 2008/09

Finance
• Liaised with Treasury on budget issues and, in particular, on funding under the mini-budget and the Keep Them Safe initiatives.
• Introduced improvements to financial reporting and control, including the establishment of a Finance Committee.
• Developed a Savings Implementation Plan to meet the 1.5% per annum of the 4% per annum wage increase over three years beginning from from 2008/09.
• Set up an Expense Savings Working Group to identify cost-saving measures, reduce waste and improve efficiencies.
• Prepared DoCS 2009/10 NSW Budget papers and developed the internal budget strategy.

Legal services
• Managed significant work concerning the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services:
-- providing advice, submissions and evidence
-- producing draft legislation
-- advising as to the terms of the legislation and working towards its implementation.
• Handled an increase in the number of new care matters from 4,993 in 2007, 5,209 in 2008 to 5,671 in 2009. Similarly work in the Family and Federal Magistrates courts increased from 216 in 2007 to 328 in 2008.

Multicult ural services
• Launched the DoCS Multicultural strategic Commitment 2008–2013 during the year, supporting the DoCS Ethnic Affairs Priorities Statement (EAPS) Plan and laying the foundation for achieving a culturally-capable organisation.
• Delivered training on culturally-reflective practice to over 700 staff in DoCS community services centres and the Helpline. Training on cultural maintenance for children in care was provided to 150 DoCS caseworkers, foster carers and NGO caseworkers.
• Completed the Multicultural Caseworker Program with nearly all of the 61 positions now recruited. These positions target 22 specific cultural and language groups.

Aboriginal services
• Developed the Intensive Family Based Services Action Plan (end October 2009), which includes 23 actions based on recommendations from the IFBS Evaluation Report (March 2008), as part of the Child Protection Major Project.
• Developed and distributed Practice resource – working with Aboriginal people and communities, to all DoCS staff and NGOs statewide and nationally as requested.
• Developed key Aboriginal proposals included in the Keep Them Safe announcement.
• Developed an Aboriginal Cultural Support (ACS) initiative, a systematic way of gathering cultural information for Aboriginal children and young people entering and exiting out-of-home care. This will support better decision-making in relation to care plans and matters before the Children’s Court and engage non-Aboriginal foster carers caring for Aboriginal children and young people, in the maintenance of their Aboriginal identity.
• Piloted in eight locations Aboriginal cultural capability training for managers and provided developmental workshops for all staff in CSCs to develop local Aboriginal action plans.

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Information and communication technology
• Deployed a new solution called COMS (Community Online Management System) for DoCS funds management and performance-based contracting.
• Completed the implementation of an enhanced disaster recovery capability for the KIDS client management system, providing near real-time failover to an alternative system in the event of major problems at the primary location.
• Initiated the Helpline Technology Refresh Project for which deployment is due in September 2009.

Administrative services
• Spent $23.3 million on the Enhanced Service Delivery accommodation program and other capital projects with major office fit-outs, at 14 community service centres.
• Issued Procurement and Purchasing Policy and Travel Management Policy.
• Awarded major procurement contracts for security guarding, monitoring and equipment maintenance and online stationery.

Learning and development
• Trained 552 new caseworkers in the eight-week Caseworker Development Course.
• Trained 34 DoCS staff in the nine-day JIRT Foundation Skills course run in conjunction with the NSW Police Force.
• Delivered the four-day Transitioning to Management program to 119 new managers.
• Delivered the four-day Professional Supervision course to 99 managers and joined all field-based managers in one of the 34 monthly practice groups conducted throughout the state.
• Received an award for CDC ‘Plus’ – a comprehensive support program for new Aboriginal caseworkers – for the training initiative of the year at the 2008 NSW Training Awards. At the end of 2008/09 more than 100 Aboriginal staff had participated in the various modules associated with this program.
• Supported 28 Aboriginal staff to complete the Diploma of Community Services.
• Supported 15 Learning and Development staff to complete the Certificate IV in Training and Assessment.
• Supported 26 new managers to complete the Diploma of Management.
• Launched a mentoring program in February 2009 and 25 pairs engaged in a six-month process in three styles of mentoring; peer, project and career mentoring.

Human resources
• Achieved 2002 reform package goal of recruiting an additional 1,025 caseworkers, in November 2008.
• Implemented a new framework for consultation with the Public Service Association (PSA) on matters relating to Keep Them Safe.
• In 2008/09 there were no industrial stoppages or major bans in DoCS and both DoCS and the PSA reiterated their commitment to consultation to improve outcomes for staff and clients.

Business improvement and service capacity
• Completed the Stage 1 ‘as is’ Business Process Model which was led by the Business Process Mapping project team.
• Implemented the Brighter Futures Data Quality Improvement Strategy to improve information recorded in DoCS Connect and KiDS.
• Led the establishment of electronic collection of the Out-of-Home Care Minimum Dataset (MDS) via DoCS Connect with go-live in March 2009.

Section 8 Appendices
NSW Department of Community Services Annual 152 Report 2008/09
NAME Linda Mallett
POSITION AND LEVEL Acting Deputy Director-General (to 25 May 2009), SES 6
TOTAL REMUNERATION PACKAGE $251,188 (includes higher duties allowance)
PERIOD IN POSITION Whole year
RESULTS IN 2008/09
• Contributed to DoCS response to Wood Inquiry to finalise Keep Them Safe – A shared approach to child wellbeing.
• Finalised policy definition of ‘significant harm’ in conjunction with Keep Them Safe Senior Officers Group and the three advisory groups, CPAG, CCAG, SSAG, and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Aboriginal Advisory Group.
• Supported reform of the Adoption Act 2000 and associated regulations.
• Finalised ministerial guidelines on leaving care in conjunction with ACWA, CREATE and AbSec.
• Finalised second interim report (May 2009) for the Brighter Futures evaluation led by the Social Policy Research Centre.
• Finalised Preschool Investment Reform Plan Resource Allocation Methodology for National Partnership on Universal Preschool for negotiations with the Commonwealth.
• Led NSW contribution to National Child Protection Framework - Australia’s Children Safe and Well resulting in COAG endorsement (April 2009) and led the development of NSW response for the National Protocol for Information Sharing.
• Finalised DoCS contribution to the National Affordable Housing Agreement, NSW Homelessness Strategic Framework, Homelessness Implementation Plan and Action Plan for SAAP services over next three years.
• Finalised DoCS contribution to revised State Plan incorporating Keep Them Safe and homelessness.
• Led the Early Intervention Cross-divisional Major Project with a particular emphasis on continued roll-out of the Aboriginal Maternal Infant Health Strategy and Brighter Futures.
• Appeared before the Australian Senate Inquiry into Forgotten Australians and Lost Innocents in May 2009.
• Coordinated DoCS Sorry Day commemoration in May 2009.
• Published the Child Protection Senior Officers Group evaluation of NSW interagency guidelines for child protection intervention 2006.
• Completed a six-month trial of responding to Prenatal Reports Policy with NSW Health and agreed on a joint evaluation plan.
• Finalised the Corporate Information Major Project, finalising business process mapping of entry into care and data quality improvement strategies.
• Commenced Stage 1 of the Longitudinal Study of Children in OOHC with Chapin Hall USA.
• Progressed negotiations with the OOHC sector to expand the role of NGOs with performance-based contracts taking the total from six to 28.
• Finalised OOHC Minimum Data Set with the NGO sector that provides portal access for biannual data collection.
• Developed 6th edition of the Brighter Futures caseworker manual and Service provision guidelines.

Research and publications
• Completed literature reviews to inform practice: Parents with mental health issues: Consequences for children and effectiveness of interventions to support children and their families and Drug use in the family: Effective treatment responses.
• Completed research paper Effective strategies and interventions for adolescents in a child protection context:

Literature review (March 2009).
• Completed research report Children and young people from non-English speaking backgrounds in out-of-home care in NSW (October 2008).
• Produced the Guidelines for external researchers and ethics guidance and published the Practice guide: Assessing and using evidence.

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• Developed guidelines to assist decision-making about contact for children and young people in out-of-home care and ministerial guidelines on the provision of aftercare for children and young people leaving care.
• Produced guidelines for responding to a report about a child or young person who has displayed sexually-abusive behaviour towards another child or young person (February 2009).
• Published Research to Practice notes on What determines quality in childcare? and Early intervention strategies for children and young people 8 to 14 years.
• Translated Charter of Rights fact sheet for carers into seven community languages.
• Completed fact sheets for children and young people in OOHC, carers and parents on case meetings; health and educational needs of children and young people; life story work; contact information; and the importance of sport and recreation.
• Published a fact sheet on financial assistance to foster carers who adopt, in February 2009.
• Published new Brighter Futures practice resources on child behaviour management, domestic violence and working with dads.
• Published 6th edition of the Brighter Futures caseworker manual and Service provision guidelines (6 June 2009).

NAME Sonja Stewart
POSITION AND LEVEL Executive Director, SES 5
TOTAL REMUNERATION PACKAGE $278,850 (includes retention and higher duties allowances)
PERIOD IN POSITION Whole year
RESULTS IN 2008/09
• Delivered improvements for the Integrated Domestic and Family Violence Services program and commenced the roll-out of six additional Staying Home Leaving Violence projects.
• Delivered strategies, programs and projects, including Better Futures, Area Assistance Scheme, Integrated Domestic and Family Violence Services, Staying Home Leaving Violence, and the Aboriginal Child, Youth and Family Strategy.
• Worked with government partners on the Youth Action Plan, successfully delivered Youth Week 2009, assisted the NSW Youth Advisory Council in delivery of its work plan, and managed the transfer of executive support for the
council to the NSW Commission for Children and Young People in January 2009.
• Led the implementation of Families NSW, including planning and implementing the roll-out of the Triple P parenting program to 440 professionals across NSW, and the development of Families NSW funding documentation to deliver on
the roles outlined in the Families NSW Service Level Agreement and apply funding reform best practice to Families NSW.
• Contributed to the COAG National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education and participated in interjurisdictional committees to progress the National Early Childhood Development Agenda.
• Contributed to planning for the establishment of nine child and family centres in NSW as part of the National Partnership Agreement Regarding Indigenous Early Childhood Development.
• Implemented a major review of the Children’s Services Regulation 2004 as part of the Government’s commitment to strengthen and improve outcomes for children by chairing stakeholder reference groups.
• Managed the growth stage of the Preschool Investment and Reform Plan which will make existing preschools more affordable and accessible.
• Finalised the roll-out of central licensing to all children’s services across the state in March 2009.
• Continued to introduce compliance against the children’s services legislation by monitoring and investigation
strategies, and the introduction of targeted campaigns.
• Chaired Area Assistance Scheme peak and regional stakeholder meetings across NSW during April and May, involving around 60 organisations, to discuss changes to the AAS and provide input into the direction of a new
community capacity building program which is to be called COMMUNITY Builders.

Section 8 Appendices
NSW Department of Community Services Annual 154 Report 2008/09
NAME Donna Rygate
POSITION AND LEVEL Deputy Director-General, SES 5
TOTAL REMUNERATION PACKAGE $288,350 (includes retention allowance)
PERIOD IN POSITION Until 19 June 2009
RESULTS IN 2008/09
• Led the Department’s interface with the Special Commission of Inquiry into Child Protection Services in NSW.
• Hosted a successful two-day Strengthening Practice conference on preventing child deaths attended by more than 270 staff.
• Delivered a statewide roll-out of Strengthening Practice through Practice Solutions with 46 sessions delivered in metropolitan and country areas. More than 1,500 frontline staff accessed the training.
• Collaborated with NSW Health on the methadone and other drugs project.
• Prepared the 2007/08 Annual Report for which the Department won an award at the Australasian Annual Reporting Awards.
• Produced resources and successfully ran events for Foster Care Week, Child Protection Week, NAIDOC Week and Sorry Day.
• Provided the Minister and Director-General with comprehensive and timely briefings, correspondence and advice.
• Led DoCS response to the Ombudsman on the Reviewable Deaths Annual Report.
• Provided staff support teams for critical events.
• Supported the Community and Disability Services Ministers Conference and Community and Disability Services Ministers Advisory Council meetings.
• Provided policy advice on major Commonwealth initiatives.
• Managed the State Plan implementation.
• Managed DoCS Internal Audit Program.
• Managed DoCS Assurance Mapping Project.
• Managed the processing of 581 freedom of information applications, 102 interstate former ward applications and 44 family history applications.
• Managed the processing of 900 applications for access to identifying information about parties to adoptions, 674 applications for social and medical information about parties to adoptions, and reunions and/or exchange
of information by 194 people ‘matched’ on the Adoption Reunion and Information Register.
• Provided governance and privacy advice.
• Commenced business continuity planning.
• Commenced drafting the Pandemic Response Plan.
Source : http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/annual_report09/documents/appendices.pdf