Last Week's Guest Speakers:
Gayle Mitchell and Ren Adams from UnitingCare West,
sharing Uniting Care West’s bold plan to end rough sleeping in Perth City in 1825 days
Picture Glenda Hickey
Uniting Care West's (UVW) work towards ending homelessness in WA.
As a committed member of the WA Alliance to End Homelessness (WAAEH), UCW is working alongside community sector partners to implement a 10-year strategy to end homelessness by 2028. Not just to manage it, but to end it. The End Homelessness in WA strategy was officially launched on 13 April 2018, with supporters coming together at The Platform in Perth CBD to learn more about the 10-year journey towards ending homelessness in this state. The second stage of the launch was an unprecedented musical event in the city, led by the UWA Conservatorium of Music and cohosted by the UWA Centre for Social Impact. The launch was an opportunity to celebrate that we are already on the journey and working together to end homelessness in WA – a great moment to strengthen our commitment and our community to ensure that we realise our vision of ending homelessness in WA by 2028. UCW is also collaborating with Ruah, St Patrick’s Community Support Centre and the St Vincent de Paul Society on a blueprint to roll-out a number of contemporary, fit for purpose, community support centres across Perth and Fremantle. The idea is to provide unified support for people experiencing homelessness by combining our collective resources. In June 2018, UCW became a member of Shelter WA, the independent peak body that advocates for social and affordable housing and ending homelessness. It is the ‘backbone’ organisation of the WAAEH.
100 Families Project – tackling entrenched disadvantage
UnitingCare West is proud to be part of the 100 Families project, a collaboration between nine community sector organisations, which aims to develop a comprehensive evidence base of the causes and structure of entrenched disadvantage in WA and what needs to be done differently to give families doing it tough a hand up. The project has recently received $1.75 million in funding from Lotterywest. Around 9,000 people – men, women and children – are homeless in this state on any given night, so this sort of investment in researching the underlying causes of entrenched disadvantage will be invaluable.
Heralding development of community at UCW A place-based approach
UCW is at the forefront of delivering a place-based approach and has adopted an integrated placebased model of service to ensure the best outcomes for our communities in the future. We currently have Connection Hubs in Fremantle, Merriwa and East Perth. A place-based approach aims to assist these communities in delivering innovative, local solutions to those who are disadvantaged by bringing together local people, organisations, public services, businesses and government. UCW has developed a localised, place-based strategy to be responsive to the current and emerging needs of the community through engagement and involvement. The newly created Place Manager roles at UCW play a major role in local stakeholder mapping to ensure we identify and develop relationships with providers to assist service pathway designs. This helps us identify the types of naturally occurring supports available locally and deliver seamless service offerings and community connection, that are responsive to individuals’ needs. The mapping also identifies gaps and UCW works with local providers to design and deliver supports to address these gaps where possible. In addition to the localised response from Place Managers, UCW has Practice Leads. These are subject matter experts who actively engage with external peers across the service sector to establish or build local referral pathways and links to further enhance our integrated service pathway strategy. Externally, the role of Place Manager has been met with curiosity and enthusiasm by stakeholders and provided the opportunity to communicate UCW’s vision surrounding a place-based strategy.
In designing our place-based approach,
UCW uses indices from:
• Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA)
• ABS Census
• Primary Health Networks
• Banks
• Legal Aid
• SERC
• Local government
• REIWA population growth projections
• Financial Counselling Network
UCW has Service Practice Lead expertise in:
• Transitioning from Homelessness
• Strengthening Families
• Children’s Services
• Community Housing Development
• Individualised Services
• Re-entry Services
• Community Connections
Co-design at Recovery Options
The Uniting Care West Recovery Options team took a co-design approach with their suite of mental health support services that deliver one-to-one individualised support. In June 2016, it became clear that there were very few groups within Perth’s outer northern suburbs that could bring people together and connect them to community. To address this need, we supported the establishment of a men’s group, known as the ‘Men of Hope’. To create something that would best meet the needs of the men involved, we invited them to be part of a co-design process to shape the format, content and frequency of meetings and the goals and vision of the group. Strong relationships were soon developed and 12 months later the results revealed positive outcomes for program participants. Our Outcome StarTM data showed significant improvements across multiple areas for male participants. Based on these outcomes, the co-design process was expanded and we started a conversation with participants about their interest in further group development. Fast forward, and four additional groups have been set up since February 2018. At the heart of these programs is the concept that groups are facilitated and designed by participants for participants and supported by our team. Building personal relationships between participants and with staff, to grow sustainable, healthy social and community networks is a key focus of the groups.
UnitingCare West provides a diverse range of programs to support people and communities to have a sense of belonging, hope and purpose.
Community connections Supporting people who are socially isolated to grow their networks and become better connected within the community.
Disability support Support programs for people with disability.
Domestic violence Family and domestic violence services providing support with crisis accommodation and personalised counselling.
Families impacted by child sexual abuse Support for children and families to reduce the harmful effect of child sexual abuse.
Financial support Providing free financial counselling services and assisting with emergency relief essentials, including fresh food and clean clothes.
Homelessness A range of support services for people experiencing homelessness, or at risk of being without a place to call home.
Housing Community housing initiatives supporting people with disability, those experiencing mental illness, former prisoners returning to the community and women escaping family and domestic violence.
Mental health support Focussing on strength and recovery, demonstrating that people experiencing mental illness can lead highly fulfilling lives.
Out-of-home care Providing a stable and caring home-style environment, supporting young people at times of crisis.
Parenting Focussing on parenting and family functioning, with the aim of bringing about nurturing and safe environments for children.
Re-entry Helping former prisoners, including those with disability, to successfully reintegrate into the community.
UnitingCare West is a Registered NDIS Provider. Offering more opportunity to enhance the depth of support that individuals receive across a wide range of services.
[Source: Uniting Care West Annual Report 2017-2018, "Making A Difference" pages: 21, 19, 15, 11
Access the Annual Report at: https://www.unitingcarewest.org.au/about/our-publications]
[The Editor was not present at the talk and has no notes of the talk so hopefully UCW's position has been fairly portrayed.]
INDUCTION OF NEW MEMBER Sheridan Webb
NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR OFFICE BEARERS FOR 2O19-2O2O.
ROTARY CLUB OF HEIRISSON – BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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2018-19
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2019-2020
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President
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Greg Hunter
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Allan McLean
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President Elect
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Allan McLean
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Don Burnside
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Secretary
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Don Burnside
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Treasurer
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Bronwyn Denman
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Bronwyn Denman
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Director Club Services
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Allan McLean
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Don Burnside
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Director – Community
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Ken Mullin
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Ken Mullin
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Director – Youth
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Claudia Pierazzoli
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Director International
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Rod Slater
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Rod Slater
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OTHER OFFICE BEARERS
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Almoner
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Don Burnside
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Bulletin Editor
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Ross Jones
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Ross Jones
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Membership Committee
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Greg Hunter; Allan McLean; Don Burnside; Ken Mullin; Sheridan Webb; Justin Walker
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Greg Hunter; Allan McLean; Don Burnside; Ken Mullin; Sheridan Webb; Justin Walker
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Procurement
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Club Services
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Club Services
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Sergeant
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Rod Slater
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Rod Slater
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Social
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Don Burnside/Allan McLean
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Speaker Program
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Robin Arndt
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Web Master
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Warwick Smith
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Rotary Quotes
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