DJP Communi+es of Prac+ce y CoP e n d n Sy ester W r e Out March 2017 Disability Jus,ce Project
STATEWIDE SNAPSHOT Lismore Coffs Harbour Broken Hill Port Macquarie Orange Greater Western Syd. Macarthur Sydney Wollongong Newcastle Aboriginal CoP Metro South West Central Sydney ParramaFa Albury Mid South Coast Aboriginal 7 sessions completed to date monthly mee,ngs 14 regular members par,cipa,ng Far South Coast Mid-South Coast 2 nd session completed bimonthly mee,ngs 11 members par,cipa,ng Far South Coast 3 sessions completed monthly mee,ngs 11 members par,cipa,ng Orange 7 sessions completed monthly mee,ngs 14 regular members par,cipa,ng Broken Hill 2 nd session booked monthly mee,ngs 9 members par,cipa,ng ParramaFa 2 sessions completed monthly mee,ngs Reinsta+ng group, combine with Metro South Sydney Macarthur 9 sessions completed to date monthly mee,ngs 14 regular members par,cipa,ng Greater Western Syd. 8 sessions completed monthly mee,ngs 9 regular members par,cipa,ng Coffs Harbour DID NOT TAKE OFF Reintroducing CoP in November Port Macquarie 4 sessions completed bimonthly mee,ngs 9 registra,ons / 7 afendees Lismore *Add. 3 sessions completed to date monthly mee,ngs 11 regular members par,cipa,ng Central Sydney 8 sessions completed monthly mee,ngs 14 regular members par,cipa,ng Metro South West 6 sessions completed to date monthly mee,ngs Leads no longer able to par,cipate (to be combined with Parrama0a) Wagga Wagga 4 sessions completed moving to Albury Lead for Albury le] posi,on. Exploring lead op,ons Newcastle 2 sessions completed monthly mee,ngs Par,cipa,on has dropped off, being supported to reinstate group Wollongong 6 sessions completed 9 regular members par,cipa,ng
Leading the way Wollongong 1. Kathie Vangelovski (HWNS) 2. Rebecca Prestwidge (HWNS) Aboriginal CoP 1. Sharlene McKenzie (TBS) Albury (Prev. Wagga) 1. BEING REINSTATED Broken Hill 1. Neil Lord (JJ) 2. Luke Gerard (JJ) 3. Jenna BoFrell (MA) Central Sydney 1. Mary Jelen (Legal Aid) 2. Tim Wu (CJP) Coffs Harbour 1. BEING REINSTATED Port Macquarie 1. Sue Mills (Macleay Op,ons Inc) 2. Doug McFarlane (Centrecare) Far South Coast 1. Nina Lavite (MDA NSW) Outer Western Sydney 1. Michael Brownlee (CJP) Lismore 1. Noni Hopkins (New Horizons) 2. Martha Delaney (New Horizons) ParramaQa BEING REINSTATED * combine with Metro South Sydney Orange 1. Chris Jacobs (ADHC/ FACS) 2. Janelle Fitzpatrick (LWB) Newcastle 1. Kendall Hill-Smith (ORS Group) Mid South Coast 1. Samantha Fearnley (Anglicare) 2. Kim Cooke (Inclusion Program & Early Links) Metro South Sydney Combining with ParramaFa Macarthur 1. Kelly Watson (IDRS)
11/16 CoP Groups held in various loca,ons across NSW Findings to date: A total of 73 individual CoP sessions completed 245+ individuals afended at least 1 CoP session Lead rota,ons occurring throughout the groups
Listening to our CoP Leads It can be hard to keep people interested.. I could use more direc,on for my group s purpose.. CoPs are a way of prac,cally discussing real issues with suppor,ng clients CoP Leads It is interes,ng to hear what other groups are doing These mee,ngs are a great opportunity, we need to u,lise them effec,vely Looking forward to having our own website, I can really see the benefit of this, and have many resources to add already
Suppor7ng our CoP Leads - resources Development of CoP Facilita,on Resources based on 2017 DJP training topics Focus of these resources to provide support for the CoP Leads in facilita,ng CoP groups Reinforce learning and further knowledge development from the DJP training courses TRIAL REFLECT LEARN ADOPT CoP Facilita,on Resources include: ü Recommenda,ons for the CoP Lead ü Course Summary ü Discussion Points ü Prac,ce Example
Suppor7ng our CoP Leads CoP Webpages Development of CoP Webpages NOW FINALISED and ready for use Each CoP will have their own webpage with ability to post comments and links to resources CoP Leads will be able to publish dates/,mes for CoP mee,ngs and new members can CONTACT Leads directly to get involved These webpages will assist CoP sustainability, by crea,ng group autonomy to communicate without the DJP as a conduit for contact
Next stages Con,nuing review of sustainability of each CoP group Capacity Building Individual CoP webpages up and running to support each group, to gain autonomy and to connect to the wider NSW CoP groups for sustainability Ongoing support of CoP leaders with facilita,ng their groups CoP progress reports provided to all CoP leads Iden,fying financial support for CoP resources (e.g. publica7on of brochures that may assist CoP purpose locally) Evalua,on Project In consulta,on with UNSW. Ini,al Evalua,on Survey being developed for comple,on by everyone that afended at least one CoP session (focus on CoP specific v s Sector themes, or both)