Workshop1 : Beyond Burnout – Building a culture of care in the SHS workplace

Horatio O’Shea 
Sydney Therapeutic Practice

Workshop 2: Turning Innovative Ideas into Impactful Programs

Ms Suzanne Hopman
CEO, Dignity
Australia

Workshop 3: Working safely with people accessing SHS: An introduction to new SHS client risk and safety tools, to support informed decision making and planning

TBC
The Insight Partnership

Workshop 1 re-convenes

Horatio O’Shea 
Sydney Therapeutic Practice

Workshop 3 re-convenes

TBC
The Insight Partnership

Workshop 4: Shaping Housing First implementation in NSW

Jessica O’Brien
Homelessness NSW

Tess McGregor
Homelessness NSW

Workshop 5: Embedding cultural supervision for Aboriginal employees in mainsteam organisations

Workshop 6: AtoZ: Introduction to the Advance to Zero homelessness approach

David Pearson
Australian Alliance to End Homelessness

Workshop 4 re-convenes

Jessica O’Brien
Homelessness NSW

Tess McGregor
Homelessness NSW

Workshop 5 re-convenes

Workshop 6 re-convenes

David Pearson
Australian Alliance to End Homelessness

Grand Ballroom

Welcome to Country

Grand Ballroom

Address from Rebecca Pinkstone

Rebecca Pinkstone
CEO, Homes NSW

Grand Ballroom

Opening Remarks

Dom Rowe
CEO, Homelessness NSW

Keynote address

Leilani Farha
Global Director, The Shift

Grand Ballroom

Plenary session and panel

Leilani Farha
Global Director, The Shift

Concurrent Session 1A: Responding to homelessness in a climate crisis and extreme weather events

Concurrent Session 1B: Supporting victim-survivors of family and domestic violence and gender-based violence

Melina Matthia
Trafficking and Slavery Safe House Program Manager, The Salvation Army
Australia

Amanda Greaney
CEO, Lou’s Place
Australia

Genavieve Sakr
Programs Manager, Lou’s Place
Australia

Ms Manda Rochester
Program Manager, Helping Children Heal, Womens and Girls Emergency Centre
Australia

Concurrent Session 1C: Showcasing innovation and collaboration in frontline services

Mr Gregory Robinson
Director of Client Services, Mallee Accommodation and Support Program
Australia

Mrs Amy Cupper
Director of Practice, Mallee Accommodation and Support Program
Australia

Mr Trevor Gibbs
Manager – Homelessness Support, Mallee Accommodation & Support Program Ltd
Australia

Sarah Kingsbeer
Regional Manager North, Bridge Housing
Australia

Magdalena Liso
Area Manager Northern Sydney, Mission Australia
Australia

Concurrent Session 2A: Recognising the growing crisis: addressing housing insecurity for older people

Joan Hughes
Chair, Ministerial Advisory Council for Older People

Yumi Lee
CEO, Older Women’s Network

Dr John Ward
Vice-President, Hunter Ageing Alliance
Australia

Ms Nissa Phillips
Hunter Homeshare Coordinator, Embrace People and Place
Australia

Ms Wendy Francis
Board Director and Homeshare Development Officer, HANZA Homeshare Australia and New Zealand Alliance
Australia

Concurrent Session 2B: Homelessness is a public health emergency: translating best-practice principles into action

Ms Erin Longbottom
Nursing Unit Manager, Homeless Health Service, St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney
Australia

Chris Hartley
Research Fellow, City Futures Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Australia

Concurrent Session 2C: Service showcases: Supporting men experiencing homelessness

Mr Casey Barker
Lived Experience Peer Support Worker, The Salvation Army
Australia – Surry Hills NSW

Kristie Clifton
Salvation Army

Mr Natham Oppy
Lived Experience/Peer Support Worker, The Salvation Army
Australia

Mr Steve Morris
co-Founder StrongMinds, StrongMinds
Australia

Mr Aaron More
Co-Founder, StrongMinds
Australia

Closing Plenary Day 1

Famey Williams
CEO, Aboriginal Housing Office

Grand Ballroom

Welcome and opening remarks

Dom Rowe
CEO, Homelessness NSW

From Crisis to Systems Change: Approaches to Homelessness and the importance of Housing First

Concurrent Session 3A: Supporting people out of custody

Ms Jenny Holmes
Program Manager, WAGEC
Australia

Mr Kaine Duroux
Senior Case Worker Brothers Healing, The Salvation Army
Australia – Bundjalung and Gumbaynggirr

Kristie Clifton
Salvation Army

Mr Jeff Amatto
CEO and Founder, More Cultural Rehabs Less Jails
Australia – Wiradjuri

Miss Claire McMahon
Training Coordinator – Advocacy Research and Policy Unit, Community Restorative Centre
Australia

Ms Marisa Moliterno
Manager of Women’s Advocacy – Advocacy Research and Policy Unit, Community Restorative Centre
Australia

Concurrent Session 3B: Enhancing SHS Access Equity for People with Complex Needs

Ms Yvette Doyle
Manager, Homelessness Sector Design & Stewardship, Homes NSW
Australia

Ms Rebecca Mawad
Program Officer, Homelessness Sector Design & Stewardship, Homes NSW
Australia

Ms Suzanne Naden
CEO, Bungree Aboriginal Association
Australia

Ms Lynda Townsend
Manager of Homelessness & Domestic Violence Support, Sora Community Services
Australia

Ms Charmaine Jones
Project Manager, StreetCare, Justice and Equity Centre
Australia

Concurrent Session 3C: Supporting people during extreme weather and climate crisis events

Jon Swain

Grand Ballroom

Plenary Session: Place-Based Collaboration, Local Networks and Cross-System Responses

Concurrent Session 4A: New research on service impacts: Workplace Trauma on the Australian homelessness frontline

Dr Deb Batterham
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, HHAUS, Swinburne University of Technology
Australia

Concurrent Session 4B – Introduction to Housing First principles

Jessica O’Brien
Homelessness NSW

Tess McGregor
Homelessness NSW

Concurrent Session 4C: Evidence to Action: Putting the L in MEL (Monitoring Evaluation and Learning)

Ms Victoria Baird
Impact Measurement & Evaluation Specialist, Mission Australia
Australia

Wrap up and closing remarks

Dom Rowe
CEO, Homelessness NSW