Janet Jukes

Experience

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  Fitzroy Legal Service

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2000

  Coordinator
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  Youth Affairs Council Victoria

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Executive Officer

  The Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVic) is the peak body and leading policy advocate on young people’s issues in Victoria.

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  The Salvation Army

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2009

  Senior Manager/Policy Director

  My role was to Direct and manage the national policy unit of the Australia Southern Territory of The Salvation Army including the states of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.The Territorial Social Programme and Resource unit aimed to provide high level advice and resourcing to support The Salvation Army’s social programme response to strengthen the capacity of the organisation’s:• work towards excellence in service delivery;• ability to provide a voice for the rights of people who are marginalised and disadvantaged. Show less

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  Youth Development Australia Ltd

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Chief Executive Officer

  Youth Development Australia Ltd (YDA) is public benevolent institution created by a group of leading thinkers and practitioners in the youth field as a platform for change for young people especially those most disadvantaged by family or community circumstances. The three core activities of YDA are: 1. Create and trial innovative and pioneering projects for young people; 2. Inform policy debate though think-tanks, conferences, and National Youth Commission Inquiries on youth issues of national significance;3. Provide opportunities for young people to develop creative ideas and achieve their full potential.Youthworx Media is Youth Development Australia’s most successful demonstration project . YouthWorx aims to assist young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness to achieve education, training or employment outcomes, with the ultimate aim of assisting young people to develop pathways out of homelessness, and/or to maintain independent living. The program offers an ‘access’ component whereby young people can engage in activities or short projects without a further longer-term commitment. A more structured accredited training program is provided at Certificate I, II, and III levels and this is highly successful. Youthworx also has a social enterprise component providing a social business specialising in producing engaging, informative and entertaining television, video and multimedia products including;- Live Event Coverage- Promotional & Training DVDs- Documentary Production- Video Web Casts- Music Video Production- Digital Storytelling WorkshopsThe Youthworx program is also part of a large-scale research effort to research all aspects of this innovative development. Swinburne’s Institute for Social Research is a partner responsible for this component. Show less

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  The Salvation Army

  Jan 2012 - Aug 2014

  Director

  The Salvation Army – EastCare provides a range of human service programs in the Melbourne Eastern Suburbs within the broad areas of youth services and homelessness but also including drug and alcohol programs and support services related to mental health.EastCare Network employees over 140 staff and has a primary focus in the areas of:• onsite, residential crisis accommodation and support for households, including children, experiencing homelessness and/or who are at risk of homelessness, family violence,• transitional support to clients residing in Salvation Army housing including transitional housing,• transitional support to households residing in other housing tenure including private boarding houses, public housing and private rental,• specialised transitional support in the areas of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, psychiatric disability, homelessness (ranging from crisis support to intensive case management services),• residential and therapeutic youth services, accommodating young people who are on Department of Human Services (DHS) statutory orders and are required to live in out of home care settings.• recreational, vocational and educational supports and youth justice programs aiming to achieve better outcomes for young people leaving care by assisting them in the development of life skills and preventing homelessness through the creation of pathways to sustainable long term housing options,• property management services to 170 properties• the provision of housing information and referral and initial assessment and planning services, within the Opening Doors Framework,• the provision of financial and material aid assistance, including the Housing Establishment Fund (HEF) program to eligible households, and• the provision of leadership, infrastructure support, including project management and policy services to ensure quality programs, and service planning across the network as well as within the broader human service system Show less

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  Relationship Matters

  Sept 2014 - Jun 2022

  Chief Executive Officer

  Relationship Matters builds positive, safe and respectful personal and professional relationships by providing exceptional and responsive services to thousands of individuals, couples and organisations across Victoria. We specialise in relationship counselling, family dispute resolution, mediation, EAP (Employee Assistance Program delivery), and education and training for individuals and groups in their personal life and through our workplace services. Our expert workplace consulting services include conflict resolution, coaching, policy review, risk assessments and cultural audits. Relationship Matters workplace training solutions are offered via facilitator led workshops, seminars and as online e-learning packages covering topics such as equal opportunity, communication skills, leading change, managing conflict, and family violence and the workplace. We help develop skills and competency, build resilience, mitigate risk and resolve issues. Relationship Matters is an approved provider of counselling, mediation and marriage education services under the provisions of the Family Law Act 1975 and Part 1A of the Marriage Act 1961 and operates out of ten branches located in Melbourne City, Bayswater, Broadmeadows, Chadstone, Frankston, Geelong, Moonee Ponds, Preston, Wangaratta and Wyndham. Show less

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  Department of Premier and Cabinet (Vic)

  Jan 2020 - now

  LGBTI Taskforce Member & CoChair LGBTI Justice advisory committee

  The LGBTI Taskforce is a ministerial appointed committee that advises the Victorian Government on LGBTIQ issues to support equality through legislation reform, new policies and programs. The Justice advisory committee advises the Department of Justice and Community Safety and the supports the taskforce on issues relating to:civil law; criminal law; youth justice; safer communities; policing; and corrections

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  Refuge Victoria

  Jul 2022 - now

  Chief Executive Officer