| Please find below details on the speakers presenting at Breaking New Ground: The Newpin Social Innovation Conference. More details to follow. | |
 | Emeritus Professor Dorothy Scott, OAM Newpin Patron > Dorothy Scott bio From Innovation to Transplantation: sowing the seeds of new ways of working with families who have complex needs Newpin is a valuable case study of how a new way of working with families can move through the phases of innovation, evaluation, dissemination and “transplantation”. Transplantation in the human services is fundamentally different from “replication” as occurs in technology transfer. To be successfully transplanted an innovative model in the human services must be able to change and adapt to new contexts while not discarding any of the elements essential to its original success. For a transplanted model to have real impact on a social problem, it must also have the capacity to be “scaled up”. Finally, and perhaps the greatest challenge, in some environments an innovative model may be required to address a different social problem than that for which it was originally intended. What can Newpin teach us about such challenges? |
 | Cheryl Kernot Director of the GCSI & Social Business Fellow > Cheryl Kernot bio What's all this social stuff? The social context of Social Benefit Bonds |
 | Ben Gales CEO of Social Enterprise Finance Australia (SEFA) > Ben Gales bio Social finance: how to combine social purpose and financial sustainability Ben will give an overview of social finance, the opportunities it presents, as well as some of the challenges. He will talk through the range of social financing options available, ranging from philanthropic and government grants, to Social Benefit Bonds and impact investment. He will talk through how such finance can help your organisation better achieve its mission and will provide examples of how this has been successfully done in Australia. |
 | Alan Hargreaves Newpin Advisory Group > Alan Hargreaves bio |
 | Sally Cowling Director of Research, Innovation and Advocacy UnitingCare Children, Young People and Families > Sally Cowling bio |
 | Lesley Cook, Director, Partners in Practice > Lesley Cook bio Achieving Real Outcomes Traumatic experience and mental illness are both surprisingly common in our society. The impacts of trauma over the lifespan include neurological and biological changes and social, emotional and cognitive impairment, directly impacting on the way people are able to learn and relate to others. The majority of people who seek help from community services are likely to have been affected in some way by trauma or mental illness. When a service organisation becomes trauma and recovery informed its programs can be more effective. The outcomes from recovery oriented practice can be difficult to quantify yet there is emerging evidence that they are correlated with far better client outcomes. Achieving Real Outcomes: Working with Recovering Minds in the Mental Health Space Achieving Real Outcomes: Reshaping Organisations to Work with Trauma |
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 | Lee Zanoni, Internationally Published Researcher > Lee Zanoni bio Getting Children Home (Fathers) – an untapped resource for vulnerable children Mothers and children have traditionally been the focus of child welfare practice. However, this workshop will present recent research carried out at the Newpin Fathers’ Centre showing that fathers play a very important role in the lives of vulnerable children. The implication of this research is that father-inclusive practice is necessary for the sake of children. |
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Liz Sanders Newpin Operations and Practice Manager with Newpin Parents > Liz Sanders bio Liz will be facilitating a discussion between parents who are currently attending or have recently attended the Newpin centres. Parents will share their experiences of having their children removed and will discuss their journeys towards restoration. |
