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1 2016-2017 Bloodwood Tree Association Inc Annual Report

Annual Report 2016-2017


Table Of Contents

Section Title Page 1 Board Members 2016-

2017 3

2 Chairperson’s Report 4 3 Staff Members 2016-

2017 5

4 Bloodwood Tree Organisational Chart

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5 Chief Executive Officer Report

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6 Program Reports 13 Employment & Training

Support Services 13

Alcohol & Other Drug Support Services

17

Homelessness Support Services

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7 Independent Audit Report To Members

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8 Consolidated Financials – Balance Sheet

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9 Statement of Financial Position

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10 30


1. Bloodwood Tree Association Board Members 2016-2017

*Kylee Hodder resigned at 10th February 2017 Board Meeting

Christopher Turland

Secretary

Alfred Barker

Vice Chairperson

Doreen Turland

Chairperson

Chrissy Black

Director

Telfia Cameron

Director


2. Chairperson’s Report


3. Bloodwood Tree Association Staff Members 2016-2017

Kelly Howlett Chief Executive Officer

Kristy Montague Human Resource / Accounts Manager

Karen Garlett Employment & Training Manager

Helen Ellacott Employment & Training Officer

Tanya Mills Alcohol & Other Drug Coordinator

Timara Simpson Alcohol & Other Drug Senior Counsellor


Wendy Cawdell Alcohol & Other Drug Counsellor

Tanya Holman Driver Training Instructor

Nadja Czock Driver Training Support Officer

Beverley O’Brien Health Living Program Officer

Alora Hunter Administration Reception Officer

Mereana Richards Wapa Maya Coordinator

Jan Hazell Hedland Homeless Cook / South Hedland CBD Support Worker


Ronald McPhee Hedland Homeless Carer

Jessie Taylor Hedland Homeless Carer

Ranford Kearing Wapa Maya Carer

Kerrie Hutton Wapa Maya Carer

Moustafa Sallam Wapa Maya Carer

Deborah Tapim Wapa Maya Carer

Jacky Ellis Community Patrol Manager


Kaunta Pio-Tutengaehe Community Patrol Officer

Bazie Jacko Community Patrol Officer

Lulu Katene Community Patrol Officer

4. Bloodwood Tree Organisational Chart


5. Chief Executive Officer Report

The 2016/2017 year has been a productive one for Bloodwood Tree Association. Commencing in the role in September, I have been honoured and humbled by the work that has, and is now being undertaken to assist our clients. I also have tremendous respect and admiration for our staff, that have adapted and taken on board operational changes with enthusiasm this past financial year. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank past CEO Kylee Hodder. As well as Executive Officer Bob Neville for the handover and support, when I first came on board.

A big focus of the past year, has been reconnecting with our project partners and service agencies, as well as getting the word out to the broader community on what Bloodwood Tree does. The Bloodwood Tree Facebook site has been used extensively, as have other communication media. In particular this year, a successful partnership has been developed between Bloodwood Tree and the local Hedland Community Radio (101.3FM). This has seen Bloodwood Tree have its own radio show program slot from 9am-10am every Tuesday. This has been rostered around Bloodwood Tree staff/departments and has been well received by the wider community. Bloodwood Tree has also commenced having once-a-month information stalls at South Hedland Shopping Centre, to further raise awareness about the services and programs Bloodwood Tree provides. Work is still continuing to get our website back up and running.

Bloodwood Tree has also been involved in and supported a number of community events from NAIDOC Week, South Hedland Street Blitz/2 Mile Community Clean Up, National Homelessness Week, Yule River Bush Meeting, Hedland Community Christmas Support, Wapa Maya Christmas, Close The Gap Community Open Day event, Welcome to Hedland Night and the Town of Port Hedland's Reconciliation Week concert, to name but some of the community events Bloodwood Tree has been involved in or supported this past year. Bloodwood Tree has also given back to the community this financial year, through financial support of the Ray Ryder & Band Concert in the South Hedland Town Square, Hedland Magic Basketball Team, Sharp Shooters Dart Team Polo Shirts, Hedland Amateur Swimming Club (Country Pennants) and in-kind support of NW Darts Competition, NAIDOC Week Basketball Carnival and Pilbara Girl.

Alcohol and Other Drug Support Services

The Alcohol and Other Drug Support Services have been busy delivering their preventative, awareness raising and educational programs both locally, as well as at Roebourne Regional Prison, Marble Bar and Yandeyarra. The Safe, Sober and Strong and the new SMART Group programs have both been well received this past year.

The Counselling services returned to operating from the Sobering Up Centre every Tuesday and Thursday morning, along with the therapeutic arts program. The Counselling services and arts program has been well received by the Wapa Maya clients.

The outreach visits to Marble Bar and Yandeyarra also recommenced and were well received in each of the communities.

Our client numbers are up, from the previous year. Alcohol still remains the primary drug of concern for our clients.

The Community Patrol numbers have increased significantly. While the Community Patrol hours have increased, as have the days of operation (including Public Holidays and community events), our data of "home


community" information has shown dramatic increases in usage of the service from not only nearby remote communities such as Warralong, Strelley, Nullagine, Punmu and Kunawaritji. But we have also seen some impact of the "welfare"card introduction in Kununurra, with the flow on of people requiring services and support from these areas.

Bloodwood Tree continues to Chair and lead the Port Hedland Alcohol and Other Drug Management Plan Working Group. This past year, we have commenced the review and evaluation of the current 2014-2016 Management Plan, as well as the initial stages of the development of the proposed 2017-2019 Port Hedland Alcohol and Other Drug Management Plan.

Our Alcohol and Other Drug Support Services have been collaborating and working closely with Mission Australia - Pilbara, Western Australian Country Health Services, Pilbara Mental Health Unit, Department Corrective Services, Pilbara Community Legal Services, SilverChain, Department of Child Protection and Family Services, Wirraka Maya Aboriginal Health Services, Hedland Well Womens Centre and Yaandina. It is terrific to see our team working closely with these other agencies and assisting where possible to build capacity not only internally, but also with other agencies in the community. In particular the in-house professional development calendar, put together and delivered by our AOD team has been well received by Wapa Maya and Community Patrol staff.

The South Hedland CBD Support Project has seen free water and services offered to those in need around the South Hedland CBD area. This new initiative has been well received. This has been a successful collaboration between Missions Australia - Pilbara, WA Police South Hedland and Bloodwood Tree. This is set to expand in the new financial year through the successful grant submission to the Western Australian Primary Health Network.

In June, the Bloodwood Tree Alcohol and Other Drug Services along with Mission Australia - Pilbara hosted a successful business after hours event for the Port Hedland Chamber of Commerce. Over 35 people attended this event and it was a terrific way to raise awareness within the local business community of the services and support available for alcohol and drug use locally.

Employment & Training Support Services

This area was restructured in the New Year and already the changes operationally are having a significant and positive impact. This year, substantial effort has gone into the development of new partnerships with North Regional Tafe, Morris Corporation and ESS Compass for Work Ready Programs to assist our job seeking clients into employment. This has been a positive development and has been paid back with positive employment opportunities for our clients.

Our numbers through the door seeking employment and training services support has increased. Especially those accessing the driver training, Keys For Life sessions, the jobs board, using the computers, accessing resume writing support and registering for work readiness programs and/or training.

The VTEC Program is now starting to find its strength and producing good outcomes. Pleasingly Bloodwood Tree is also starting to work together more collaboratively with FMG's VTEC. This is valuable, given we are still in our early days of VTEC and FMG have been doing VTEC for close to a decade.

The Driver Training Program is also doing very well. This year saw a new Driving Instructor in Tanya Holman employed and she has been received positively by our clients. Following the restructure earlier this calendar


year, Bloodwood Tree is now in a position to increase its Instructor numbers and this is positive for both our clients and our organisation. In April, Bloodwood Tree teamed up with the Department Attorney General, Department of Transport, Sheriff, Centrelink, Births, Deaths & Marriages for a successful Open Day event. This resulted in a very high number of clients obtaining licences, entering into payment plans and obtaining birth certificates. This was a successful event and further Open Day events are planned for the new financial year.

Much focus has gone into improving our working relationship with Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation. As well as enhancing our network of businesses, employers and recruitment agencies Bloodwood Tree works with. The Business After Hours events have been positive for getting different businesses and employers to come into Bloodwood Tree and learn what we are doing and importantly what support we can provide. Each time it is surprising the number of employers that say they have never been to Bloodwood Tree before or advise that they don't know what Bloodwood Tree does. Fortunately bit by bit Bloodwood Tree is starting to turn this around.


Again this year, the numbers requiring support through the Hedland Homeless Support Service have continued to rise. This has been evidenced through our Homeless Breakfast Program, requests for Emergency Relief and also through the requests for clothing, housing and household items support from Bloodwood Tree.

Bloodwood Tree assisted in coordinating efforts for Christmas support for those in need this past year. It was great to have the KMART Wishing Tree, Mission Australia - Pilbara, Centrelink, Wirraka Maya Aboriginal Health Service and St Vincent De Paul working together to assist those in need and to provide a little bit of Christmas cheer to those in need. Also sincere appreciation to Horizon Power for supporting our Wapa Maya Homeless Christmas in December. This was an extremely well attended event and it was terrific to have the additional support from Horizon Power so that Coles food voucher cards could be distributed to those in need.

Bloodwood Tree has been thankful for the continued support of RSL - Port Hedland Second Hand Store and St Vincent De Paul South Hedland for their generous assistance with clothing and towels throughout the course of the year. Also to FMG who have been donating approximately 10kgs of oranges each week, this calendar year. Also to the many members of the local community who have throughout the course of the year dropped off non perishable food items, pajamas, clothing and household items that we could donate to our clients.

Bloodwood Tree continues to distribute emergency relief on behalf of Mission Australia - Pilbara. Emergency relief continues to be highly subscribed. Bloodwood Tree has also commenced working closer with St Vincent De Paul so that we can better service our clients emergency relief needs, not only on a day to day basis, but also for the duration of the year.

This year the highlight in this space has been the partnership with IBN for the Healthy Living Program. The Healthy Living Program with its three pronged focus: healthy home, healthy family and healthy life was developed to empower and assist IBN members with housing and tenancy issues. This year saw the development and finalisation of the Workshop content, training materials, the employment of a Healthy Living Coordinator and the conduction of workshops for clients commencing in February. The four part days of workshops were well received by the 4-6 clients each Workshop session (a cumulative of 22 clients) and focused on cleaning, maintenance, tenancy obligations, housing inspections, waste, water and energy house, meal planning and budgeting. While still in its infancy, this Program is proving to be life changing and the hands on style nature of the demonstrations have been positively commented upon. It has also been pleasing


that a number of stakeholders have been positive and quick to get on board and support this Program. That has included: Department of Housing, Pilbara Community Legal Service, Town of Port Hedland, Horizon Power, Water Corporation and Jan Casserly. This Program would not have been possible without the generous support of IBN, both financially and inkind through the use of a dedicated house that has been used as a valuable teaching resource. In the new financial year, Bloodwood Tree looks forward to expanding upon this Program and getting it out into the wider community.

Thank you to Mental Health Commission, Department of Training and Workforce Development, Prime Minister & Cabinet, Department of Child Protection and Family Services, Department Attorney General, Department of Aboriginal Affairs, IBN Corporation, Mission Australia - Pilbara, FMG, Horizon Power, Port Haven, North Regional Tafe, Morris Corporation, ESS Compass, Hedland Community Radio, KMART South Hedland, Coles South Hedland, Woolworths Port Hedland, WA Police - South Hedland, Youth Involvement Council/Mingle Mob, Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation, North West Telegraph, SilverChain, St Vincent De Paul - South Hedland, RSL - Port Hedland, Department Corrective Services, RePay WA, Hedland Senior High School, and all our other supporters and sponsors for your valuable contribution throughout the past year.

Thank you so much, on behalf of Management and Staff, for all your support, assistance and involvement in helping Bloodwood Tree to continue to help those that are vulnerable, disadvantaged and those in need. I look forward to your continued involvement as Bloodwood Tree continues to assist our community in all different ways.


6. Program Reports

Employment & Training Support Services

VTEC and AWDC

Bloodwood Tree’s Employment & Training Services team have been working collaboratively in terms of information sharing and developing relationships with some of the towns leading businesses, educational institutions, mining organisations and with local CDP Provider, Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation (Work for the Dole). This year the team has worked hard at encouraging clients to look for roles locally outside the mining sector and in areas such as the community services, retail, hospitality and construction. Bloodwood Trees Association has been diligently communicating with local employers to help connect our clients to the right roles that suit their interests and skills. North Regional Tafe Bloodwood Tree have been working collaboratively towards the development of customized work readiness programs for our clients. This year a total 29 participants took part in these work readiness programs, out of which 15 employment positions have been offered to clients to go into the casual employment pool at the Morris Corporation’s Club Hamilton facility. With demonstrated initiative and motivation these clients will have the opportunity to progress onto full time employment. Bloodwood Tree along with Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation and North Regional Tafe are also in continued discussions to potentially set up locally customised literacy and numeracy support programs for non-job ready clients. Hedland Senior High School Bloodwood Tree held their annual Career Expo, which offered students the opportunity to engage face to face with local service providers, trades and employers to discuss ‘where to from here’ options and ‘after completing their education’. Bloodwood Tree has also developed a ‘Jobs Board’ that is left permanently in the School Library to allow students to access information on work experience, weekend and after school employment and volunteer opportunities within the community. Bloodwood Tree is in continued negotiations with the high school to hold Career Development sessions as well as pursuing a formalised work experience program for senior students from year 10 (that currently do not do work experience). Youth Involvement Council Bloodwood Tree and The Youth Involvement Council (YIC)] have been working closely together to form a mutual beneficial relationship around employment and training support for their social enterprise Fresh Start


@ YIC (a hospitality and catering business). This partnership will provide significant employment opportunities for our youth clients. Department of Child Protection and Family Services (Residential Care Workers Jilya House, South Hedland) Department of Child Protection and Family Services approached Bloodwood Tree to assist in attracting and recruiting suitable Indigenous staff. One of our Work Ready Program participants successfully gained employment at DCPFS as a casual residential care worker and she is still employed. The Landing Correspondence between Bloodwood Tree, the Manager of the camp & The Landing caterers have continued around the employment opportunities for Bloodwood Tree clients in the area of laundry, kitchen and gardening roles. This year 1 client has successfully gained employment at The Landing, within the Laundry area. ESS Compass Group Bloodwood Tree, ESS Compass Group and North Regional Tafe have been exploring opportunities to provide a work readiness program similar to Morris Corporation, in which Bloodwood Tree is currently doing at Club Hamiliton. But with ESS Compass it will be for the Port Haven and Mooka Camp sites. ISS Facility / Roy Hill Bloodwood Tree teamed up with ISS in Newman and facilitated the delivery of a 7 week pre-employment training program in which 2 Hedland based clients attended. They now have the opportunity to work on Roy Hills sites in the area of Hospitality as they attained a certificate II in Hospitality. Additionally, 2 clients have gained casual positions with ISS Facility, as Utility roles on the Port Hedland BHP Nelson Point site. Pilbara Regiment – Australian Defence Force Bloodwood Tree has formed a new relationship with Pilbara Regiment/Australian Defence Force, providing the community with information sessions and assistance in registration, for possible employment working in the defence forces both locally and in the Army Reserves or an officer in the Defence Force. Eight clients attended an information and registration session held earlier this year. From which one participant registered with the locally based Pilbara Regiment Army Reserves and one participant has commenced formal enrolment process. Indigenous Mining & Marine Services Bloodwood Tree has been working in conjunction with IBN Corporation to provide the community with training’ with the aim of gaining future employment within a variety of areas in the mining industry. Indigenous Mining & Marine Services have also been part of this process. Bloodwood Tree successfully had 5 candidates attend an employment forum held earlier this year. Out of which 1 role has been offered to a client as a Security Guard with Security Company (pending security licence).


Apprenticeship Support / CCI Bloodwood Tree and Apprenticeship Support (CCI) have been working in conjunction to provide the business community with the information of employers seeking candidates for opportunities of Apprenticeships or Traineeships. Bloodwood Tree successfully had 5 candidates attend a forum, out of which 1 candidate secured a Heavy Diesel Mechanic role with a large company based in South Hedland. Hedland Home Hardware Hedland Home Hardware and Bloodwood Tree have worked collaboratively within the retail business community to help negotiate between stakeholders, employers and potential candidates. 1 client has successfully gained a casual position at Hedland Home Hardware, as the Warehouse/Logistics Retail sales person. Business After Hours This year for the first time, Bloodwood Tree has been hosting their own Business After Hours events. The first in February 2017 was an introduction to Bloodwood Tree’s Employment & Training Services. The second in April focused on the importance of Cultural Awareness in the Workplace. The third in June was supported by North Regional Tafe and Mossir Corporation and focused on promoting our work reradiness programs. Additionally Bloodwood Tree also hosted another sundowner in June specifically for the Port Hedland Chamber of Commerce. These events have been a great networking opportunity with other local businesses to exchange employment opportunities and future training for our clients. It’s also a great way to connect with new businesses and organisations that had not been to our facility previously and to spread the word on our work readiness programs.

Driver Training

This year Bloodwood Tree has maintained its access to at least two driving instructors at any one time, as well as a dedicated administration assistant, which has enabled us to provide our clients with a high availability of driving lessons and workshops. Bloodwood Tree has delivered Two Keys For Life educational workshops per month, every month for the last 12 months, plus some customised sessions totally 28 in total.

Bloodwood Tree has two maintained the two designated driver training vehicles, manual and automatic. These options have enabled our local community to readily access modern vehicles for lessons and testing purposes at an affordable level. Being 25% less than what is offered commercially by the local market. This substantially assists Aboriginal people and those from low socio-economic and disadvantaged backgrounds to access lessons and vehicles for MDL tests.

Bloodwood Tree for the first time has successfully partnered with local agencies to raise awareness around car safety especially around the areas concerning children. One important partnership to note as been with WALGA. Where by now we offer our local community certified "child car seat restraint checks". This has been another way in which we have added to our overall Driver Training Education.


Another local agency Bloodwood Tree has successfully formed a partnership with is the local Youth Involvement Council (YIC) and Department of Education. Through our Driver Training School we delivered customised Keys For Life workshops with identified disengaged students. These workshops have been well received and it is hoped, this collaboration will assist in re-engaging these disengaged students. This was a positive initiative and Bloodwood Tree looks forward to collaborating more with the Department of Education, particularly around Aboriginal disengaged students with low literacy and numeracy in the future.

Bloodwood Tree have been successfully raising awareness and promoting our services and support to the wider community by engaging in Department of Transport Open Day events, information stalls, career expos, on the Hedland Community Radio and regular afcebook updates throught the year. These efforts have been directly linked to the steady increase in client participation in the Driving Training School Programs.

This year we have had a concerted focus on making the Driver Training School more user friendly and suitable for participants with lower levels of literacy and numeracy and catering for participants who are beyond their teenage years. Bloodwood Tree has made significant IT improvements and upgrades thanks to the generous support from Lotterywest. With this now in place, the availability of more computer terminals for participants will better help us assist and improve participation rates as well as Driving related outcomes for our clients and the Aboriginal people of our town and surrounding areas

Bloodwood Tree have received a total of 136 referrals by the following organisations this year, largely from South Hedland Court, Sheriff Officers, Fines Enforcement Registry and DCS Community Adult Corrections Team. Bloodwood Tree are continually thankful for the inter-department collaboration and partnerships we continue to form with other local organisations.

Employment & Training Support 1 July-31 Dec 2016

#s

1 Jan - 30 June 2017

#s

Yearly Total

Clients who undertook practical driving lessons 22 27 49 Client who undertook driver training & education 89 113 202 Clients who received assistance in obtaining ID documents 16 18 34 Clients who received assistance in preparing for theory test 40 24 64 Clients who undertook theory tests 24 24 48 Clients who achieved Phase 1 Learner’s Permit 11 7 18 Clients who undertook 25 supervised driving hours before PDA 13 26 39 Clients who undertook Practical Driving Assessment 7 8 15 Clients who passed Practical Driving Assessment 6 8 14 Clients who undertook 25 supervised driving hours after passing the PDA 7 4 11 Clients who successfully completed 25 supervised driving hours after passing the PDA 3 2

5 Clients who undertook the Hazard Perception Test 1 2 3 Clients who passed the Hazard Perception Test 1 2 3 Clients who achieved a provisional MDL for the first time 1 2 3 Clients who regained a MDL 1 3 4 Clients who received assistance in sorting out outstanding fines 23 11 34 Clients who received assistance in sorting out driver and/or vehicle licensing issues 5 31 36

Clients who participated in driver education workshops 30 25 55


Alcohol and Other Drug Support Services

North West Drug and Alcohol Support Program Bloodwood Tree’s North West Drug and Alcohol Support Program provide non-judgemental counselling, information sessions, and referral programs for drug and alcohol affected uses and their families. Our organisations key outcomes for our Alcohol and Drug Programs (AOD) include: -Increased access to AOD counselling and support services -Increased access to AOD counselling and support services -Development and implementation of targeted AOD prevention programs at a local and regional level. -Increased capacity within the community to identify, develop and provide evidence based AOD strategies at a local level.

Our dedicated team have provided ongoing culturally secure assessments and referrals for our clients who seek help with any Drug and Alcohol dependency issues that affect themselves or their families.

Quantity of Service #s 1 July 2016 - 30 June

2017

#s 1 January - 30 June

2017

Yearly Total

Yearly Target

Clients in a Program Treatment 55 116 171 124 Counselling Sessions (Individual)

237 261 498 500

Formal Therapeutic Groups 436 314 750 240 Number of Aboriginal clients 47 99 146 87

Green = exceeded goals The majority of the results above have far exceeded the 12 month targets of connecting Aboriginal clients into programs, along with the amount of services provided. These figures do not include the additional 131 clients that have been treated on a single occasion throughout the year. By the end of the year, 100% of clients reported reducing or ceasing the use of drugs and improving overall interactions with other people, 50% of clients reporting improved physical health status and 57% reported improved mental and emotional states. Bloodwood Tree have concentrated their strategies in the last 12 months on planning and delivering more effective structured programs to the local and surrounding communities, which has in turn increased client numbers. Bloodwood Tree have attributed this to; higher engagement during our counselling sessions, our SMART Group and Safe Sober Strong Programs, the introduction of the 1800 free call number, greater regularity with our outreach community visits and timed visits to the communities in line with the visits of the local Magistrate.


There has also been an increase in our counsellors attending appointments with clients to act as advocates. Continued collaboration with Department of Child and Family Services and Department of Corrective Services concerning clients reporting requirements and participation has also contributed to the increase. Bloodwood Tree continues to strengthen their collaboration with the following local service agencies and organisation to better help meet the needs of our clients: Department of Child Protection & Family Services

Wirraka Maya Aboriginal Health Service

Hedland Health Campus/Pilbara Population Health

Department of Corrective Services Port Hedland Womens Refuge

Western Australia Country Health Services

Hedland Well Womens Centre IBN Internal Bloodwood Tree Department referrals

Mission Australia FMG Wirraka Maya Aboriginal Health Service Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation SilverChain Yaandina Turner River Rehabilitation Pilbara Mental Health Unit Relationships Australia Pilbara Mental Health & Drug Services Pilbara Community Legal Service Hedland Health Campus Yaandina Roebourne Detox Facility Relationships Australia Bloodwood Tree has been developing streamlined pathways with these service agencies to encourage formal referrals of clients from other organisations to deliver improved services and coordination of care for all our clients. Bloodwood Tree has exceeded their targeted commitment of 10 regular and effective outreach services to Marble Bar, with 14 Trips to Mable Bar and 13 Trips to Yandeyarra in the past 12 months. Bloodwood Tree have also collaborated with various working groups including the Port Hedland Alcohol and Other Drug Management Working Groups in town to develop and implement targeted Drug and Alcohol programs locally and state-wide to meet identified community needs. Bloodwood Tree’s Drug & Alcohol team have helped deliver 6 local campaigns at hub sites including: Alcohol Think Again: Pilbara Awareness Campaign Alcohol Think Again: Cyclone Parties “Stay Sober. Stay Safe” Alcohol Think Again: Healthy Safe Sporting Environments (harm reduction & responsible alcohol use for sporting clubs) Alcohol Think Again: Impact of youth alcohol consumption (around key local youth events) Drug Aware – Methamphetamine: Recognising and Responding Media campaigns also included the Health Pulse advertorial in the North West Telegraph and monthly 1 hour radio talk shows on Hedland Community Radio, as well as regular updates on Bloodwood Tree’s Facebook site and our regular South Hedland Shopping Centre Stalls. Additionally Bloodwood Tree has participated and supported many local awareness raising events including; The White Ribbon Say No to Domestic Violence March, hosted a Mental Health week stall, facilitated a Mental Health Roundtable, held a ‘Don’t Drink & Drown’ program at our Career Expo as well as weekly bi-weekly (Tuesday and Thursday) therapeutic arts sessions at Wapa Maya.


Bloodwood Tree this year provided 5 in-house training sessions. Topics of discussion included: Managing Angry Intoxication, Healthy Responses to Conflict, What Is Violence, How to Use Kessler, Communication and Volatile Substances (focusing on methylated spirits). Additionally Bloodwood Tree has held a total of 6 presentations to key influencer groups this past year. This has in effect helped unite all local stakeholders at helping those with alcohol and other drug dependencies in our town and in the surrounding communities.

Sobering Up Centre

The Bloodwood Tree service provides significant benefit, particularly in terms of harm minimisation, especially in regards to lessening the impact of intoxication on families in our local South Hedland community.

For the size of the service (a 16 bed facility, that is open 4pm-8am Monday-Friday [incl Friday night] and all public holidays), the service punches well above it’s’ weight, in terms of the numbers coming through the door and being provided with service.

Again, this year, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of people from various communities’ right across the State coming to, passing through, and consequently requiring our services.

Alcohol restrictions in communities in the Kimberley (Halls Creek, Fitzroy Crossing, Kununurra and Wyndham), as well as communities closer to South Hedland such as Warralong have all been significant contributors to the increased numbers of people in South Hedland requiring services.

The increase in numbers from January to June 2017 as compared to July-December 2016 can be attributed to a number of factors: cyclone season/wet season and roads being cut for considerable periods, a number of prominent funerals here in South Hedland and locally, school holiday period and end of customary Lore.

While this year the number of clients Bloodwood Tree provides services to continues to grow. This is felt to be a reflection that more people are coming to Town and spending longer in Town and having issues associated with alcohol, as opposed to the local resident community having growing/worsening issues. It is felt that the number of intoxicated people who are provided with service per annum will continue to increase. Especially as there is continued and ongoing discussion around liquor restrictions (in both Port and South Hedland and other outlying Aboriginal communities) and introduction of changes such as the welfare card.

KPI 12 month Target

12 month data

Number of intoxicated person who are provided with a service per annum

2000 intoxicated person who are provided with a service per annum

1,442 intoxicated people were provided with a service this period. Reported in July – December 2016 = 651 Reported in January – June 2017 = 791 Total serviced for 2016/2017 = 1,442

This year, it is felt that Bloodwood Tree is performing at a much better level, in order to provide good quality and consistent service to intoxicated people in South Hedland at the Sobering Up Centre.

This year an in-house professional development training calendar enabled our Bloodwood Tree Drug and Alcohol Counsellors to deliver training on topics such: Managing Angry Intoxicated People (January 2017),


Healthy Response To Conflict (February 2017), What Is Violence (March 2017), How To Use Kessler (April 2017), Communication (May 2017), Volatile Substances [with a focus on methylated spirits] (May 2017).

Bloodwood Tree’s Drug & Alcohol team do twice-weekly (every Tuesday and Thursday) counselling and therapeutic sessions at the Sobering Up Centre, with beading, leatherwork and painting again, proving to be popular with the clients. This year as a new initiative, the Coordinator at the Sobering Up Centre has also been responsible for client case management and tracking, particularly around those clients that have particular issues and needs. This year 88 referrals were actioned/followed up and supported. These ranged from the Wirraka Maya Aboriginal Medical Health Service, counselling with our Bloodwood Tree Alcohol and Other Drug Counsellors, Pilbara Community Legal Service, Department of Housing, SilverChain and Department Child Protection and Family Services. This year Bloodwood Tree also formed a partnership with Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) who donate 10kg of oranges a week to assist with dietary/health requirements of clients as they leave the Sobering Up Centre This year Bloodwood Tree also did calls out to the community for donations of towels and pyjamas/sleepwear. The response from the community was extremely positive and resulted in close to 80 sets of pyjamas/sleepwear and 40 towels all being donated to the Sobering Up Centre. Going forward, compliance with the new 2016 Specialist Homelessness Services Standards will continue to be a focus, particularly in terms of continuous improvement, an updated comprehensive risk register and accompanying management actions/policies.

KPI 12 month Target 12 month data

Number of beds in the SUC for use by intoxicated people each night

16 beds will be available plus x beds are reserved for police drop offs.

16 beds were available plus 4 beds reserved for police drop offs.

Number of nights that the facility is open per annum

232 nights the facility is open per annum

The facility operates 4pm-8am each operating day (Monday – Friday, incl Fri night). The facility opened back after the Christmas/New Year break on Monday 9th January 2017. A process improvement implemented this year, was that the Centre remained open and staffed each and every public holidays. Reported in July – December 2016 = 149 nights Reported in January – June 2017 = 122 nights Total facility open nights for 2016/2017 = 271 nights

Number of intoxicated persons who are provided with service per annum

2000 intoxicated persons provided with service per annum

1,442 intoxicated persons provided with service this period

100% of staff with the required first aid training

100% of staff have first aid qualifications

62% of staff have first aid qualifications at the end of this period. This year there have been some staff


losses. We have lost 3 staff and gained 3 new staff. We are working with these new staff (June intake) to get their First Aid qualifications.

100% of staff have appropriate Police clearances

100% of staff have Police clearances

77% of staff have National Police clearance checks in place at 30th June 2017. We are just awaiting the return of the certificates for the 3 recently employed new staff members.

Compliance with the Guidelines for the Operation of Sobering Up Centres

Bloodwood Tree is in compliance with the new Guidelines for the Operation of Sobering Up Centres/Specialist Homelessness Services Standards, 2016.

In terms of continuous improvement, Bloodwood Tree is looking to develop its’ own and updated comprehensive risk register and accompanying management actions, and is committed to continuous improvement in terms of staff recruitment, training and professional development and retention (incl formalised skills mapping, consideration of training requirements and available training opportunities).

Bloodwood Tree is also exploring with the local North Regional Tafe for the provision of manual handling training for all Sobering Up Centre staff in the next reporting period. Bloodwood Tree is also exploring the procurement and purchase of relevant aids to assist with the safe and proper movement, assistance and manual handling of clients (especially larger sized clients).

Bloodwood Tree is also committed to client case management, particularly around those clients that have particular issues and needs [esp bodily function control issues, homelessness issues and other health related concerns]. This year 88 referrals were actioned/followed up and supported.

Cultural Secure service delivery and cultural competency Cultural awareness training provided by the local Wangka Maya Aboriginal Language Centre, South Hedland, is provided to all staff. A process improvement has been to provide this training to all staff regardless of if they are Indigenous or not. That way there is consistency in learnings between all staff. This also supports Indigenous staff, especially if they are not from this immediate region. Bloodwood Tree staff at the Sobering Up Centre come from a cross section of local family and multicultural groups (incl one New Zealand, one Egyptian). Bloodwood Tree Sobering Up Centre currently has 77% Aboriginal employment. Every effort goes into ensuring that the Sobering Up Centre services are culturally appropriate.


Bloodwood Tree feels that a high level of improvement has been made in terms of developing and maintaining good relationships with other local services and stakeholders meeting. This has been through this dedicated focus and in effect, re-connection with the local agencies and services that provide care and support for our clients.

KPI 12 month Target

12 month data

Maintain effective relationships with other services

Qualitative statement provided in six monthly Activity Report

Effective relationships are in place with the following:

WA Police South Hedland

Port Hedland Womens Refuge

Hedland Well Womens Centre RSL South Hedland

St Vincent De Paul South Hedland

Spinifex Hill Artist Studio

Department of Corrective Services Department of Child Protection & Family Services

Wirraka Maya Aboriginal Health Service

Mission Australia

Yaandina Turner River Rehabilitation Pilbara Community Legal Service

Pilbara Mental Health & Drug Services

Post Release/Re-entry Pilbara Division

Hedland Health Campus/Pilbara Population Health Pilbara Mental Health Unit

EPIC

Silver Chain

Internal Bloodwood Tree Department referrals (incl Drug & Alcohol Counselling, Community Patrol and Employment & Training Services)

Develop appropriate referral processes

Qualitative statement provided in six monthly Activity Report

There has been a considerable focus on working together effectively with all the above organisations/agencies for the provision of better/improved services for our clients. This year Mission Australia, Silver Chain and EPIC all came regularly to the Sobering Up Centre. This allowed them first hand to meet and talk with clients direct so that they can undertake assessments, do registrations and importantly see how their services can best provide support for our Sobering Up Centre clients.


Community Patrol Service

The Port/South Hedland Patrol Service have made a significant impact over the last year not only to our community, but also to the personal safety of our clients (and others). They have worked hard at minimising our clients’ contact with Police and criminal justice system, the level of harm from ‘at risk’ behaviours and the resource impacts on Government and community services. The Port/South Hedland Patrol Service hours of operation this year have significantly increased from Wednesday to Friday 2pm to 9:20pm, with the addition of Saturday hours from 3:00pm to 9:00pm. The service has a combination of foot and bus patrols around the South Hedland CBD, predominately within the South Hedland Town Square Park, South Hedland Shopping Centre and Carpark, McDonalds, surrounding Tavern, bottle shops and drive thru areas. Clients are encouraged to be taken home, to the Port/South Hedland Sobering Up Centre if intoxicated or taken to the Aboriginal Hostels Limited (AHL) Hostel for crisis accommodation. To date the Port/South Hedland Patrol service has achieved a tremendous 2,700 hours. The high visibility of the new high Vis uniforms assist in ensuring that wider community and stakeholders are aware of Patrol Service and that they can now clearly identify our team members on the streets. The Port/South Hedland Patrol Service have a solid working relationship with the WA Police-South Hedland in which they have collaborated together with Mission Australia to distribute free bottles of water in the South Hedland CBD. This was a joint initiative aimed at reducing antisocial behaviour outside the South Hedland Shopping Centre/South Hedland Town Square especially around holidays, funerals and special events. Handing out water has been another opportunity for Patrollers to engage with clients on a regular basis and to make sure they are ok or in of need any assistance. Interactions such as these have helped build rapport with our clients. The Port/South Hedland Patrol Service has worked solidly, at a management level, in terms of coordinating and attending forums, community meetings and overall promoting good working relationships with other agencies and stakeholders. From the daily foot patrol over the past year the Patrollers they too also have formed good working relationships on a ground level with; the South Hedland Shopping Centre Security staff, store managers/owners and the local Mingle Mob youth patrol service operated by the Youth Involvement Council (YIC). Information sharing between these stakeholders has been invaluable. The Patrol Service has also assisted clients to access relevant support services and agencies including; Kalarra House, Hedland Health Campus, Bloodwood Tree Association Drug and Alcohol Counsellors, Turner River Rehabilitation services, Roebourne Detox services (Yaandina), EPIC South Hedland, SilverChain, Port Hedland Women’s Refuge and the newly created Hedland Family and Domestic Violence Coordinated Response. This year 19,939 clients have been transported. One of the Port/South Hedland Patrol focus this year has been on becoming more involved and supporting local community events. The Patrol staff has been highly visible at the following events this year; Hedland White Ribbon March as well as assisting emergency services on busier public holidays including: Australia Day, the Town of Port Hedland’s Welcome to Hedland Night and first Reconciliation Action Week Concert.


The Port/South Hedland Patrol has also made an effort to provide face to face contact with new Police Officers in town to strengthen the working relationship they have and inform them of the services they provide to helping the wider community. The Port/South Hedland Patrol Service staff have undertaken the following formal training sessions: St John Ambulance Senior First Aid, telephone manner and communications training, Wangka Maya’s Cultural Awareness training, an in-house session with the local team leader at DCPFS focussing on reporting and how our staff can assist with reports and observations, the Mental Health Commission’s Recognising and Responding to Amphetamine Intoxication/ Toxicity and Opioid Overdose. Bloodwood Tree’s Drug & Alcohol team unit have also assisted staff of the patrol service by developing an in-house professional development training calendar, where our counsellors have been delivering training sessions on topics such as; managing angry and intoxicated clients, what is violence and how we communicate. Additionally the Patrol Service received a short in house training session from Department of Child Protection and Family Services. All of which have been invaluable education that the staff are using daily out in the field. To conclude on a good news story, management have successfully collaborated with Mission Australia-Pilbara to obtain additional funding from the Federal Government’s Western Australian Primary Health Alliance (WAPHA). This tremendous outcome will enable Bloodwood Tree to further expand the Port/South Hedland Patrol Service outreach efforts and support into the community.


Hedland Homeless Support Services

Bloodwood Tree’s Breakfast program is of the many Homelessness support services, which runs’ out of Wapa Maya (The Sobering Up Centre). It operates Monday to Friday from 7am daily to encourage Aboriginal people who may be homeless, socially disadvantaged or isolated to share a healthy meal with others. The Breakfast program does far more than just feed people. It also provides opportunities for people to reconnect to and develop a sense of community and belonging. Our achievements for the 2016-2017 reporting period are:

- 305 distinct clients were assisted by the Hedland Homeless Support Service. The vast majority of which are aged between 20-54 years of age. There were slightly higher male figures and this may be accounted for due to increased movements and travel associated with Lore time.

- 5,048 breakfast meals were provided. - 5,042 showers were administered to clients of the Hedland Homeless Support Service. As a part of this

shower service, pharmacy grade head lice treatment is administered to all clients each Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

- This year the following external agencies engaged and visited/assisted our clients: Mission Australia, EPIC South Hedland and SilverChain.

- Referrals from the Hedland Homeless Support Service were made to the following external agencies: Pilbara Community Legal Service, Wirraka Maya Aboriginal Medical Service, Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation, Department Child Protection and Family Services, Pilbara Population Healh Service, Hedland


Health Campus – Pilbara Mental Health Unit, WA Police South Hedland, RSL Second Hand Shop, St John Ambulance South Hedland and SilverChain.

- 230 emergency relief vouchers were distributed this year. This year fortunately more emergency relief funding was made available and was able to be distributed (from Mission Australia), this matched the increased demand this past year. This figure does not include the sponsorship $30 Coles food voucher cards that were distributed at our Hedland Homeless Christmas event

- Ashburton Aboriginal Corporation assisted with a small veggie patch project this year. Tomatoes, beans, pumpkin, corn, eggplant and herbs were all grown last season and used in the kitchen as a part of meals for clients

- The local South Hedland Department of Corrective Services Re-Pay WA (community service hours) participants visited our service six times this year and assisted in maintaining our yard and eating area

- 375 loads of washing of clients clothes was done to assist clients. Weekly pick ups of “give away” clothes from the nearby RSL Second Hand Store also assisted clients with clothing needs

- The Kitchen upgrade was completed. In November 2016, shade sails were installed at the back and front of the Kitchen area to assist in shading this area for clients for breakfast service and taking the heat/direct sun off the Kitchen area.

- Visits were conducted by our internal Bloodwood Tree Association Drug and Alcohol Counsellors to offer assistance, therapeutic programs and support to clients. These were conducted each Tuesday and Thursday 7.30am-9.30am, the total number of clients that attended these sessions were 202. Fifty therapeutic program sessions were held (largely beading, art, painting and drumming) and the total number of participants that took part in therapeutic programs this year was 873.

- One work experience student expended 50 volunteer hours as a part of the Hedland Homeless Support Service

- Hedland Homeless Christmas event was held on Monday 19th December. 85 clients in total attended this event - 36 adult males, 29 adult females and 20 children attended this event. Through financial sponsorship secured from Horizon Power, Bloodwood Tree was able to provide a $30 Coles food only voucher to each adult (both male and female) that this Christmas event.

Bloodwood Tree Association works closely with internal and external agencies to support the required needs of our clients. Bloodwood Tree internally has a number of programs and services that provide support to our clients that directly address issues that contribute to homelessness. This includes our Drug and Alcohol Counsellors (that offer assistance, therapeutic programs and support), our Driver Training School (which provides assistance and support in terms of loss of licence due to fines/points [Justice Intervention Program] and ability to gain a licence) and our Bloodwood Tree Employment & Training Services (assistance finding casual, part-time/full-time work, as well as employment/work readiness training programs).

Healthy Living Program

This year the highlight in the Homelessness Support Services space has been the partnership with IBN for the Healthy Living Program. The Healthy Living Program with its three pronged focus: healthy home, healthy family and healthy life was developed to empower and assist IBN members with housing and tenancy issues.

This year saw the development and finalisation of the Workshop content, training materials, the employment of a Healthy Living Coordinator and the conduction of workshops for clients commencing in February. The four part days of workshops were well received by the 4-6 clients each Workshop session (a cumulative of 22


clients) and focused on cleaning, maintenance, tenancy obligations, housing inspections, waste, water and energy house, meal planning and budgeting. While still in its infancy, this Program is proving to be life changing and the hands on style nature of the demonstrations have been positively commented upon.

It has also been pleasing that a number of stakeholders have been positive and quick to get on board and support this Program. That has included: Department of Housing, Pilbara Community Legal Service, Town of Port Hedland, Horizon Power, Water Corporation and Jan Casserly.

This Program would not have been possible without the generous support of IBN, both financially and inkind through the use of a dedicated house that has been used as a valuable teaching resource. In the new financial year, Bloodwood Tree looks forward to expanding upon this Program and getting it out into the wider community.


7. Independent Audit Report To The Members Of Bloodwood Tree Association


8. Financial Statements – Consolidated Balance Sheet

Year ended

Year ended

30 June 2017

30 June 2016

Income

B/Fwd Surpluses

$ 194,939

$ 262,964

Grants Received

$ 2,303,608

$ 2,240,702

Reimbursements and recoupments

$ 197,547

$ 132,362

Donations

$ 18,140

$ 21,084

Rent

$ 12,107

$ 15,649

Other Income

$ 51,760

$ 9,765

Interest income

$ 6

$ 0

Administration fees

$ 997

$ 17,795

Total Income

$ 2,779,104

$ 2,700,321

Expenses

Accounting Fees

$ 60,624

$ 78,481

Airfares Staff

$ 15,777

$ 19,446

Airfares Other

$ 15,604

$ 4,020

Advertising

$ 30,996

$ 9,909

Audit Fees

$ 7,000

$ 6,114

Bad Debts

$ 110,550

$ 115

Bank Charges

$ 3,908

$ 3,788

Capital Minor

$ 6,495

$ 9,312

Certification and GTO compliance

$ 2,114

$ 1,706

Cleaning and Rubbish Removal

$ 21,021

$ 24,755


Consultants

$ 4,278

$ 0

Depreciation expense

$ 182,177

$ 163,892

Donations

$ 1,706

$ 30

Electricity

$ 23,386

$ 32,951

Emergency Services

$ 17,926

$ 10,358

Equipment Hire

$ 2,793

$ 3,724

Other fees, charges and memberships

$ 5,521

$ 4,780

Food

$ 13,884

$ 38,124

Freight

$ 567

$ 543

Fringe Benefits Tax

$ 22,133

$ 6,931

Gas

$ 826

$ 6,390

Insurance

$ 32,752

$ 44,199

IT

$ 52,147

$ 39,047


Detailed Income Statement (cont.)

Year ended

Year ended

30 June 2017

30 June 2016

Legal Costs

$ 0

$ 2,341

Leave Provisions

($ 85,714)

($ 69,952)

Loss on assets disposed of

$ 24,815

$ 0

Medical expenses / Health Initiative

$ 0

$ 1,505

Meetings/Seminars

$ 4,617

$ 1,118

MV Fuel & Oil

$ 15,839

$ 13,101

MV Other Costs

$ 79,135

$ 82,820

Printing and Stationery

$ 29,132

$ 24,447

Postage

$ 820

$ 673

Rates

$ 7,619

$ 13,578

Repairs and Maintenance

$ 22,188

$ 50,838

Rent Housing

$ 38,188

$ 107,745

Other expenses

$ 2,512

$ 0

Special Purpose Expenses

$ 20,038

$ 53,968

Training

$ 60,111

$ 36,317

Superannuation

$ 148,139

$ 165,361

Telephone/Fax

$ 40,268

$ 46,674

Travel

$ 5,504

$ 18,941

Training

$ 10,891

$ 0

Uniforms

$ 6,652

$ 1,193


Unexpended grants

$ 115,338

$ 90,667

Wages, Salaries and Other Allowances

$ 1,575,701

$ 1,792,174

Water

$ 22,494

$ 10,136

Workers Compensation (Insurance)

$ 16,735

$ 17,148

Total Expenses

$ 2,795,207

$ 2,969,404

Loss attributable to the Members of the Association

($ 16,102)

($ 269,083)

Total Changes in Equity of the Association

($ 16,102)

($ 269,083)


9. Financial Statements – Statement Of Financial Position

Year ended

Year ended

30 June 2017

30 June 2016

Current Assets

Cash at Bank and On Hand

$ 274,326

$ 216,034

Debtors

$ 66,006

$ 160,926

Related parties

$ 334,697

$ 311,944

Assets held for sale

$ 165,545

$ 185,545

Prepayments

$ 65,014

$ 63,435

Total Current Assets

$ 905,588

$ 937,884

Non-Current Assets

Property, Plant & Equipment

$ 2,970,637

$ 3,073,049

Total Non-Current Assets

$ 2,970,637

$ 3,073,049

TOTAL ASSETS

$ 3,876,225

$ 4,010,933

Current Liabilities

Creditors and other payables

$ 170,152

$ 145,814

Provisions

$ 140,527

$ 226,241

Payroll withholdings

($ 1,558)

($ 1,091)

Taxes

$ 10,989

$ 4,399

Debt on assets held for sale

$ 181,784

$ 200,286

Unearned income

$ 0

$ 67,000


Unexpended grant funds

$ 217,088

$ 194,939

Total Current Liabilities

$ 718,982

$ 837,588

TOTAL LIABILITIES

$ 718,982

$ 837,588

NET ASSETS

$ 3,157,243

$ 3,173,345

Equity

Total Members' funds

$ 3,157,243

$ 3,173,345

Total Members' Funds

$ 3,157,243

$ 3,173,345

Statement of Cash Flows

Year ended

Year ended

30 June 2017

30 June 2016

Cash Flow from Operating Activities

Receipts from Customers

$ 2,916,167

$ 2,661,856

Payments to Suppliers and Employees

($ 2,755,364)

($ 2,866,396)

Interest Received

$ 6

$ 0

Net Cash provided by / (used in) Operating Activities

$ 160,810

($ 204,540)

Cash Flow from Investing Activities

Payment for Property, Plant and Equipment

($ 79,765)

$ 0

Net Cash provided by / (used in) Investing Activities

($ 79,765)

$ 0

Cash Flow from Financing Activities


Repayments received from related parties

($ 22,752)

$ 10,195

Net Cash provided by / (used in) Financing Activities

($ 22,752)

$ 10,195

NET INCREASE / (DECREASE) IN CASH HELD

$ 58,293

($ 194,345)

Cash at the Beginning of Year

$ 216,033

$ 410,378

Cash at the End of the Year

$ 274,326

$ 216,033


10. Bloodwood Tree In The Media


Program prepares graduates for jobs

The future is looking bright for 12 indigenous people from Port Hedland who are the first to graduate from a new program aimed at opening up job opportunities for those transitioning from welfare to work.

The 10-week work readiness program has been developed by North West Regional TAFE, Bloodwood Tree and Morris Corporation.

North West Regional TAFE lecturer Carissa Myers said an analysis of a participant’s current diet and exercise regime was required before they became involved in safe food handling and the components of a certificate I in hospitality.

The group put their skills to use at the Youth Involvement Council kitchen last week, where they prepared a sausage sizzle for 250 students at South Hedland Primary School.

Charmaine Murphy said the course had helped her get into a routine with regular exercise and healthy eating.

“I was a bit all over the place last year due to family losses and this program has helped me get my life back on track,” she said.

Alora Hunter and Clem Taylor said the course gave them with a reason to get out of bed each morning and take pride in learning.

Ms Hunter noticed a big improvement in her fitness and strength, through circuit training the group has been involved in during the afternoons.

Bloodwood Tree chief executive Kelly Howlett said the program was a “game changer” which allowed individuals to boost their confidence.

Bloodwood Tree helped participants with their identification including police checks and birth certificates. The program has another two to three intakes planned for the rest of the year.


Camp job prospects boosted

Eight Hedland-based job seekers are set to boost their career prospects after graduating from an intensive employment program.

The Work Readiness program is an initiative led by Bloodwood Tree, North Regional TAFE, and ESS Support Services.

The program was developed in response to ESS’ desire to employ local indigenous people at its contracted BHP Port Haven and Mooka camp sites.

The participants attended a ceremony at the North Regional TAFE on Friday, August 11, and will go directly into employment in various positions including cleaning, kitchen hands, cooking, housekeeping, laundry, horticulture and grounds keeping.

The TAFE course covers units on workplace etiquette, protocols, health/safety, and a continuation of fitness and physical activity.

Bloodwood Tree chief executive Kelly Howlett said the program was important for people who had not had previous work experience because it provided them with the skills, support and confidence to go into employment.

“Bloodwood Tree are proud of our work readiness program, as it truly and genuinely assists our participants to be fully job ready.

“By working intensively with the employer, we can focus everything so it is company specific and focused,” she said.

“We find through information sessions, short introductory interviews with the Port Haven site manager, visits and a detailed tour of the Port Haven site, that enables the participants to see and touch where they will work.”

ESS had a longstanding commitment to indigenous employment.

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