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Opportunities for

partnerships

Wyndham CEC established in 1974

• Learn Local organisation

• Neighbourhood House

• Settlement Services provider

• Senior Secondary provider

• Skills for Education & Employment (SEE) provider

• Registered Training Organisation (RTO)

• Social Enterprise facilitator

Wyndham CEC local context

• Individuals from 75 countries speaking 68 languages

• 80 staff & over 50 volunteers

• Services across 15 venues

• Over 1,400 settlement services clients (2013)

• Over 1,900 education enrolments (2013)

• Refugee and humanitarian entrants

• Migrants

• Young people

• New and emerging communities

• Adults re-engaging into education & training

Wyndham CEC local context

Wyndham CEC local context

• Third fastest growing LGA in Australia

• The official forecasted population for Wyndham City is 192,337 as at June 30, 2014

• Between 2001 and 2012, the estimated residential population of the City has more than doubled from 84,861 to 178,859

• Estimated residential population set to exceed 245,000 people by 2021

• 54,400 people who were living in the City of Wyndham in 2011 were born overseas, and 31% arrived in Australia within 5 years prior to 2011

Source: Wyndham City Council

Auspice and coordination role of two key networks in Wyndham

- Wyndham Humanitarian Network

- Wyndham Interfaith Network

Wyndham CEC

Wyndham Community &Education Centre (formerly Werribee)

Wyndham City Council –Community Development team

AMES Settlement & EducationCentrelink –

Multicultural Services Officers

Situation in 2005Increasing number of

refugees and humanitarian entrants settling in

Wyndham and no funded services

Wyndham Humanitarian

Network

An innovative model for partnerships and collaboration

WHN

Education Providers

Victoria Police

Community volunteers

Service Clubs

Service Providers

Original 4

Early & evolving WHN structure

Chairperson Wyndham CEC

WHN Members

Health & Well-being

Education Employment & Training Youth Legal, Housing &

Consumer Events Asylum Seeker

WHN strategic meetings

CommunityConsultation

groups

Wyndham Interfaith Network

Current WHN structure

WHN strategic group: - meets six-weekly - collaboration & coordination of interagency services- identify issues at local level- integrated local level planning- provide advice- collective responsibility- advocacy

Current WHN structure

WHN working groups:

- meet monthly to six-weekly- multi stakeholder engagement- action oriented / activity

based- six targeted working groups- guided by Terms of Reference

Wyndham City

•Councillors•Youth Services•Social Development

•Community Development

•Early Years & Youth•Leisure Development & Community Participation

•Family Support Unit

DSS

•Grants Manager•Complex Case Support

•Community Liaison Officer

HSS /SGP Providers

•Wyndham CEC•Spirit West Services

•New Hope Foundation

•AMES Settlement

Victoria Police

•Multicultural Liaison

•Community Liaison•Youth Resource Officer

Other

•AMES Education•City West Water•VU•Foundation House•SFYS•DHS – Centrelink•CAV•CMY•Red Cross•Medicare Local •ISIS PC•WELS•LLEN•Wyndham Legal Service

•Footscray Legal Service

•Werribee Support & Housing

•YMCA•Community leaders•Community volunteers

Strategic Group

Health & Well-being

Spirit West Services Wyndham City Western Region Health Centre YMCAISIS PC New Hope Foundation Foundation House

ADECDHS – Centrelink Wyndham CEC Medicare Local

Mental Illness FellowshipWerribee FC Gambler's Help Western Multicultural Gambler's Help Carers Vic

Employment & Training

DHS – Centrelink Wyndham City AMESJSAs Wyndham CECWhitelionVU WynBayLLEN

Employment Business & Industry Group

Youth

Spirit West Services Victoria Police Wyndham City – Youth Resource Centre CMY

WCIG Werribee Support & Housing Wyndham CECOpen Family

Centre for Multicultural Youth New Hope Foundation Wyndham Legal Service

Legal, Housing & Consumer

Victoria Police Consumer Affairs Victoria DHS – CentrelinkCrime Stoppers

Wyndham Legal Service Yarra Community Housing Open FamilyWhitelion

Footscray Community Legal Service Werribee Support & Housing Wyndham CityWyndham CEC Department of Justice New Hope Foundation

Foundation House

Events

Wyndham CEC Victoria Police Parks VictoriaWyndham City AMES New Hope FoundationCity West Water DHS – Centrelink Community groups

Asylum Seeker

Wyndham CEC Victoria Police Spirit West ServicesRed Cross AMES

Werribee Support & Housing ISIS PC Wyndham Legal Service Foundation HouseWyndham City City West water Medicare Local

DHS – Centrelink

Current working groups

Asylum Seeker Working Group

• collaborative & coordinated response• working group work plan• Wyndham directory of support services• collection & sharing of demographic data• RMF representation• advocacy

Partnership with WHN enables Council to:• Have a deeper understanding than Census figures provide• Engage with marginalised residents• Plan and deliver more responsive Council services• Promote inclusion through shared projects

Council’s continuing commitment to WHN:• Co-ordination and planning as required (recognising that service

providers are flat-out providing services)• In-kind contributions to projects• Taking on advocacy on issues as required

Engagement

Objective: Council embraces the input and leadership of all members of our

culturally, linguistically and religiously diverse communities.

Key partners:

Community members

ResponsiveServices

Objective: All Council services are responsive to

residents, with respectful regard for their culture, language and religion.

Key partners:Council staff

Working in Partnership

Objective: Council works in partnership to respond to the opportunities and challenges of

Wyndham’s diversity.

Key partners:Community service organisations, networks,

government agencies and peak bodies.

Inclusive Community

Objective: Wyndham’s multicultural identity is a source of pride.Key partners: Community members, Council staff, community service organisations, networks, government agencies and peak

bodies.

Partnership with WHN supports all of Council’s multicultural policy objectives

Jennie BarreraCEO, Wyndham Community & Education CentreChairperson, Wyndham Humanitarian Network

Member, Wyndham Interfaith Network

jennieb@wyndhamcec.org.au9742 4013