Mission Statement
Safety, Respect and Choice for Women
Vision
To be a leader in gender specialist, innovative and evidence-based services for women with complex needs
Values
Reconciliation by:
- Respecting the traditions and cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, and actively working to eliminate racism
- Employing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and valuing their expertise
- Engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and communities to improve outcomes for them
- Ensuring knowledge, attitude and access to training and resources to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Providing culturally appropriate service delivery
- Recognising the perspectives and needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the design, planning evaluation and improvement of our services
Empowerment by:
- Emphasising strengths not weaknesses
- Encouraging women honestly and kindly
- Providing opportunities for change
- Imparting a sense of capacity and opportunity to learn new skills to make choices in the world
Kindness by:
- Promotion of an environment that supports and encourages women, both service users and co-workers
- Acknowledging women, demonstrating empathy and respect to all
- Demonstrating unity within the service as well as in the outside world
Accountability by:
- Open honest responsible and responsive service management and service provision
- Establishing client feedback and participation processes
- Completing timely and appropriate reports to Board of management and funding agencies
- Planning, scheduling and prioritising workloads
- Demonstrating effective time management to meet deadlines
Professionalism by:
- A commitment to the strength of the organisation, skilful application of duties and sharing work-related knowledge with others
- Self-responsibility, integrity, self-awareness and honesty
- Demonstrating respect for organisational aims and values
Feminism by:
- Accepting and valuing all women equally
- Challenging patriarchy
- Using participatory processes
- Honouring the possibilities and strengths of other women
- Not doing for a woman what she is able to do for herself
- Remembering and demonstrating the personal is political