Brighter Beginnings First 2000 Days Summit
Jenny Claridge
Co-Director for the Division of Kids & Families in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
Jenny Claridge is the Co-Director for the Division of Kids & Families in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District. Jenny is a registered nurse, midwife and holds a Masters in Health Leadership and Management. She has over 35 years’ experience working in Child and Family/Paediatrics. Over these years Jenny has undertaken a number of roles including commencing as the Infant Perinatal Coordinator in 2002 which saw the introduction of psychosocial screening and in 2004 she moved into the Families NSW Coordinator role which saw the introduction of Universal Health Home Visiting.
In 2008 she established the Child Wellbeing Unit in the Illawarra. Over the last 12 years Jenny has been in senior leadership roles having operational management for of all child and family nursing and allied health including Binji & Boori teams and now expanded to include VAN services and the new Wellbeing Nurses program in the ISLHD.
Abstract
The First 2000 Days Illawarra Shoalhaven Community Project
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NSW Health acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land across NSW, whose cultures and customs have nurtured and continue to nurture this land.
We would like to pay our respects to the Elders past, present and emerging, for they hold the memories, the traditions, the culture and the hopes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the state.