Brighter Beginnings First 2000 Days Summit


Melanie Hughes


Executive Project Officer at Karitane

Melanie Hughes is the Executive Project Officer at Karitane, holding a Bachelor of Applied Science (Occupational Therapy) and working across professional and project roles in the mental health, community health and NGO disability sector for more than 20 years. Since commencing at Karitane in 2018, Melanie has overseen and coordinated accreditation, led organisation-wide initiatives of consumer engagement and the measurement of clinical outcomes. 

She has designed and implemented both state-wide and national new services in collaboration with multiple internal and external stakeholders. Melanie’s experience of frontline work with project management skills mixed generously with a good dose of humour keeps her enjoying work and maximizing collaborative relationships. 


Abstract

The Wolli Creek Hub: A new placed-based approach focused on the First 2000 Days

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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.