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Brisbane Office
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Julie Price Project Manager |
Julie has worked in children's services related positions all her working life. The variety of organisations in which she has worked includes long day care, family day care, Office for Children Department of Communities, Community Child Care Cooperative (NSW) and The Gowrie QLD Training and Consultancy. Julie is proud of the PSCQ team she has gathered, excited about all the professional development and support activities they are bringing to fruition and impressed with the commitment and enthusiasm of child care professionals in helping to plan and attend these activities. |
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Tara Franks Project Officer |
Tara has spent most of her life living in Queensland working on a range of projects within early childhood education, human services and employment/ workforce development. She has designed and implemented many innovative approaches in these settings to foster holistic development. Tara adopts a social justice approach in practice and for over 15 years has been a strong advocate for children, young people and their families. To weave her professional and personal experiences together she is currently studying a Masters in Indigenous Studies. |
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Melalie Collie Project Officer |
Melalie has been working in Children's services in Queensland and overseas for a number of years. These roles have mostly been in long day care as a group leader but have also involved work in preschool and the early years of primary school. More recently Melalie has been working with Tara , another PSCQ project officer on the childcare skills formation strategy, a project that has been examining how the child care sector can attract, develop, train and best utilise a skilled workforce. |
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Lesley Jones Project Officer |
Lesley Jones has been working in early childhood services for the past 18 years in a variety of roles. Strongly committed to professional development for staff working with young children, the PSCQ project officer position is one that she is highly committed to. Having worked in the sector across a number of service types and associated legislative bodies assists Lesley in having a strong working understanding of the particular challenges and needs of the sector in general. She is looking forward to building strong working relationships to help facilitate positive professional development outcomes for the Qld regions that she is working with. |
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Lynn Turner Project Officer |
Lynn has a background in community development and has worked in children's services for 14 years. This experience has included working in long day care as a group leader and director. Currently Lynn works in PSCQ part time whilst carrying out her role as director of Kurilpa Community Child Care Centre for the other half of the week. |
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Rebecca Hogg Project Officer |
Rebecca has spent her working career in a variety of roles. She obtained a degree in psychology and education before working closely within the community sector. Since moving away from this hands-on role, she has worked in hospitality, as a massage therapist and within various administration positions. |
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Stacey Tragenza Administration |
Stacey, the baby of PSCQ, ventured overseas, fresh out of high school, and worked in London for 15 months in 2005, employed as a nanny for 3 young girls. During this time, she also travelled through many parts of Europe, worrying her mother sick! After this stint, she moved back to her family's property near Rockhampton, Central Queensland, working as a receptionist/assistant in a private optical practice. Missing the joys of city life, she made a southward move to Brisbane in 2007 and is now happy being a part of the great PSCQ team, supporting child care services throughout Queensland. |
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Karen Coombs Administration |
Originally from the UK, Karen and her family settled in Brisbane in 2005. Karen has been working for over 20 years in mainly banking, finance and other administration roles. She is a mum to three children. |
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June Lefebvre Contracts Officer |
June recently indulged in a sea change, trading in a senior position in the Federal public service in Canberra, where she lived for 14 years, to return to her home state of Queensland with her husband. She brings to PSCQ a wealth of experience in administration, finance and contracts management, both from her public service role and her Bachelor of Business in Human Resource Management and Organisational Psychology, as well as her former career in banking. She works part time in the Brisbane office as PSCQ Contracts Officer, and spends the rest of her week living on the bayside, resisting the urge to quote Daryl Kerrigan. . . "How's the serenity?" |
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Kathleen Hore Administration |
Kathleen joined PSCQ shortly after finishing her degree in Digital Media at Queensland College of Art in November 2007. Her role includes: Monitoring the 1800 phone, updating the PSCQ website and the design of event flyers and other promotional materials.
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Kelly Kerwitz Administration |
Kelly comes to PSCQ with a wealth of knowledge from various administration backgrounds stretching over 11 years, during which time Kelly completed a Certificate IV in Business Frontline Managment. Kelly has a very busy lifestyle; juggling a full time job and a robust young family. |
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Irene Villatoro Administration |
Irene has worked in various roles; from customer services and beauty therapy to administration. She is currently studying Early Education at the Queensland University of Technology which will be completed by 2011. Irene enjoys being involved in community development initiatives and programs further acquiring knowledge about culture and diversity. Irene’s current role involves dealing with all membership enquiries, dissemination of certificates and event payments. |
Townsville Office
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Jasmine Jones Team Leader |
Jasmine holds a Bachelor of Education (Primary) and has been working in the early childhood field for 13 years. Jasmine has worked with a variety of services, in varying capacities, all based in rural and remote locations. These include mobile early childhood education, innovative child care options, playgroups, in-home care and family day care. Her motivation to join the PSCQ team is to contribute to the development and education of all children through the promotion of valued and respected child care professionals, along with the opportunity to extend her own learning. Jasmine is based in Townsville with her husband and three children. |
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Peter Demopoulos Project Officer |
Peter has 17 years experience in the child care industry. He was a director for 7 of these years and is a qualified pre-school teacher with a Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood from QUT. |
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Bernadine Bennett Administration Officer |
Bernadine works in the Townsville office part time and has over 20 years experience in a variety of administrative positions from Banking and Finance to managing a Not-for-Profit organisation. Bernadine has two small children, a mischievous two year old boy and an energetic four year old girl. Bernadine also has a passion for running and competing in marathons. |
