Theresa Kellett
Senior Project Officer
WorkUP Queensland
Theresa Kellett has worked extensively in the Queensland domestic and family violence sector as a practitioner, manager, trainer and coach. Theresa has experience delivering training to practitioners across the state in urban, regional and remote areas and enjoys the process of working with people to understand where we have come from and helping people find their place in this sector. Theresa is a Senior Project Officer employed by ANROWS, for WorkUP Queensland.
12.30
Yarning Circles
A: U Right Sis? Empowering NT communities to identify and respond to technology-facilitated abuse: Join this yarn to hear about ‘U Right Sis?’ A primary prevention program bringing together specialist DFSV services and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations to educate First Nations women and young people on tech-facilitated abuse.
Rachel Neary, Women, Children and Family Violence Practice Lead, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency
B: Yarning for Change: Indigenous trauma informed responses to violence: This culturally safe session is designed to empower and strengthen responses to domestic, family & sexual violence through, culturally safe, Indigenous trauma-informed training, community-centered approaches to supporting survivors and practical skills to enhance workforce capacity.
Marnie Davis, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Learning and Development Lead, Women up North Housing
C: Coercive control in a cultural context: Join this yarn to hear how Lena Passi Women's Shelter and WorkUP Queensland are working together with community to develop resources for safer communities in t he Torres Strait.
Rona Scherer, Senior Lead, Mamu – Kuku Yalanji, WorkUP Queensland
Theresa Kellett, Senior Project Officer, WorkUP Queensland
Georgina Binjuda, Manager, Lena Passi Women’s Shelter
Julia Yorkston, Project Officer, Lena Passi Women’s Shelter
D: Weaving session: Join this weaving session to connect with culture and one another as you explore a traditional practice that also serves as a mode of informal counselling.
11.50
Yarning Circles
A: U Right Sis? Empowering NT communities to identify and respond to technology-facilitated abuse: Join this yarn to hear about ‘U Right Sis?’ A primary prevention program bringing together specialist DFSV services and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations to educate First Nations women and young people on tech-facilitated abuse.
Rachel Neary, Women, Children and Family Violence Practice Lead, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency
B: Yarning for change: Indigenous trauma informed responses to violence: This culturally safe session is designed to empower and strengthen responses to domestic, family & sexual violence through, culturally safe, Indigenous trauma-informed training, community-centered approaches to supporting survivors and practical skills to enhance workforce capacity.
Marnie Davis, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Learning and Development Lead, Women up North Housing
C: Coercive control in a cultural context: Join this yarn to hear how Lena Passi Women's Shelter and WorkUP Queensland are working together with community to develop resources for safer communities in the Torres Strait.
Rona Scherer, Senior Lead, Mamu – Kuku Yalanji, WorkUP Queensland
Theresa Kellett, Senior Project Officer, WorkUP Queensland
Georgina Binjuda, Manager, Lena Passi Women’s Shelter
Julia Yorkston, Project Officer, Lena Passi Women’s Shelter
D: Weaving session: Join this weaving session to connect with culture and one another as you explore a traditional practice that also serves as a way of informal counselling.