Better Futures Community of Practice
The Better Futures CoP provides a platform for all Better Futures stakeholders to share, review, improve and refine the delivery of the service across the state. It works to ensure that the integrity of the underpinning Advantaged Thinking model is maintained, and that current and proposed practices and approaches are best placed to meet their intended objectives and outcomes.
Meetings
Meetings are scheduled quarterly, both face-to-face and online, to enable representation from across the state. The agenda reflects current trends, opportunity for practice reflection, sharing practice highlights and challenges.
Membership
Membership includes:
- Better Futures practitioners and Team Leaders/Managers
- State government
- Expert stakeholders
Transitions from care Youth Expert Advisory Group members.
Youth Expert Advisors play a core facilitative and informant role in the CoP, ensuring the voices of young people with care experience are heard and valued.
Facilitation
The Better Futures CoP is facilitated by the Youth Transitions Service Development team at the Brotherhood of St Laurence.
The Sessions
The CoP runs 4 sessions each quarter, which comprise Community Connectors, Network, Workshop and Leadership.
