In this episode we sit down for a chat with Mark Fitzpatrick, CEO of PeopleKind Group. Mark has an extensive career working in the disability sector, including roles as Deputy President of the Deafness Council and a member of the Executive of the Hearing Health Sector Alliance. This range of experience, along with previous CEO roles at Telethon Speech and Hearing and St Vincent de Paul Society has given Mark a unique perspective on how things can be done differently to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients with disability who have a range of disability and non-disability-related needs.
This philosophy in part drives PeopleKind Group, who are a for-purpose company that act as a parent company for a range of different organisations that provide a range of different services including learning, behaviour support, housing and disability support. By taking this approach, PeopleKind Group are able to assist clients with multiple needs that they may have. Additionally, Mark discussed the importance of collaboration with others in the sector to ensure that client care remained person-centred regardless of the client’s needs.
Mark also touched on the work that PeopleKind do with people who have had justice system involvement through Outcare, as well as providing us his thoughts on the NDIS in its current form.
Read more about Mark here: https://peoplekind.org.au/about-us/mark-fitzpatrick/
Read more about PeopleKind here: https://peoplekind.org.au/about-us/
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In this episode we sit down for a chat with Mark Fitzpatrick, CEO of PeopleKind Group. Mark has an extensive career working in the disability sector, including roles as Deputy President of the Deafness Council and a member of the Executive of the Hearing Health Sector Alliance. This range of experience, along with previous CEO roles at Telethon Speech and Hearing and St Vincent de Paul Society has given Mark a unique perspective on how things can be done differently to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients with disability who have a range of disability and non-disability-related needs.
This philosophy in part drives PeopleKind Group, who are a for-purpose company that act as a parent company for a range of different organisations that provide a range of different services including learning, behaviour support, housing and disability support. By taking this approach, PeopleKind Group are able to assist clients with multiple needs that they may have. Additionally, Mark discussed the importance of collaboration with others in the sector to ensure that client care remained person-centred regardless of the client’s needs.
Mark also touched on the work that PeopleKind do with people who have had justice system involvement through Outcare, as well as providing us his thoughts on the NDIS in its current form.
Read more about Mark here: https://peoplekind.org.au/about-us/mark-fitzpatrick/
Read more about PeopleKind here: https://peoplekind.org.au/about-us/
As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com
Instagram Twitter/X Bluesky @healthmeanswhat
FaceBook @MeaningofHealth
Visit our website: https://meaningofhealth.com.au/
Episode 118 - Protecting the Rights and Needs of Children and Future Generations
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Episode 118 - Protecting the Rights and Needs of Children and Future Generations
Welcome back for our first episode of 2025. We bring you panel conversation from a “Breakfast by the Bay” event recorded in October 2024 at the University Club of Western Australia. The panel conversation was moderated by Linda Savage, lawyer, former member of parliament and law reform and social justice advocate. The panellists were:
Kate Chaney, Independent Federal Member for Curtin
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor Brett Hart, Pundukunu Aboriginal Service
Amie Furlong, Government Relations and Research Advisor, Foundations for Tomorrow
Jacqueline McGowan-Jones, Commissioner for Children and Young People WA
A/Prof Rebecca Glauert, Director of the Australian Child and Youth Wellbeing Atlas at UWA
The conversation covered a range of topics related to the rights and wellbeing of children and young people, as well future generations. These topics included how governments consider this group in government decision-making and future planning, which touched on how we could learn from some world-leading legislation enacted in Wales that deals with this issue. The conversation also covered mental health, education, and a move away from short-term thinking in policy making, and how young people can and should be more involved in policy development.
Many thanks to A/Prof Paul Maginn and Clare Feenan from the UWA Public Policy Institute for hosting the event and collaborating with us once again.
As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com
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The Meaning of Health Podcast
In this episode we sit down for a chat with Mark Fitzpatrick, CEO of PeopleKind Group. Mark has an extensive career working in the disability sector, including roles as Deputy President of the Deafness Council and a member of the Executive of the Hearing Health Sector Alliance. This range of experience, along with previous CEO roles at Telethon Speech and Hearing and St Vincent de Paul Society has given Mark a unique perspective on how things can be done differently to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients with disability who have a range of disability and non-disability-related needs.
This philosophy in part drives PeopleKind Group, who are a for-purpose company that act as a parent company for a range of different organisations that provide a range of different services including learning, behaviour support, housing and disability support. By taking this approach, PeopleKind Group are able to assist clients with multiple needs that they may have. Additionally, Mark discussed the importance of collaboration with others in the sector to ensure that client care remained person-centred regardless of the client’s needs.
Mark also touched on the work that PeopleKind do with people who have had justice system involvement through Outcare, as well as providing us his thoughts on the NDIS in its current form.
Read more about Mark here: https://peoplekind.org.au/about-us/mark-fitzpatrick/
Read more about PeopleKind here: https://peoplekind.org.au/about-us/
As always, if you want to get in touch with the podcast, you can contact us at: meaningofhealth@outlook.com
Instagram Twitter/X Bluesky @healthmeanswhat
FaceBook @MeaningofHealth
Visit our website: https://meaningofhealth.com.au/
