Loren Clews

• Development and implementation of client plans to provide support for housing, employment, parenting, budgeting, food security, safety from family violence and a range of other needs
• Advocating for clients with WINZ, Oranga Tamariki as well as other government and non-government agencies
• Developing strong relationships and referral protocols with social service and government agencies.
• Developing and implementing client intake, assessment tools and processes
• Implementation and maintenance of protocols, processes, and systems
• Development of professional practice to enable full and effective delivery of client services to meet KPI’s and business plan requirements and to ensure effective and efficient delivery of case work.
• Maintained up to date knowledge of best practice
• Coaching and mentoring to staff around practice issues
• Developed and maintained relationships with stakeholders

Key Achievements

• Setting up, opening and running of Matamata outreach office.
• Establishing strong links in the Matamata community and referral processes with key agencies.
• Applied for funding through MSD capability grant and was successful.
• Identified by National office as having high standards of best practise as an outcome of our audit.

• Represented St Vincent De Paul on the interagency board for the homeless shelter working group with local government.
• Developing innovative fundraising events and managing relationships with sponsors.
• Development and implementation of client plans to provide support for housing, employment, parenting, budgeting, food security, safety from family violence and a range of other needs.
• Advocating for clients with WINZ, Oranga Tamariki as well as other government and non-government agencies.
• Developing strong relationships and referral protocols with social service and government agencies.
• Developing and implementing client intake, assessment tools and processes.

• Contributing to strategic and financial planning
• Administration tasks
• Client support