Jane Barr

Jane has in excess of 25 years’ experience in the community based education, vocational training and wellbeing,  holding a variety of positions within non-government welfare settings, and State Government vocational educational training providers.

Jane joined is a community organisation representative and has worked as a practitioner specifically working with vulnerable children and families experiencing family breakdown, abuse, violence, low socio economics and homelessness.  Jane commenced her leadership role in 2000 co-ordinating the daily operations of a broad range of community programs that specifically support the engagement of young people into education, service provision to families who are experiencing difficulties and also pre-employment and training programs for early school leavers and disadvantaged young people and since 2011, Jane has significantly contributed to strategic transformational leadership within placed based and collective impact frameworks working on the ground with community to realise their vision.