Our People

Whether it is through our services offered to clients, membership or staff our success lies in people. 

We ensure that our employees are talented, engaged and committed to The Scope Approach. With the disability sector's greater emphasis on individualised funding, it is imperative that our staff meet the demands of changing service delivery models to provide high quality services. This Approach is embraced by the Scope Board, management and staff.

2008/2009 Achievements of our staff

• Melinda Smith, Scope Community Development Officer, mentors and teaches young adults with little or no speech at the ACES Temple University in Philadelphia, USA.
• Denise West, Manager, Communication Resource Centre, invited as keynote speaker at International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication conference in Italy.
• Janet Lewin, Scope Learning and People Development Advisor, presents a paper titled ‘Developing and Implementing a Leadership Strategy’ at the National Disability Services National Workforce and OHS Conference in Tasmania.
• Scope staff presented a range of papers at Australian Group on Severe Communication Impairment conference in Canberra. Scope staff presented at the Department of Human Services Best Practice Forum.
• Hilary Johnson, Manager, Communication Resource Centre, and Karen Bloomberg, Scope Speech Pathologist, invited to deliver several workshops at International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability conference in Singapore.
• Mary Barry, Scope Management Accountant, is presented with a Scope award for “demonstrating outstanding capacity to deliver a high standard of customer service resulting in quality of life outcomes for people with disabilities”.
• Kim Barr, Coordinator Leisure Breaks Respite Services, Gippsland Region, receives the Scope Debbie Otto award recognising her commitment to the growth, development and empowerment of people with a disability.
• Nick Hagiliassis, Erin Wilson, Anne McKay and Kelli Nicola-Richmond from Scope’s Research and Therapy and Psychology teams present ‘Are We Making a Difference? New Ways to Measure Outcomes for People with a Disability and the Communities with Whom They Engage’ at the International Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine Conference in Sydney.