Madeleine Mitchell
Senior Social Worker, Jaghu Maternity & Infant Program
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Madeline Mitchell is an Aboriginal woman from the Kullillee people of Thargomindah in Western Queensland. She lives and works on Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul Country, near where her people were placed on Purga Mission, on the outskirts of Ipswich. Madeline is a mother, grandmother, wife, and Social Worker.
In 2002, as a single mother of three, she returned to school to demonstrate the importance of education to her children. What began as a goal to complete her high school certificate led to university studies, and today Madeline is proud that all three of her children are leaders in their chosen professions.
She is currently employed with Queensland Health as a Senior Social Worker in a maternity program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.
SESSIONS
Day 1
11.50
Panel: Shifting Punitive Responses to Self-Determined Therapeutic Support for Children and Mothers
Approaching child and family care with a trauma informed lens
Ensuring genuine community engagement to foster self-determined solutions to child and family matters
Providing services that meet the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and children
Moderator: Cindy Torrens, Chief Executive Officer, North Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Service
Jacynta Krakour, Aboriginal Enterprise Fellow, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia; Honorary Senior Fellow, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
Carly Stanley, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Deadly Connections
Madeleine Mitchell, Senior Social Worker, Jaghu Maternity & Infant Program, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Marg Sutherland, Early Childhood Development Consultant, Cullunghutti Aboriginal Child and Family Centre