Service Prospectus, Captivate Consulting

Service Prospectus, Captivate Consulting Services

Robert John Martin – B.A., M.A., Grad.Cert.I.C.D., M.B.A., LL.M., Grad.Dip.Psych.Sc., M.S.W.

Director and Principal Consultant – Captivate Consulting Services | ABN: 29 088 011 779

[email protected] | 0438 821 918 | (08) 8326 7115

Business development, program expansion, grant applications and responses to tender

Development and execution of highly strategic, evidence based responses to tender and

government grant funding programs;

Consumer informed research into service and program need and translation of findings into

highly competitive funding proposals;

Program development and business expansion planning and implementation

o KEY ACHIEVMENTS

$500,000 program expansion grant awarded by FACS in NSW for remote and

regional service expansion;

$1.1M funding awarded by the South Australian Department for Education

and Child Development;

$50,000 expansion funding agreement secured with Families SA;

$150,000 program pilot funding won via the Commonwealth Attorney

General’s Department;

$1.2M program grant renegotiated with the Commonwealth Department of

Social Services; and

$25,000 conference support funding negotiated with the Minister for

Education and Child Development in South Australia

Project management – design, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation

Scoping, design and development of major service delivery pilots;

Delivery of robust, actionable work-plans for the implementation of project specifications;

Successful completion of multi-layered social development projects within budget and

timeframes

o KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Development and delivery of an Elder Abuse Prevention Action Plan for the

Department for Families and Communities;

Design, delivery, monitoring and evaluation of a peer-mentoring project to

reconnect young people exiting detention with community services and

supports;

Successful implementation of a community health project amongst

Aboriginal young people in Port Augusta and surrounding communities;

Leadership of a cross-jurisdictional project tackling housing instability and

homelessness amongst young people exiting alternative care in NSW, NT

and WA;

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Design and implementation of a national monitoring and evaluation

framework for a multi-site community capacity building project in WA, SA,

QLD and NSW

Delivery of a peer-based leadership and youth health project in the remote

community of Mwandi, Western Zambia

Community engagement, consumer consultation and facilitation of consumer feedback

Design, delivery and evaluation of community engagement plans and activities;

Facilitation of consumer feedback forums and the production of consumer driven

recommendations for quality enhancement;

Development and facilitation of consultation projects to elicit feedback and service

evaluation from specific client groups

o KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Coordination of community engagement activities and the formation of

community reference groups in Port Augusta, Whyalla and Port Pirie as part

of a local Aboriginal youth health project;

Facilitation of carer’s feedback forums on state and local implementation of

carer’s recognition policies within home and community care (HACC) funded

service providers;

Design and implementation of feedback mechanisms on service and support

quality for young carers looking after a parent with mental illness;

Facilitation of focus groups with young people in care of the state on issues

including accessibility of case worker support, transition from care planning

and availability of post care services;

Founded and chaired the South Australian Peer Education Network (SAPEN)

in order to facilitate information sharing and joint program planning

between agencies specialising in peer based education for health related

behaviour change

Strategic and business planning

Leadership of organisational strategic planning with national scope and intent;

Facilitation of staff and consumer engagement mechanisms to inform strategic planning;

Development of actionable, KPI driven operational plans

o KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Design and deployment of organisation-wide feedback mechanisms to

inform the development of three year strategic plans;

Leadership of strategic planning forums alongside CEO and senior staff;





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Development of organisational operational plans and eight state and

territory action plans that are aligned with contracted deliverables and

Board endorsed organisational KPI’s

Submission and response writing

Production of evidence based submissions and responses to government strategic plans;

Coordination of written responses to government green papers;

Provision of consumer informed feedback to high level government decision makers,

Directors and departmental Chief Executives;

o KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Produced and submitted strategic response to the ACT out-of-home care

(OOHC) strategy 2015-2017;

Wrote and submitted feedback on the SA Government’s Terms of Reference

for the Royal Commission’s Inquiry in to Child Abuse of Young People in

State Care;

Coordinated the writing and submission of a response to the South

Australian Department for Education and Child Development’s ‘Every

Chance for Every Child’ policy framework;

Produced the final draft of the Adelaide University consultation report

examining the tertiary education aspirations of young people in OOHC.


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Service Prospectus, Captivate Consulting