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Establishing Brave as a Centre for Excellence
Founded, designed and led by those with lived experience, Brave has many years’ experience and expertise working with expecting and parenting young people and the community stakeholders who support them. Brave is now well-positioned to become a Centre for Excellence (CfE) for understanding the needs of and advocating for expecting and parenting young people and their children.
As a CfE, Brave will use evidence-informed approaches drawn from lived experience, organisational and external data, and research. We will promote best practices, continuous improvement through program monitoring and research, and provide thought leadership and advocacy in what works for expecting and parenting young people.
In the Pursuit of Excellence, Brave will:
Build a robust base of evidence to demonstrate what is needed and what works in supporting expecting and parenting young people for the benefit of current and future generations.
Embed processes and practices across the organisation for evidence informed decision making and continuous improvement in the pursuit of excellence.
Embed practices and approaches that support genuine participation of lived experience across the organisation. Refine the current Model of Mentoring based on contemporary evidence and best practice approaches for codification and licensing.
Lead and support workforce capacity to apply evidence informed and best practice approaches so that they are empowered in their work with their participants.
Establish Brave as a trusted and authoritative leader and source of advice regarding the needs expectant and parenting young people.
Work to influence government policy and budget decisions as they relate to addressing the needs of expectant and parenting young people.