NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) is proposing a change in structure to the Corporate Services area affecting 48 positions.

The proposed changes include:

• Establishment of a new Operations Co-ordinator position that will take responsibility for oversight of administration, human resources, physical resources, internal policy, and for work, health and safety.
  
  
• Establishment of a Policy Officer position.
  
  
• The transfer of some additional responsibilities to the Chief Financial Officer including oversight of Information and Communications Technology, fleet management and risk. This will include the implementation of a new agency-wide risk management system.
  
  
• Establishment of a position in the Executive team focused on the use of Artificial Intelligence at STARTTS.
  
  
• Significant enhancements to STARTTS funding from 2023-24 to 2026-27 and enhancements to corporate services across the Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (FASSTT) network. This follows on from a significant increase in resources for direct client work post a 2022 national review of the largest recurrent funding source for STARTTS, the Program of Assistance for Survivors of Torture and Trauma (PASTT).
  
  
• Enhanced capacity of the Executive to review and approve the expected increased output from enhanced Policy and Risk Management areas.
  
  
• The transfer of responsibility for oversight of communications including public relations, events and digital marketing to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

You can view the correspondence at the below link:

• Organisational Chart – Corporate Services – Current Areas of Responsibility and Proposed

What do you think?

It is important for union members to lead this discussion. How will this affect you?

Please send your feedback to [E-Mail not displayed] by COB Wednesday 22 January 2024 with the subject SWSLHD STARTTS Restructure of Corporate and Executive Area.

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