Mesha is a committed Aboriginal Child Advocate who works alongside children, families, and community to ensure every child’s voice is heard and respected. With experience across education, case work, and family reunification, she supports families to come together in safe, culturally respectful ways that strengthen connection and belonging. As an Aboriginal woman raised in Port Augusta, she brings deep local knowledge, cultural understanding, and a trauma-informed approach to Family Group Conferencing. She is deeply committed to offering a strong and compassionate voice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children—so that in every meeting and every decision, their hopes, culture, stories, and wellbeing are heard and honoured as central, not incidental.
Sarah is a highly skilled Child Advocate whose role within Family Group Conferencing is to ensure the child’s voice, safety, and lived experience are clearly heard and upheld. With extensive experience in positive behaviour support and working alongside children with complex, high, and diverse needs, she brings a strong understanding of trauma, disability, and developmental vulnerability into family decision-making processes. She supports families and professionals to better understand the underlying needs behind behaviours, advocating for responses that are compassionate, practical, and child-centred. Through a calm, trauma-informed approach, she creates space for the child’s perspective to guide conversations and outcomes, ensuring decisions are shaped by the child’s best interests, wellbeing, and right to be heard.
Shannon is a Child Advocate with a rare and genuine ability to connect with children in ways that help them feel safe, seen, and understood. With over ten years’ experience supporting children and young people across residential care, disability services, and community programs, she brings a calm, nurturing, and trauma-informed presence to Family Group Conferencing. Her role is to ensure the child’s voice is brought forward with care and clarity, particularly for children who may struggle to express their needs through words alone. Guided by a deep belief in healing through connection, she supports children and families to feel grounded and empowered, and holds a long-term vision of creating a therapeutic animal-assisted healing space where children can experience safety, trust, and recovery through nature and relationship.
Sharon is a proud Worimi woman and passionate Child Advocate, dedicated to ensuring that children’s voices are at the heart of every decision that affects them. She brings extensive cultural knowledge and a deep connection to community, understanding the vital importance of children maintaining ties to their family, culture, and community for a strong sense of identity and belonging.
In her work with Family Group Conferencing, Sharon guides families and professionals to listen to children with care and respect, making sure their hopes, experiences, and needs are heard, understood, and acted upon. Her background in Health, including supporting young Aboriginal mothers and contributing to the development of Pepipods for safe co-sleeping, demonstrates her commitment to practical, culturally safe solutions that nurture wellbeing.
Sharon also shares her expertise as a consultant lecturer at Flinders University, providing cultural education to nurses and other professionals, helping them understand the importance of culture, connection, and respect in supporting Aboriginal children and families. Grounded in empathy, cultural insight, and advocacy, Sharon works to empower children and families to make decisions together, ensuring that culture, family, and community remain at the centre of their lives.