Social work
She has served on a number of Boards. Hatfield Dodds was a Director of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture from 2003 to 2016. [3] She was Board Chair at UnitingCare Kippax 2009-2016. [4] She was Chair of The Australia Institute from 2011- 2016. [5]
In 2004,Hatfield Dodds was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to examine the design and implementation of holistic poverty reduction strategies that address the underlying causes of social disadvantage. [6]
After working in government and the community sector,she was appointed National Director of UnitingCare Australia in 2002,remaining until 2016. [7] UnitingCare Australia is an agency of the Uniting Church in Australia. UnitingCare is one of the largest non-government providers of community services,with 1,600 community service delivery sites located across every State and Territory providing services to over 2 million people each year. [8]
From 2004 to 2008,Hatfield Dodds was a member of the ACT Community Inclusion Board,serving as Chair from 2006 to 2008. [9] From 2005 to 2009 she was President of the Australian Council of Social Service,the peak advocacy body representing people affected by poverty and inequality. [10]
From 2012 to 2013 she was Chair of the Australian Social Inclusion Board,the main advisory body to Government on ways to achieve better outcomes for the most disadvantaged people in our community. [11]
Hatfield Dodds has contributed to numerous government advisory bodies,including the Aged Care Sector Committee,the National Place Based Advisory Group [12] and the National Youth Advisory and Consultative Forum,which advised the then Federal Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
She was a participant in the Prime Minister's Economic Forum (2012),the Australian Government Tax Forum (2011) and the Prime Minister's 2020 Summit (2007). She was a member of the national Community Response Task Force advising the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Families,Housing,Community Services and Indigenous Affairs during the 2008 financial crisis.
Hatfield Dodds has been active in public debate,a frequent media commentator and conference speaker across the spectrum of social and economic issues relating to children,young people,and families;older Australians and reform of the not for profit sector.
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