Caitlin Manyau - Child and Youth Community Wellbeing Hub Worker :

Caitlin (She/her) is a hub staff member who loves working with all the hubsters during the weekday programs and Saturday drop ins. She loves having a good laugh with all the hubsters. Caitlin loves long walks, spicey food and listening to music. Her favourite kind of music is 90’s RnB. She’s also a parent to some amazing tiny humans and once owned a ferret named Bandit.

Ellie Kearney-Mitchell - Child and Youth Community Wellbeing Hub Worker :

Ellie (She/her) is a Child and Youth Community Wellbeing Hub Worker
She supports young people to become ambitious individuals. Ellie loves sharing learning experiences with children and developing new skills alongside them. She enjoys reading, sports, hiking, walks along the beach and exploring national parks – Ellie once went on a 5-day hike through the Colombian jungle! Funky house music is her go-to genre and often explores the live music scene around the city. Like many others in the MYYS office, she also loves to read.

Clare Cooper – Child and Youth Community Wellbeing Hub Worker : :

Clare (She/Her) is a youth worker at The Hub on the Horace Petty Housing Estate, who loves spending time with young people and learning about their ways of life in an ever-changing World. Clare loves nature and camping but her two but her two dogs Harry and Charlie feel very differently they hate the beach despite Clare’s best efforts to take them swimming

Philip-Michael (Phil) Pandongan – Hub Worker :

 Phil (He/Him) works at The Hub. He likes moving around and doing different things; things that are necessary to activities including: bouncing, colouring-in and Soccer. Our resident freestyle rapper Phil is a stylish and caring person with many hobbies and interests. As of writing Phil is learning to make a recipe he grew up eating: Sinigang - a Filipino soup that functions as a stew eaten with rice. He also really likes comedy podcasts like Tigerbelly and wants to adopt a greyhound.

Jessica Scott - Youth Team Leader :

Jess started working in the Stonnington Youth Services team in February 2021. Jess is very passionate about working with Stonnington Youth Services’ amazing team of youth workers to provide a high standard of support and programs to young people in Stonnington.

 

 

Bree Henwood - Youth Worker :

 Bree (she/her) is a pssionate and bubbly youth worker who strives to provide an engaging, safe space for young people and families to connect and learn. Bree loves documentaries, music, Vietnamese food, and spending time in nature whether it be bush walks or river swims. Bree’s hero is Uncle Jack Charles, and is passionate about childhood development. The most adventurous thing Bree has done is turning what was a 6-week holiday into a 2-year stay abroad.

 Contact: bhenwood@stonnington.vic.gov.au

 

Rachel Waugh - Youth Services Team Leader :

Rachel started as one of our hub team moved the Middle Years Team Leader role and has now stepped in to the Youth Services Team Leader role. She loves books and walks in nature. Sometimes to wind down she spends her time running and listening to music. Her favourite colour is green because it’s the shade of natureplus it makes her feelcalm and grounded.

 

 

 

 

Marc Holland - Youth Support Worker :

Marc (he/him) is a youth worker and coordinator of our Freeza Music Program. He loves supporting up and coming artists and providing a place for young people to learn about event management. Marc loves being in nature, soccer, films, and independent movie theatres. He listens to indie and punk music, political and philosophy podcasts but listens to the ABC radio every morning on his commute. Outside of work, Marc likes to wind down by skating, surfing drawing and playing guitar. Did you know that Marc once hiked nine hours up a mountain to camp under the stars because he didn’t take a tent? “It was the best 15-minute decision we ever made,” he said.

Contact: mholland@stonnington.vic.gov.au

Keire Chatt - Youth Support Worker :

Keire (she/her) is part of the youth team and is currently the lead of our public art programs, job clubs and employment support. She also heads some of our amazing events. She is passionate about helping young people and providing them opportunities to grow and discover themselves. Keire is one of our resident “emo kids at heart” and loves music! She can be easily spotted by her all-black outfits. When she isn’t at Grattan Gardens, she loves to check out new bands and go to live shows, she is a huge fan of the alt/punk genre with a soft spot for early 2000’s pop punk. She’s also a fan of movies, TV shows, and books and is constantly looking for recommendations despite like many of us the ever-growing pile of “To Be Read” books. Keire didn’t always call Melbourne home, originally growing up in the UK but moving here when she was 15.

Contact: kchatt@stonnington.vic.gov.au

Annie Hague - School Support :

Annie (She/her) is one of our School Support staff. She is passionate about supporting students who might be struggling to engage in their studies. In her role she talks through the issues with schools and aids in finding programs and strategies that can help students to feel confident in themselves and better equipped for the challenges their facing. Annie loves the outdoors and often gets out to go for hikes and explore new places. She was born in England and moved to Australia when she was 8 years old. Her family have an adorable pug named Wilbur. She is fascinated by psychology and loves Thai food. Her favourite podcast is 'ladies and tangents'.

Contact: ahague@stonnington.vic.gov.au

Kineisha (Neish) Nottle - Child and Youth Community Wellbeing Worker :

Neish (she/her) is a Child and Youth Community Wellbeing Worker for both the Middle Years and Youth Services team. She is passionate and caring. At home she has a rescue dog named Chloe, who sleeps by Neish's side when she's working from home. You can often find her at the hub creating joy with the hubsters or in the Youth Services space making everyone crack up with laughter. 

Contact: knottle@stonnington.vic.gov.au

Georgia Cameron - Digital & Community Engagement Officer :

Georgia (she/they) is our Digital & Community Engagement Officer – aka the person behind the social media page. They are passionate about supporting young people especially LGBT youth. She has a background in International Relations and Journalism and is currently learning Auslan. Outside of work and study, Georgia is an avid writer, painter, and all-round creative person. They also love cozy video games and playing table top role-playing games with friends, drinking tea, listing to music of many genres, gardening, cooking, photography, crocheting, and much more. When they're not doing all of that they are streaming on Twitch. An interesting fact about Georgia is that despite her affinity for pop punk, metal, and indie/alt-rock music she has a soft spot for folk and bluegrass music thanks to being in a folk county band growing up.

Contact: gcameron@stonnington.vic.gov.au 

Stavrina Hadjielias - School Support :

Stavrina (She/her) is part of the School Focused Youth Service who supports students from year 5 to 12 who are attending school but showing signs of disengagement. She very much enjoys working with schools, young people and supporting their health and well-being in the educational space. Stavrina believes that the earlier we can tackle disengagement and challenges surrounding their learning, the better health outcomes both physically and emotionally in the now and future! Stavrina is also a loving mother to two beautiful children who not only keep her on her toes but constantly teach her so much about the world and herself. There is no one Stavrina adores more than her two kids. When Stavrina isn’t supporting young people, or diligently attending to her duties as a mother, she loves to bake, fund raise and run events, eat Thai or Indian food, and listen to RnB. Stavrina is passionate about understanding trauma and the brain, responding to behaviours in a therapeutic way and enjoys learning about how to be trauma informed through a variety of means including podcasts.

Contact: shadjiel@stonnington.vic.gov.au

Rebecca Ferris - Youth & Middle Years Coordinator : Youth and Middle Years Coordinator

Bec (She/Her) is our newly apponted captain a.k.a our Youth and Middle Years Coordinator. She is passionate about LGBTIQA+ young people being safe to be their authentic selves and  to have access to inclusive and supportive spaces. She especially enjoys working dirctly with young people to help them grow and feel supported. Outside of work Bec lenjoys books and yoga. She also loves her dogs, much like everyone in her household where pets outnumber humans 5 to 3. Bec's heart  can be won over with a delicious pasta or brunch with pals!