3whitehorses
consulting, advice and services
About us
Our mission is to assist organisations to improve the lived experience of families. To achieve this, we work closely with the designated project team, agency staff and stakeholders, as well as members of the community to identify opportunities and solutions to address identified concerns.
3whitehorses have been a leader in the Victorian Family Violence Reform since 2016. We offer expert advice and services to assist you to maximise your use of the MARAM Framework so your team can best identify and respond to family violence.
Our previous and current work includes reviewing the MARAM Maturity Model and co-authoring its report, facilitating MARAM Self Assessments and Action plans, reviewing policies and procedures, delivering foundational Family Violence training
We offer a range of services that enables effective and efficient intervention support. These include: strategic advice and leadership, corporate governance, reform implementation and partnership consultancy.
3whitehorses consultants are respected thought leaders, change makers and innovators. Our successes include organisational/system reforms and building workforce capacity. We nurture people and teams to achieve amazing things.
With over 100 years’ combined experience in the government, not for profit and private sectors, we are skilled, respected, reputable and professionally resourced to ensure that we deliver outcomes for you and your clients.
Our Stable
Alison Maclean
A strategic thinker and change leader.
Alison works with organisations to maximise outcomes for clients, staff and communities. Alison's strengths include culture and system reform, corporate governance, facilitation, change management, mentoring and partnerships. Alison is currently President of NESAY and Chair at Northeast Health Wangaratta.
Anthony Maclean
A seasoned project and program manager.
Anthony has extensive experience delivering projects across the public and private sectors. Anthony's strengths include business case and funding application development, business analysis and process design, stakeholder engagement, project governance and project delivery.
John Duck
An experienced executive providing strategic leadership.
John is a dedicated professional specialising in leading teams to deliver outstanding performance outcomes. John's strengths include strong communication, outstanding community engagement and strategic performance delivery.
Services
CONSULTING
We organisations to maximise their ability to meet the changing needs of their clients through the range of services we are able to flexibly and responsively provide. 3whitehorses provide consultancy and contracting services to support your MARAM maturity journey. This includes facilitating MARAM Executive workshops, MARAM Self Assessments and Action Plans, and policy review and development.
Universal Family Violence Identification and Response training
We all have an opportunity to identify and respond to family violence. Join our online 3-part training (90 minute per session) to learn: What is family violence and why a shared understanding of family of violence is needed for risk assessment and safety planning. How prevalent is family violence in your area and what services are available. How you can respond collaboratively to family violence risk. The MARAM risk assessment and safety tools. What are the drivers of family violence and how early intervention can be part of your service response. How to maximise the benefits of using the Family Violence Information Sharing Scheme. Fee $600 plus GST per participant This package can also be delivered in house on a fee for service arrangement.
ADVICE
We have over 100 years combined leadership and project management experience. The professional networks and sector reform knowledge obtained by our consultants enables us to offer informed advice and assistance to plan, design, deliver and evaluate your project goals.
MARAM Alignment – quality and compliance
Join our monthly Community of Practice to understand how MARAM Alignment is part of your agency's quality journey. Our 7-part online series (90 minutes per session) will cover: What is MARAM Alignment and why should it sit in the Quality space. How does MARAM fit with other quality tasks and compliance requirements. How to get the Board on board. What's the role of the Executive. What is family violence and why MARAM Alignment is an essential governance and practice approach for the universal sector. How to structure your agencies MARAM Self-Assessment. Measuring change: What is an Action Plan and how can you achieve it. MARAM Maturity: Tips to keep MARAM Alignment part of your Quality Framework. Fee $800 plus GST per participant.
MARAM Alignment – unleashing its potential
How to use the MARAM Framework to support your Board’s risk appetite statement. 3whitehorses can support Boards to assure themselves that family violence responses from their agencies are fit for purpose. Our 90 minute in house facilitated workshop, based in the MARAM frameworks four governance pillars, will guide Boards to better understand family violence and how they ensure that their agency is assessing and managing risk consistently and collaboratively to get better client outcomes. This session is also suitable for Executive teams. Additionally, it can be used for multi-agency and cross sector maturation of system responses to family violence. Fee from $2500 plus GST per session
Pro bono work
