SPYNS Vision, Purpose, Objectives
Spyns Vision
Self determining communities that value respect, diversity and social justice.
Spyns Statement of Purpose
Spyns Inc. is a responsive, accountable and innovative organisation working with individuals, families and communities to provide opportunities for growth and access to a full range of life choices through advocacy local collaboration and planning and the delivery of high quality services.
Spyns Values
- We value diversity in our communities
- We are active to challenge, advocate, empower and be a voice of change
- We are committed to growth through learning and insight
- We strive to be an innovative, adaptive, dynamic and initiating organisation
- We are committed to our role as leaders in our field
Spyns Guiding Principles
Spyns Inc. is committed to:
- Working within a human rights framework where all people’s rights and entitlements to a dignified way of life are respected
- Empowering individuals, families and communities to increase autonomy over their physical and mental health and social well being by promoting early intervention and prevention strategies
- Creating supportive communities that foster wellbeing and inclusion for all
- Working in partnership with others to achieve shared goals and objectives for our communities
- Being responsive to individual and community needs
- Implementing quality improvement
- Working, sharing and collaborating as a team and support each other towards our vision
- Providing transparent and accountable processes to all our stakeholders
Spyns Model of Governance
Spyns Inc. operates from a social justice rights based framework and specialises in community development approaches to supporting individuals, families and communities.
Spyns Inc. operates from a democratic, Inclusive, broad operational management structure. It encourages a cooperative approach to organisational development and maintenance from both staff and management committee members. These members are invited to participate on subcommittees to oversee the organisation.
Subcommittees include:
- Finance
- Policy
- Employment
- OH & S
- Marketing and media
- PATSI working party representative
- And others as may be determined from time to time
Spyns Inc. management members are made up of local community members and members with expertise and knowledge in specific areas and localities of interest.
The role of the management committee is to give direction through strategic planning, policy and delegation, advise and support the manager to undertake the day to day operation of the organisation and its project activities.
Spyns Core Objectives
Service Delivery Objective
- To advocate for social policies that redress inequity to equity through all levels of government and the community
- To build community capacity by engaging community members and other organisations to collaborate in fostering wellbeing and social harmony
- To pursue prevention and early intervention as the primary tool of society to promote social justice
- To ensure our projects and programs enhance access to all persons regardless of their race, age, gender, disability sexual preference, religion, philosophy, cultural background or HIV status.
- Spyns will prioritise those most disadvantaged and allocate resources to ensure service provision to this group
Organisational Development Objectives
- Develop and maintain efficient and effective systems and structures to ensure the smooth co-ordination of Spyns as an organisation
- Implement ongoing planning, review and mentoring of our organisational systems an structures
- Promote professional development for all workers (paid and unpaid) which encourages leadership development eg coaching and mentoring
- Developing the Spyns organisational and framework to support career advancement opportunities within the organisation
- Take a "learning organisation" approach to move to the future
Governance Objectives
- Ensure that Spyns is productive in attracting professional and community expertise to achieve
- To incorporate proactively and flexibility in governance processes in order to be a relevant and sustainable organisation
- To set the broad policy position for which strategic planning processes are undertaken
- To manage and develop policies and procedures that guide, inform and enable best practice at all levels of the organisation
- To ensure the accountability of the organisation at all levels are met appropriately
Spyns Statement of Commitment to Aboriginal People
We at Spyns have adopted the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation’s Vision Statement which reads
"A united Australia which respects this land of ours;
values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage,
and provides justice and equity for all"
Further to this Statement we acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which we live and work, the Dharug people. The Dharug people had traditional rights over the Penrith area, including the ownership of sacred and significant sites.
The establishment of European settlement in the Penrith area had severe consequences for the Dharug people including attacks from settlers, exposure to new diseases, loss of their land and disruption to their traditional way of life.
We acknowledge the prior ownership of this area by the Dharug people who were dispossessed by European invasion more than two hundred years ago and we celebrate the survival of Aboriginal people and their culture following this invasion and support their right to determine their own future.
We therefore accept our responsibility to develop an awareness and appreciation of Aboriginal history and society in our community and to protect and preserve the environment and significant and sacred sites.
In doing so we acknowledge that Aboriginal culture continues to strengthen and enrich our community.
The Penrith area is now occupied by people drawn from many different lands who share the values of respect and acceptance of one another.
We at Spyns encourage Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to work to overcome their differences and continue to go forward together, united in our search for justice and equity for all.
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