OUR TEAM

Natalie is one of the directors of the company and has been working in the mental health sector since the age of 18 years old. Natalie initially found her passion for mental health in the United Kingdom and worked in acute hospital settings and then immigrated to Australia in 2006. Natalie remained in hospital settings until 2017 and then worked within the Cairns community supporting people experiencing chronic homelessness and mental health illness until 2022.  Natalie is able to build therapeutic relationships, which then builds trust, and subsequently achieves extraordinary outcomes. Natalie is currently in the middle of a Bachelor of Psychology agree with the aim to offer even more supports to her participants to achieve the best quality of life. Natalie walked the Camino De Santiago in 2019 to raise funds for the Wheels Of Wellness (a 820km solo walk through the French Pyrenees'): The funds went to purchase a mobile outreach clinic to help general practitioners, allied health and nurses to tend to the most vulnerable members of our communities health needs.


Anne is the other half of Innovative supports Director team. With a background in the arts, B2B sales and training,  Anne has a passion for creative pursuits and helping people uncover their goals and realising their full potential.  In 2006 Annes art was Short-listed as a finalist in the Signature of Sydney, Australia's richest art prize. She has a whimsical take on life which she applies to her art.  In 2009 when working in sales Anne achieved Toshiba's the Top Dealer award coming in at #1 in sales for for all of Regional Australia.  In 2016 Anne set up a small organic urban farm in Kuranda with her husband. As an extension of this farm she set up a pilot program aimed at helping teach people who had experienced homelessness how to prepare low cost, nutrient dense meal's. This program changed not only the food people were eating, but changed the culture in the housing complexes and behavior of the clients who were at risk of eviction due to challenging behavior's.  In 2019 Anne became the coordinator for the Cafe one traineeship program, and in 2021 this program was awarded winner of the community traineeship initiative for north Queensland. This Skilling Queenslanders for work program was aimed at assisting people who experienced disadvantage, to access training and opportunities which would lead to employment or further education or both. At every turn Anne attributes her successes as having come from her desire to form strong, genuine, respectful relationships with others. Always coming from a position of empathy and kindness, she has a love of working alongside others, empowering them to discover what they are passionate about and assisting them to identify and overcome any barriers to their success. 


Cairns

Sarah: Experienced Support Worker. - Fully booked. Sarah is a kind and empathic individual, with a positive demeanor and amazing organisational skills. Sarah is client focused and a strong advocate for her client and walks along the journey of recovery with her clients. Sarah has a creative nature and enjoys interior design, salsa dancing, and roller skating. Sarah has experience working with the most vulnerable individuals in the Cairns community.

Cairns

Mark: Experienced Community Caseworker. - Fully Booked. Mark has worked within the community for 15 years, supporting the most vulnerable individuals in the Cairns region. Mark works from a strengths base approach and has a calm and easy going personality. Mark has completed many Ironman marathons and has a passion for nutrition, exercise and all things healthy.

Cairns and the Tablelands

Matt: Registered Paediatric/Youth Nurse and Critial and Emergency Nurse. - Very limited Capacity. Matt goes above and beyond for his clients to maintain the best quality of life. Matt offers empathy and kindness and his client focus is impeccable. Matt  has run multiple marathons globally, and is committed to supporting people to achieve holistic wellbeing. 


Cairns

Josie: Registered Nurse and has Completed her Psychology Degree. - Limited availability. Josie has a calm and approachable nature, is bounding with empathy. Josie is currently studying her Masters in Counselling and continues to want to support people with their holistic health. Josie has lived experience supporting a child with a disability.

Cairns

Tammy: Experienced Support Worker. - Limited availability. NDIS group activity coordinator in Cairns. Some of the activities included art and crafts, yoga, gym, community access, shopping, walk and learning new skills and games. Tammy loves the outdoors and going for walks with her dogs. Tammy adores animals, reading and listening to music; she also enjoys projects making, restoring and fixing things. Josie enjoys learning new things such as psychology, counselling and health. Josie enjoy's reading novels when she has time. Josie also likes spending time with her children and her dog; and has recently joined the gym.

Cairns

Leah: Experienced Support Worker. - Limited availability. Leah has a beautiful, calm, supportive demeanor with a compassionate nature. Leah has impeccable advocation organisation and advocacy skills. Leah has experience working with the most vulnerable individuals in the Cairns community.

Innisfail

Soraya: Experienced Community Case Worker and Support worker. - Availability - Soraya has been working in the Cairns community as a Case worker for many years with clients at risk of homelessness. As with all our other workers she has offers client-focused care and is a valuable member of the Cairns networking community. Soraya is a proud First Nations women, who is committed to support indiviudals in the community.

Cairns and the Tablelands

David: Registered Paediatric Nurse. - Limited availability. David has over 30 years of nursing experience; specifically in pediatric environments. David is calm and approachable and is passionate about wellness. David works along clients to achieve their goals. David has participated in marathons and loves fitness.

Atherton, Malanda, Tolga and Mareeba

Claudia: 10 years experience as a support worker. - Availability. Claudia is an experienced support worker with a broad range of skills. Claudia loves nature and animals, gardening, horse training and riding, dog walking and chickens. Claudia enjoys cooking, good conversations, reading books and listening to music.

Ravenshoe, Mt Garnet, Cairns

Sam: Support worker, Personal trainer, Fitness Bootcamp organiser. - Availability.

Sam enjoys op shopping, dancing for fun, paddle boarding, photography, making jewelry, pottery. meditation, reading and fishing. Sam will find your inner interests and support you to achieve your goals.