TEAM

PROBITY

The team, members all have a Minimum National Police Check and Working with Children Check – the gold standard in safety checking

PROFESSIONAL

The team, are qualified and/or expereienced

COMMITTED

The team, are Compassionate and empathetic

RESPONSIBLE PEOPLE – BOARD MEMBERS

Cindy Miles – Managing Director, Public Officer

Stephen Howald – Executive Director

MENTORS

STEPHEN HOWALD

Stephen is a dedicated and empowered Mental Health Consumer who has made a lasting difference to hundreds of individuals and families throughout his career. Stephen has led the Child Protection and Out-of-Home-Care organisation Intensive Support P/L for over Two decades. Stephen has worked as a Lived-Experience Leader and Peer Worker since 2012, and is an Executive Director at Mentor and Support ltd. also known as MENTOR (mentor.org.au) Charity since 2014

With a Bachelor of Behavioural Science and Associate Diploma of Business, Stephen brings extensive experience in the field of Peer Work and Lived Experience Leadership working predominately with the NDIS for psychosocial support coordination, recovery coaching and support.

Stephen also holds a wealth of community experience and has previously held roles including ‘Official Visitor’ at the Official Visitor Program, a member of the North Shore PIR steering committee and numerous grants through the Inner West PIR.

Stephen is a registered exercise professional with AusActive. Stephen developed (in partnership with University of Sydney) and delivered the Lived Experience exercise program GROUPFIT. The GROUPFIT program trained/trains people with Lived Experience of Mental Illness for personal training, group fitness and team sports with exceptional results.Stephen has previously worked as a Mental Health First Aid trainer, training people with Lived Experience of Mental Illness the Standard Mental Health First Aid Australia (MHFA) course.

Stephen is highly motivated toward the development and evolution of Peer Work and the Lived Experience Leadership models where Lived and living experience leaders translate their personal experiences into expertise, which is in turn mobilised for systems change.

CHARLIE DANE

Charlie is the Executive Officer at Mentor and Support also known as MENTOR (mentor.org.au) and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the charity. Charlie Dane is an up-and-coming service professional who has Lived Experience of Mental illness as a carer.

Charlie is completing a Bachelor of Social Work and has completed a Certificate IV in youthwork. Charlie has extensive experience since 2019 in the field of Peer Work as an NDIS Psychosocial Support Worker.

Charlie is dedicated to sourcing funding to enable MENTOR to get to work carry and carry out its mission.

CINDY MILES

Bringing personal and unique insights to service delivery, Cindy draws on her

lived experience of mental illness as a caregiver. Cindy believes that sharing stories and perspectives fosters empathy and helps reduce the stigma surrounding mental health, encouraging greater understanding and support for individuals and their families.

Cindy serves as the Managing Director for Mentor and Support also known as MENTOR (mentor.org.au), where she is responsible for the charity administration. Cindy brings extensive experience to the role having worked in the community as a support worker, both with families and children and with NDIS psychosocial disability participants.