This award recognises an Aboriginal practitioner’s excellence in achieving positive outcomes for Aboriginal children and young people, their families and communities.

NOMINATION CRITERIA

• Why do you think this person should be nominated for Practitioner of the Year?
• How has this practitioner demonstrated excellence in working with Aboriginal families? Provide examples.
• What has been the impact or outcomes achieved for Aboriginal families?

Nominations have now closed.

BY NOMINATING, YOU AGREE WITH THE CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA LISTED BELOW:

• Nominees must be an Aboriginal Practitioner achieving positive outcomes for Aboriginal children and young people, their families and communities.
• Individual nominees must be Aboriginal, that being:
  1. Be of Aboriginal descent
  2. Identify as an Aboriginal person
  3. Be accepted as an Aboriginal by an Aboriginal community
• Self-nominations will not be accepted
• AbSec employees are not eligible to vote or be nominated
• AbSec Youth Ambassadors are not eligible to vote
• An individual may not win an Award in more than one category in one year. If a nominee ranks in the first position across multiple Award categories, the AbSec Judging Panel will select the most relevant category for that nominee to win the Award for.
• Awards will not be granted posthumously
• No weight is given to the number of times a person is nominated
• 2 x referees are required to verify nominees information
• Finalists will be required to be interviewed and photograph to be used on our website and social media
• Aboriginality to be confirmed when completing online nomination of nominee