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Planning of Development & Research Policy

Next Challenge is committed to innovative service ideas, marketing strategies, projects and research opportunities. Development & research are considered core duties and values for Directors and employees of Next Challenge.
 
Research and development activities are undertaken to enhance services, improve current processes and to better implement evidence based practice in service delivery at all times.
 
All current and suggested development tasks are considered by the Next Challenge Directors during regular management and planning meetings. Research and development opportunities are identified from client, family, stakeholder and employee feedback. This information is gathered from both formal and informal feedback points, including email, website contact and conversation.
 
Next Challenge implements a project plan for large scale development activities (defined as those requiring over 10 hours of dedicated time), assigns a process leader and requires quarterly reporting on progress of that project plan. Next Challenge has a number of small scale tasks under current development or research. Additional ideas or suggestions are recorded as they arise, then are assigned to an individual for further investigation.
 
Commitment to developing a suggestion/ tasks further is considered with regard to its:

  • Mandatory or essential changes to meet our corporate and professional responsibilities;
  • Potential value or benefit for Next Challenge;
  • Priority in comparison to other tasks scheduled for the year;
  • Availability of suitably skilled employees to participate in the task;
  • Amount of time required for the task;
  • Costs (both direct and indirect); and
  • Ease of progression/ obstacles preventing implementation etc.
 
Date of Policy: October 2003
Date Review Completed: April 2020
Due for Review: April 2025

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Next Challenge acknowledges (ana) Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of Country (Boodja) throughout Australia. We (Ngalak) are committed to honouring, seeing, and understanding (kootadjinong) their unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waterways (bilya), and seas (wardarn). 

​Next Challenge wants to thank and pay respects to the Whadjuk people and Elders, past, present, and emerging, of the Noongar Nation, who have preserved and protected the land (kanana) and waterways (bilya) on which we continue to play (waabiny), live (djooroobidiny), learn (kadadjiny), work, and provide services on today (yey).
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