Kate McGarry

General Manager Community Service, Baptist Care SA

Kate is the General Manager Community Services of Baptist Care SA. As a social worker, practice, social policy, leadership and advocacy have been the cornerstone of her work.  She has worked primarily in the community service sector in not-for-profit organisations both in South Australia and the Northern Territory for 20 years. 
Kate is committed to being a strong ally to Aboriginal peoples and communities, along with improving practice and creating innovative services to enable people to receive quality services which make a difference and generate positive change. 
In recent years Kate was part of designing and delivering the innovative Toward Home Alliance redesign of homelessness service delivery in Adelaide, and supporting the design and implementation of Baptist Care SA’s Tapa Marnirni-apinthi Practice Framework (Kaurna for Creating Change) which is a key enabler for Baptist Care SA becoming a Restorative organization.