Our People
A team committed to families
Our team is committed to the vision and mission of Family Spirit and do everything they can to support the many children, young people and families in need.
To make sure there is support at every stage, we invest in ongoing training for all Family Spirit staff. Embracing innovation and growing our skills, we deliver consistent care and meaningful support when you need it most.
Our leadership
Jason Oldridge
Chief Executive Officer
Jason Oldridge is the Chief Executive Officer at Family Spirit.
With a Bachelor of Social Sciences and a Graduate Certificate in Counselling, Jason has over 20 years of experience leading high-performing teams across the Community and Financial Service sectors.
Prior to his current role, he worked with vulnerable families in various settings, including housing, aged and disability, children and youth services and out of home care. It’s this experience that drives his passion for connecting people and systems to deliver cohesive, client-focused services.
Caitlin Rozairo
Executive Manager – Pre & Post Care Services
Caitlin is the Executive Manager for Pre and Post Care Services at Family Spirit and is responsible for actively leading the Intensive Family Preservation, After-Care, Adoption, Recruitment, Training and Assessment teams at Family Spirit.
Caitlin holds a Bachelor of Psychology and prior to working for Family Spirit, worked at CatholicCare for 3 years in the Out of Home Care space.
Patricia Maher
Executive Manager – Permanency Support Program
Patricia is the Executive Manager for Permanency Support Program. Patricia leads a multidisciplinary team to promote permanency for children and young people in care. Patricia brings her experience and knowledge in Out-Of-Home-Care, Intensive Family Support, Drug and Alcohol and Domestic and Family Violence within the Sydney metropolitan and Illawarra regions to support the Family Spirit team.
The Family Spirit Board
Family Spirit’s Board and Leadership Team provide overarching governance to enable us to deliver on our mission.
Jonathan Raja
Chairman
Jonathan Raja is the Director of Services at Marist180. He has over 25 years of experience across health and community services sectors in both the United States and Australia. Jonathan holds a Masters in Clinical Social Work and has experience working with young people in both acute psychiatric and foster care settings, managing emergency service response teams, and developing and managing mental health practitioner and hospital service delivery networks. He has contributed to the successful implementation of several innovative health improvement services targeting the appropriate use of medication, and provided leadership to strategic projects evaluating the efficiency of Commonwealth Government programs and to support NSW Government reform.
David Stefanoff
David Stefanoff is the Finance Director at CatholicCare Sydney. With a background in banking and structured investing in both public and private markets, David transferred his learnings to the social services sector in 2017. Since then, David has been responsible for delivering several projects at CatholicCare Sydney, including leading the development of the agency’s evolving social housing strategy. David is a lay member of the St Vincent’s Hospital Human Research Ethics Committee.
Sharron Matayalo
Sharron Matayalo joined CatholicCare in 1989 has extensive experience across a range of areas of social work including Child Protection, Out of Home Care, Domestic Violence, Working With Perpetrators of Domestic Violence, Mental Health, Working with Trauma and Addictions. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Social Work. Sharron is the Executive Manager of Family Services with CatholicCare. She has a Certificate IV in Frontline Management and a Certificate IV in Assessment and training. Sharron brings her wealth of social work skills, knowledge and expertise and passion for social enterprise to the Family Spirit management team and Board.
Peter Hanson
Peter Hanson is the Head of Finance and Company Secretary for Marist180. He has held senior financial and governance positions in a government owned enterprise in New Zealand an ASX listed entity, private companies and not for profits in Australia. Peter is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (FCA) and a member of the Governance Institute (ACIS). He served on the Council of the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants for 6 years representing Australian resident members until the merger of the New Zealand and Australian bodies. He has served on the Board of a not for profit and is active in the lay leadership of his church.
