Lou holds a Bachelor of Social Work and Bachelor of Arts, with over 13 years in the sector and a background of working in the Out of Home Care sector in Victoria.
She currently oversees BYS’ family and parenting programs:
- Safe Relationships Program (Healthy Relationships Groups for Young Women, and Social Group for Young Women, and the K.I.N.D Program which works with young people who use violence in their relationships with intimate partners and/or family members)
- Young Dad’s program
- Young Families Parenting group and Young Families workers.
- Young Women’s workers
- Young Families Brief Intervention Worker
- Youth Domestic and Family Violence advocate