This course is designed for professionals in all locations.

Social planning is an important and sometimes misunderstood element of the planning system. Social planners work across disciplines including open space, housing, urban design, safety and infrastructure to shape social outcomes. In this course you will discover best practice approaches to social planning and understand how you can influence planning processes to deliver social impact for communities.

The course will focus on three key tools of social planning - demographic analysis, social impact assessment and social infrastructure plans - to prepare participants to work as a social planner or alongside social planners. Practical examples will be provided and participants will be given the opportunity to test their social planning skills on real world scenarios.

Participants should leave the course with a deeper understanding of social planning, how planning processes shape social outcomes and how to use the tools of social planning in their work.

Learning Outcomes

• The role and impact of social planning in the planning system;
• How social planners use their tools to shape social outcomes;
• How to identify, source and interpret demographic data for social planning purposes;
• The components of a social impact assessment and their role in assessment processes; and
• How social infrastructure plans are prepared and their inputs.

Designed For

Early career Social Planners, Local Government staff working in social planning, Assessment Officers, Strategic Planners and Consultant Planners.

Presenters 

Sarah Reilly MPIA (Fellow), Director, Cred Consulting Sarah is the founder and CEO of Cred Consulting. She is the winner of the NSW PIA Dr Helen Proudfoot Outstanding Woman in Planning Award 2024. Sarah is one of Australia’s leading thinkers (and doers!) on: social cohesion, social assets and resilience community led and participatory planning social infrastructure, and public open space. She champions the design of equitable and beautiful places and services. With over 25 years industry experience, she is a big ideas generator who is changing the way things work in social policy and practice.

Amy Wilkins MPIA, Senior Social Planner, Cred Consulting Amy is a Senior Social Planner at CRED Consulting. She has 6 years’ experience in statutory planning, strategic planning, urban design and place activation. She is passionate about social justice and skilled at project management co-ordination, research and policy and has an in depth understanding of the NSW Planning System. She has actively contributed to numerous social and strategic planning projects throughout Greater Sydney and Regional NSW. Amy champions the planning practice for young and emerging planners in the industry. Previously serving as Co-Convenor of the Planning Institute of Australia’s NSW Young Planner’s Committee, her dedication to the profession has been recognised at the national level, with her appointment to the PIA Board as Emerging Planner Director.

Terms & Conditions

Registrations cancelled more than 14 days prior to the event date will not incur any fees and a full refund will be granted.

If you cannot attend and you are within 14 days of the event date, you can transfer your ticket to another person.

In all other situations we cannot issue a refund or credit.

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