What We Do
Mambourin promotes independent living by offering employment, education and training services to adults with a disability. Mambourin’s slogan is “Empowering People”® which drives all that we do.
At Mambourin we strive to:
- help people with disabilities to be valued and become valuable members of our community by creating opportunities for regular employment, to achieve a more independent future, and to enhance their self-esteem;
- make substantial and on-going investment in the professional development of our staff to ensure that we have the best and brightest in the sector, and;
- support families through respite and planning processes to ensure that their needs are also being met and they feel supported.
Mambourin provides individualised support to more than 350 people through group and individual activities and our commercial businesses employ around 60 people in supported employment.
Mambourin operates at a number of sites located throughout the western region of Melbourne.
Our History
The germination of the organisation now known as Mambourin Enterprises Inc occurred at a public meeting in 1972. This meeting was called by members of the general public who expressed concern at the lack of facilities to assist people with an intellectual disability within the area. A committee was formed and after much fundraising and lobbying our first facility was opened in Werribee 1975.
During the late 1990s the first supported employment project in the City of Wyndham was established, working on developing our Sensory Gardens in Werribee, which soon saw the expansion of supported employment into packaging and manufacturing by the end of this decade.
By 2009 Mambourin Enterprises operated Day Service facilities in Werribee, Werribee South, Altona, and Sunshine as well as a large supported employment packaging facility in Sunshine. In addition to this Mambourin introduced a head office facility.
In mid-2010, Westnet and Mambourin commenced as a merged organisation. Westnet, an organisation in operation since 1964, elected to wind up and transfer their assets to Mambourin at a Special General Meeting. This resulted in two additional Day Service locations being added into the organisation: Deer Park and Braybrook.
A more detailed account of our history can be found in our Quality Manual “REF 11: History Of Mambourin Enterprises Inc.”
Our Vision
A community enriched by people with disabilities achieving their potential and enjoying independence.
Our Mission
Mambourin is a not-for-profit community service organisation which forms partnerships to empower people with disabilities to achieve their potential.
We will achieve this through empowering people®.
Our Values
Values are the cornerstone of the culture of our organisation, and define how we will conduct our relationships with internal and external stakeholders. These values are very important to us because they underpin everything that we do, they provide the strategic alignment to enable us to achieve our goals, and they provide the foundations on which we base our integrity.
We encourage all internal stakeholders to actively engage with, derive personal meaning from, and ultimately be accountable to, these values and their currency. In this way, external stakeholders can be confident that we will not deviate from these values in our dealings with them.
Value 1 - Dignity: "Conducting ourselves with dignity by respecting the inherent dignity of every individual as being worthy and honourable and their equal and inalienable rights.”
We aim to treat people the way we ourselves would like to be treated—with the highest level of professional respect, thoughtful intent, integrity and measured consideration. People have a fundamental right to speak openly, honestly and without censorship of any kind. We respect and appreciate the delicate balance between dignity of risk and duty of care. A person’s fundamental human rights including to privacy, confidentiality, emotional and physical wellbeing are paramount.
Value 2 - Empowerment: “Focusing our efforts from a feeling of empowerment with the intention of inspiring empowerment.”
People have the right to best determine their own life priorities for themselves and the balance they choose should be respected by others. People are truly empowered when they have genuine choices and can make decisions. Genuine choices in a person’s life create opportunities which lead to fulfilling potential. We seek to empower all people with whom we come in contact - service users, carers, family members, staff, volunteers, members of the wider community.
Value 3 - Diversity: “Recognising, celebrating and maintaining diversity to promote social cohesion and equitable status to every group and individual, with no one predominating.”
Every person’s unique contribution and difference makes for a stronger society. We should listen carefully to others and make every effort to fully understand what is being said before we ourselves begin to speak. We see opportunities in difference, not barriers. Different cultures, personal beliefs and physical attributes sustain and develop us. Acceptance, adaptability, inclusion and flexibility are qualities we admire.
Value 4 - Partnerships: “Sharing with partners the mutual benefits of an undertaking in which all have invested time, money, energy or other resources.”
We will maintain ongoing communication and positive relationships with service users, caregivers and families. We actively seek strategic business partnerships where both partners have significant wins for their businesses - we create wealth in the form of ever improving and expanding services to people with disabilities. We work together with and develop networks in our local communities and play a role in developing social inclusiveness including supporting opportunities for friendships. We greatly value the importance of building and maintaining strong teams.
