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Community Groundwork offers reflective supervision, coaching, mentoring, and debriefing for people working in community and human services. The aim is to make high-quality supports more accessible for individual workers, teams, and organisations.

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Coaching

Coaching is a structured, future-focused process that helps people clarify what matters, work through challenges and take practical action. Grounded in the realities of community services, it supports leaders, practitioners and workers to build confidence, strengthen leadership practice and move forward with greater clarity.

Individual coaching

Focused support for your next step in you career.

Individual coaching is one-to-one support for people who want focused help with leadership, confidence, communication, decision-making, role transitions, or the next stage of their professional practice.

Leadership circle

Group coaching with shared leadership focus.

A leadership circle is group coaching for people carrying similar leadership pressures. We match people into a small group with the right coach and a shared area of growth or challenge.

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Reflective Supervision

At Community Groundwork, supervision is reflective practice. It is designed to support safer practice, clearer thinking, stronger skills, and the long-term wellbeing of the people doing the work.

What we mean by supervision

Trauma-informed — recognising that both the people receiving support and the workers providing it carry lived experience of trauma, and that supervision itself must not re-traumatise.

Evidence-based — grounded in peer-reviewed supervision science and recognised professional standards, not just convention.

Inclusive of diversity — proactive considerations for race, culture, First Nations knowledge, LGBTQIA+ identity, neurodivergence, disability, and power differences within the reflective relationship itself.

Supervision is a regular, structured, accountable relationship between a worker and a suitably experienced Reflective Practitioner, distinct from day-to-day line management, in which practice is reflected on, standards are upheld, skills are developed, and the worker’s wellbeing is actively protected.

Team supervision

Team supervision is for a team and its leader working together with a facilitator. It creates a structured reflective space to think about practice, pressure, communication, team dynamics, and the realities of the work together.

For teams, leaders, and organisation-supported groups.

Group supervision

Group supervision is for people working alone, across different settings, or wanting to strengthen practice in a particular area. We capture expressions of interest and bring together reflective practice groups around shared needs, themes, and pressures.

A more accessible option for individual workers.

Individual supervision

Individual supervision is one-to-one reflective practice with the same core focus: standards, boundaries, confidence, wellbeing, ethical practice, and sustainable work over time.

For workers who want a dedicated reflective space.

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Mentoring

Mentoring is a developmental relationship where you learn from the experience, insight and practical knowledge of someone who understands the work and the context you are navigating.


At Community Groundwork, mentoring is grounded in community services practice. It offers a place to talk through challenges, consider options, learn from experience and build confidence in your role, leadership and professional direction.

Current offer

Leadership Groundwork
One-to-one leadership coaching

Leadership Groundwork

One-to-one leadership coaching for team leaders, coordinators and frontline managers in care and community services.


Leadership Groundwork is six one-to-one coaching sessions with Kris Sargeant, founder of Community Groundwork. Kris has more than 30 years of leadership in care and community services, from frontline support work to CEO and board director. Kris works alongside team leaders, coordinators and frontline managers as they work through difficult conversations, think through decisions and lead with greater clarity.


Everyone brings you their hard questions. Where do you take yours?

People turn to you when a conversation gets difficult, a team is unsettled or a decision can't wait. You turn organisational expectations into daily practice, and you stay accountable to the people receiving support, your team and the service.

You may be new to leading. Or you may be experienced but carrying more than you have space to think through.

Leadership Groundwork gives you dedicated time with Kris to step back, work through what's happening and decide how to move forward. Kris won't take over or tell you how to lead. You'll have a coach alongside you to clarify the situation, consider your options and prepare your next step.

Your chance to work directly with Kris Sargeant


Coaching with someone of Kris's experience is usually reserved for people at the top of an organisation. Leadership Groundwork makes it available to the leaders who hold services together every day.


Kris started as a mental health support worker in 1990 and went on to become a CEO, an Executive Director and a non-executive board director. Along the way, Kris has developed leaders across the sector. Many are now CEOs, and many more hold board, executive and health leadership roles.


Kris holds degrees in psychology (BSc and MA), an MBA, and certification as an organisational and executive coach.


Across six sessions, you'll bring that depth of experience to the situations in front of you right now. You'll get space to think, honest and caring challenge, and practical support to decide your next step.


Six Places this round

Kris works with a small number of leaders at a time so each person gets full attention. When this round's places are filled, bookings for this offer close until the next round opens.


A place to work through the questions that stay with you

Bring the situations that are taking up your time, attention or confidence:

  • A performance concern you need to address but aren't sure how to approach

  • Conflict in the team that keeps coming back

  • A complaint or difficult conversation you're still thinking about after work

  • Competing expectations from your team, management and the people receiving support

  • Questions about boundaries, accountability or what sits within your role

  • The shift from experienced practitioner to leader of other people

You don't need to arrive with a neatly defined goal. We start with what's happening and what you need to work through.


Each session follows a practical rhythm

  • Clarify what's happening, what matters and what's yours to be responsible for

  • Reflect on the assumptions, pressures and options shaping your response

  • Act by choosing a next step you can put into practice

Format and duration


How Leadership Groundwork works

Six one-to-one sessions with Kris

  • 60 minutes each

  • Fortnightly over about 12 weeks

  • Online via Google Meet, so you can join from anywhere, including regional, rural and remote areas

  • Times arranged around your roster and workload


Your 12 weeks


  • Get clear on what you want to work on and what matters most right now

  • Work through real situations, prepare for difficult conversations and decisions, and review what you've tried

  • Reflect on what's changed, what you've learned and what needs continued attention

  • Between sessions, you'll put your agreed next steps into practice, so each conversation builds on real experience.


Start with a conversation

Book a free, no-obligation 15-minute conversation with Kris on Google Meet. You'll talk about what you're looking for and whether Leadership Groundwork is the right fit, then decide whether to go ahead.

Your investment


$1,500 + GST

($1,650 including GST) for the full six-session package


Included

  • Six one-to-one 60-minute coaching sessions with Kris

  • Fortnightly over about 12 weeks, online via Google Meet

  • Agreed next steps between sessions

  • A closing review of what's changed and what to focus on next


Payment options

  • Pay in full when you book

  • Two instalments of $750 + GST: one at booking and one before session 4

  • Organisation-funded: invoices can go straight to your employer. Many organisations fund leadership development, so it's worth asking your manager.

Explore all offers

Current offer

Leadership Groundwork
One-to-one leadership coaching

Leadership Groundwork

One-to-one leadership coaching for team leaders, coordinators and frontline managers in care and community services.


Leadership Groundwork is six one-to-one coaching sessions with Kris Sargeant, founder of Community Groundwork. Kris has more than 30 years of leadership in care and community services, from frontline support work to CEO and board director. Kris works alongside team leaders, coordinators and frontline managers as they work through difficult conversations, think through decisions and lead with greater clarity.


Everyone brings you their hard questions. Where do you take yours?

People turn to you when a conversation gets difficult, a team is unsettled or a decision can't wait. You turn organisational expectations into daily practice, and you stay accountable to the people receiving support, your team and the service.

You may be new to leading. Or you may be experienced but carrying more than you have space to think through.

Leadership Groundwork gives you dedicated time with Kris to step back, work through what's happening and decide how to move forward. Kris won't take over or tell you how to lead. You'll have a coach alongside you to clarify the situation, consider your options and prepare your next step.

Your chance to work directly with Kris Sargeant


Coaching with someone of Kris's experience is usually reserved for people at the top of an organisation. Leadership Groundwork makes it available to the leaders who hold services together every day.


Kris started as a mental health support worker in 1990 and went on to become a CEO, an Executive Director and a non-executive board director. Along the way, Kris has developed leaders across the sector. Many are now CEOs, and many more hold board, executive and health leadership roles.


Kris holds degrees in psychology (BSc and MA), an MBA, and certification as an organisational and executive coach.


Across six sessions, you'll bring that depth of experience to the situations in front of you right now. You'll get space to think, honest and caring challenge, and practical support to decide your next step.


Six Places this round

Kris works with a small number of leaders at a time so each person gets full attention. When this round's places are filled, bookings for this offer close until the next round opens.


A place to work through the questions that stay with you

Bring the situations that are taking up your time, attention or confidence:

  • A performance concern you need to address but aren't sure how to approach

  • Conflict in the team that keeps coming back

  • A complaint or difficult conversation you're still thinking about after work

  • Competing expectations from your team, management and the people receiving support

  • Questions about boundaries, accountability or what sits within your role

  • The shift from experienced practitioner to leader of other people

You don't need to arrive with a neatly defined goal. We start with what's happening and what you need to work through.


Each session follows a practical rhythm

  • Clarify what's happening, what matters and what's yours to be responsible for

  • Reflect on the assumptions, pressures and options shaping your response

  • Act by choosing a next step you can put into practice

Format and duration


How Leadership Groundwork works

Six one-to-one sessions with Kris

  • 60 minutes each

  • Fortnightly over about 12 weeks

  • Online via Google Meet, so you can join from anywhere, including regional, rural and remote areas

  • Times arranged around your roster and workload


Your 12 weeks


  • Get clear on what you want to work on and what matters most right now

  • Work through real situations, prepare for difficult conversations and decisions, and review what you've tried

  • Reflect on what's changed, what you've learned and what needs continued attention

  • Between sessions, you'll put your agreed next steps into practice, so each conversation builds on real experience.


Start with a conversation

Book a free, no-obligation 15-minute conversation with Kris on Google Meet. You'll talk about what you're looking for and whether Leadership Groundwork is the right fit, then decide whether to go ahead.

Your investment


$1,500 + GST

($1,650 including GST) for the full six-session package


Included

  • Six one-to-one 60-minute coaching sessions with Kris

  • Fortnightly over about 12 weeks, online via Google Meet

  • Agreed next steps between sessions

  • A closing review of what's changed and what to focus on next


Payment options

  • Pay in full when you book

  • Two instalments of $750 + GST: one at booking and one before session 4

  • Organisation-funded: invoices can go straight to your employer. Many organisations fund leadership development, so it's worth asking your manager.

Explore all offers

Current offer

Leadership Groundwork
One-to-one leadership coaching

Leadership Groundwork

One-to-one leadership coaching for team leaders, coordinators and frontline managers in care and community services.


Leadership Groundwork is six one-to-one coaching sessions with Kris Sargeant, founder of Community Groundwork. Kris has more than 30 years of leadership in care and community services, from frontline support work to CEO and board director. Kris works alongside team leaders, coordinators and frontline managers as they work through difficult conversations, think through decisions and lead with greater clarity.


Everyone brings you their hard questions. Where do you take yours?

People turn to you when a conversation gets difficult, a team is unsettled or a decision can't wait. You turn organisational expectations into daily practice, and you stay accountable to the people receiving support, your team and the service.

You may be new to leading. Or you may be experienced but carrying more than you have space to think through.

Leadership Groundwork gives you dedicated time with Kris to step back, work through what's happening and decide how to move forward. Kris won't take over or tell you how to lead. You'll have a coach alongside you to clarify the situation, consider your options and prepare your next step.

Your chance to work directly with Kris Sargeant


Coaching with someone of Kris's experience is usually reserved for people at the top of an organisation. Leadership Groundwork makes it available to the leaders who hold services together every day.


Kris started as a mental health support worker in 1990 and went on to become a CEO, an Executive Director and a non-executive board director. Along the way, Kris has developed leaders across the sector. Many are now CEOs, and many more hold board, executive and health leadership roles.


Kris holds degrees in psychology (BSc and MA), an MBA, and certification as an organisational and executive coach.


Across six sessions, you'll bring that depth of experience to the situations in front of you right now. You'll get space to think, honest and caring challenge, and practical support to decide your next step.


Six Places this round

Kris works with a small number of leaders at a time so each person gets full attention. When this round's places are filled, bookings for this offer close until the next round opens.


A place to work through the questions that stay with you

Bring the situations that are taking up your time, attention or confidence:

  • A performance concern you need to address but aren't sure how to approach

  • Conflict in the team that keeps coming back

  • A complaint or difficult conversation you're still thinking about after work

  • Competing expectations from your team, management and the people receiving support

  • Questions about boundaries, accountability or what sits within your role

  • The shift from experienced practitioner to leader of other people

You don't need to arrive with a neatly defined goal. We start with what's happening and what you need to work through.


Each session follows a practical rhythm

  • Clarify what's happening, what matters and what's yours to be responsible for

  • Reflect on the assumptions, pressures and options shaping your response

  • Act by choosing a next step you can put into practice

Format and duration


How Leadership Groundwork works

Six one-to-one sessions with Kris

  • 60 minutes each

  • Fortnightly over about 12 weeks

  • Online via Google Meet, so you can join from anywhere, including regional, rural and remote areas

  • Times arranged around your roster and workload


Your 12 weeks


  • Get clear on what you want to work on and what matters most right now

  • Work through real situations, prepare for difficult conversations and decisions, and review what you've tried

  • Reflect on what's changed, what you've learned and what needs continued attention

  • Between sessions, you'll put your agreed next steps into practice, so each conversation builds on real experience.


Start with a conversation

Book a free, no-obligation 15-minute conversation with Kris on Google Meet. You'll talk about what you're looking for and whether Leadership Groundwork is the right fit, then decide whether to go ahead.

Your investment


$1,500 + GST

($1,650 including GST) for the full six-session package


Included

  • Six one-to-one 60-minute coaching sessions with Kris

  • Fortnightly over about 12 weeks, online via Google Meet

  • Agreed next steps between sessions

  • A closing review of what's changed and what to focus on next


Payment options

  • Pay in full when you book

  • Two instalments of $750 + GST: one at booking and one before session 4

  • Organisation-funded: invoices can go straight to your employer. Many organisations fund leadership development, so it's worth asking your manager.

Explore all offers

Pricing

Designed to be more accessible

Community Groundwork is being designed so meaningful reflective support is not limited to people whose organisation can fund it. Group supervision and leadership circles are part of making high-quality support more financially accessible for individual workers, including people working independently or in roles like NDIS support work.

Support that meets your context

Our offers are shaped around the kind of support you need. Get in touch to discuss the right format, timing, and investment for you or your organisation.

More on Pricing

Reach out for an obligation free discussion
- Coaching, Supervision, Mentoring or
Post Incident Support

or register your interest and we will design a service with you

Tell us what kind of support you are interested in: team supervision, group supervision, individual supervision, individual coaching or mentoring.

Also if you are exploring support for a team or organisation.

Start a conversation

Book a 15-minute info call below

Debriefing and post-incident support

Two kinds of support, one goal —

Helping your team recover and improve after a difficult event.

After a critical incident, teams need two different kinds of support: a look at what happened operationally, and a chance to check in on how people are doing. Community Groundwork offers both, so nothing falls through the cracks.

Psychological First Aid–informed support - Individual or team

A supportive, practical response for people affected by a difficult or distressing event — helping them feel safe, calm, connected and able to access further support if they need it. This is not counselling, treatment or trauma recounting — it’s humane, immediate, practical support delivered by trained facilitators.

Good for: checking in on staff wellbeing, reducing isolation after a hard event, and identifying who may need further support.

Format: offered as a short program of 3–6 sessions, for individuals or teams, giving people ongoing rather than one-off support as they process and recover.

Core action framework: LOOK, LISTEN, LINK

PFA is guided by three action principles:

  • Look — assess safety and identify who needs support.psychology

  • Listen — approach, listen actively, and help the person identify their immediate needs.psychology

  • Link — connect people with information, loved ones, and practical services.

Focused support for your next step.

Operational debriefing

A structured review of how an incident was managed — what worked, what didn’t, and what needs to change going forward. This is a practical, process-focused conversation with the team involved, not a discussion of personal or emotional experience.

Good for: reviewing incident response, behaviour support plans, safety protocols, and team decision-making after an event.

Format: a single facilitated session with the team, usually within 24–72 hours of the incident.







Not sure which one your team needs? Book a conversation and we’ll help you work it out.

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Community Groundwork acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters and communities where we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and honour ongoing connection to Country, culture and community.

Always was, always will be Aboriginal land



We also recognise the knowledge, wisdom and resilience of people with lived and living experience across the full diversity of human experience, including mental health, trauma, alcohol and other drug experiences, suicide, neurodivergence, LGBTIQA+SB identity, disability, and visible and invisible difference.







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Community Groundwork acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters and communities where we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and honour ongoing connection to Country, culture and community.

Always was, always will be Aboriginal land



We also recognise the knowledge, wisdom and resilience of people with lived and living experience across the full diversity of human experience, including mental health, trauma, alcohol and other drug experiences, suicide, neurodivergence, LGBTIQA+SB identity, disability, and visible and invisible difference.







LEGAL & TRUST

Privacy Policy

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© 2026 Community Groundwork. All rights reserved.

ACN 139 258 594 · ABN 71 139 258 594