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Howard Bath has had a long career working with children and young people in the child welfare and youth justice systems. He has been a youth worker, house parent, program manager and agency director. Trained as a clinical psychologist, Howard has also provided direct clinical services for young people and their families as well as training and program support for agencies.

From 2008 to 2015 Howard was the inaugural Children’s Commissioner in the NT with a mission to promote the wellbeing of vulnerable children. He is currently a Director of Anglicare NT and provides a range of consultancy and training services across Australia and internationally, focusing on the impacts of severe adversity and the promotion of healing and growth.

He is co-author (with John Seita) of the book: The Three Pillars of Transforming Care: Trauma and resilience in the ‘other 23 hours’ (Faculty of Education Publishing, University of Winnipeg).