Meet one of our most dedicated and skilled Behaviour Specialist, Cody Webb.

“I’m from just outside Bathurst and moved up to Newcastle about 6 years ago now. I moved up here to study Criminology at uni and to get a change of scenery. Best decision I’ve ever made.

I started at Allambi just before COVID began as a youth worker. This is not a field I ever saw myself working in, but now I can’t see myself doing anything else. After spending a few months working with a range of resi clients, I spent most of my time working with 2 high needs clients in a lifemaps placement at Deasys Rd. The time I spent caring for these complex but amazing boys and working with a bunch of great blokes on the team will always be a part of my life that I will be grateful for. I still miss them, and I think about them every day.During my time working at this placement, I learned so much from engaging with the boys, understanding their idiosyncrasies, and observing how my fellow team members responded effectively to situations and challenges they faced. I became gripped with trying to understand why the boys behaved and interacted with the world the way they did, and how we could influence their environment to make their lives better. 

I transitioned to clinical in the second half of last year due to being motivated to have a greater impact on improving the lives of kids and people with disabilities, and I thought that this role would help me achieve that goal.

I believe that everybody is a product of their environment, and that empathy is necessary in every aspect of life. I think that we all deserve to have our needs met, as long as they are not at the cost of taking away the needs”