Raymond Brunker

2021 Cohort

Raymond is exploring how to redesign family services to work alongside families in building their restoration.

Raymond Brunker is a proud Maramanindji man from Daly River. Raymond is currently the Director of Human Services at the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service Brisbane.

Raymond has a background in Education and Human Services. His work experience in leading child protection, mental health, family support, youth development and healthcare has set up a platform for holistic approaches to solving today’s challenges.

Through the Atlantic Fellowship, Raymond is keen to explore how to fundamentally transform approaches to family wellbeing and empowerment. Raymond wants to rewrite how family support services are designed and delivered, with a view to working with families to build family restoration — a restoration of purpose, meaning, vision, family, agency, and cultural connection.

Raymond holds a Bachelor of Human Services and a Bachelor of Education (Primary) from Griffith University, QLD.