Treasure Boxes Inc
Rikki Cooke is an experienced professional in the fields of social work and non-profit management. As the CEO and Founder of Treasure Boxes Inc since May 2015, Rikki leads a non-profit organization dedicated to providing essential supplies to children in emergency and disadvantaged situations. Previous roles include working as a Youth Emergency Care provider at HenderCare from January 2014 to October 2021 and serving as a Social Worker at Can:Do Group from June 2017 to September 2018. Additionally, Rikki has experience in child protection through a student role at Child Protection Services and conducting assessments for high-risk children during a graduate placement at Christian Brothers College. Rikki's educational background includes a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Institute of Management, a Master's Degree in Social Work, and a Bachelor's Degree in Behavioral Science with a major in Criminology and Youth Justice from Flinders University.
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Treasure Boxes Inc
Since 2015, Treasure Boxes has been providing vital support to health and support organisations, with the main objective of increasing the safety and wellbeing of at-risk children in South Australia and decreasing the risk of serious injury of death to our most vulnerable community members. Its conception was born from Founder Rikki Cooke's experience of working in the sector for over 8 years as an emergency carer and detecting a gap in the system to provide children with the basic essentials they require when they are initially removed from their homes and placed in emergency care facilities. This concept also lent itself to other families experience severe disadvantage, including those fleeing domestic violence with very little personal belongings, families experiencing homelessness, and others enduring financial hardship which saw their children without the essentials they need to thrive and survive. Now in its 7th year of operation, Treasure Boxes supports over 2,500 vulnerable children annually and provides over 15,000 items to families across the state to assist caregivers in caring for children aged newborn to 17 years old. The organisation assists over 160 government and non-government organisations - striving to meet its mission of reducing the number of children living in severe disadvantage in South Australia, with the aim to reach as many families as possible to ensure better care can be provided and to protect our most vulnerable community members.