Jill Worrall

Jill Worrall, of North Shore, received the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to social work.  Mrs Worrall  has had an extensive career in social work and is widely published in the field of child welfare and also speaks to community organisations and professional bodies.  She worked as a foster care social worker for the Methodist Central Mission and the Anglican Trust and is a member of the New Zealand Family Foster Care Federation. In 2001, she established the Banardos Foster Care Programme in Auckland.  She was a senior lecturer and thesis examiner at Massey University and has been a guest lecturer at universities around New Zealand.  Mrs Worrall is a member of the board of trustees for the Youth Horizons Trust and the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Trust.