Jonathan McClelland is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker who grew up in Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea, spending time time in Japan teaching English and studying Aikido before returning to Australia to work in Australia. He has worked with Hazara refugees in Melbourne, remote Aboriginal people in Central Australia and Queensland, child and youth mental health services in Townsville and with issues of homelessness in inner Sydney. Before setting up the Ready to Yarn service, Jonathan worked for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Mt Isa Queensland providing remote mental health services in 8 different communities.