Daria Adams Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Hobsons Bay, Victoria, Australia

Business Management:As the founder and director of Wired for Wellness, I oversee all aspects of business operations, including:Financial Management: Managing financials and forecasting to ensure sustainable growth and success.Marketing and Business Development: Developing strategies to promote our services and expand our client base.Client Relations: Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients to ensure their satisfaction and success.Quality Assurance: Ensuring our services meet the highest standards of quality and professionalism.Compliance: Adhering to industry standards and regulations to maintain trust and integrity.Strategic Planning: Crafting long-term strategies to guide the business towards continued success and innovation.Social Work: Offering expert guidance, psychosocial assessments, and support to navigate the complexities of the NDIS system and access the necessary resources.Support Coordination: Assisting clients in managing their NDIS plans, connecting them with appropriate services, and ensuring they achieve their goals.Employment Counseling: Providing tailored counseling to help clients find meaningful employment opportunities and succeed in their careers.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Actively participated in capability uplift work by providing mentoring, training, feedback and embedded capability building activities for Allied Health professionals and non-clinical staff, such as the Youth Justice Workers and Behaviour Support Specialists• Delivered interactive Core Pillars training – Cognitive Behavioural Approaches, Motivational Interactions, and Trauma Informed Practice – to large audiences from varies professional backgrounds• Developed structured opportunities for regular facilitated reflective practice with a team of Behaviour Support Specialists, Youth Justice Workers, and junior allied health professionals. • Undertook evidence-based risk assessments and other advanced assessments and determined appropriate treatment pathways for consumers.• Facilitated and co-facilitated individual and group-based developmentally tailored clinical intervention programs for consumers• Initiate and maintain relationships with peers, non-clinical staff, and senior internal and external stakeholders to support the Rehabilitations & Outcomes Team strategies and initiatives.

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

• Specialist Clinical Portfolio: Independent presentation to the National Safety and Quality Services (NSQHS) Standard 5 (Comprehensive Client Care) and Standard 6 (Communicating for Safety) to the board of executives and to the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS) assessors for an Interim Accreditation Assessment.• Lead and manage services to mental health consumers, families and/or carers through Psychosocial Recovery-Oriented Practice and Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce Guidelines to ensure individually tailored services for consumers and their family and carers is provided to the highest standard• Provided leadership, specialist advice, guidance, support, and management regarding the recruiting, developing, maintaining and sustaining of the Youth Wellbeing and Lived Experience (Peer) Practitioner Workforce.• Contributed to the design, development and evaluation of the workplace policies, procedures, and operational manuals, including the ability to develop local strategies, set priorities, allocate resources, and monitor workflow • Management of Quality Improvement Plan to measure the deliverance of quality mental health care, and plan future improvements

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leadership & Management: Oversee the operational and line management of staff, ensuring the highest standards of care and support.Crisis Management: Handle high-risk client escalations and critical incidents with a calm, consistent approach, and prepare detailed reports for the Program Manager.Staffing & Recruitment: Manage resourcing and staffing needs, recruit new staff, and implement best practice rostering for our 24/7 site, including the induction and training of new staff and placement students.Clinical Supervision: Provide regular clinical supervision, observations, consultations, training, and professional development opportunities to staff.Policy Development: Review, develop, and implement policies, processes, and procedures to enhance client service provisions.Financial Oversight: Monitor and approve program expenditures, ensuring compliance with relevant guidelines and policies.Referral Management: Lead the referral process, manage the Vacancy Management System (VMS), oversee the client waitlist, participate in the referral panel, conduct intake assessments, and facilitate new client inductions.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Leadership:Team Management: Provide leadership and supervision to clinical staff, ensuring effective performance management and fostering professional development.Role Expectations: Clearly define role expectations, monitor performance, offer timely and constructive feedback, and facilitate employee development through formal and informal supervision.Operational Support: Assist the Senior Clinician by providing clinical supervision, vetting treatment reports, clinical assessment reports, and case-notes, and offering feedback on assessments and program facilitation to staff and students.Clinical:Assessments: Conduct various assessments, including functional behaviour assessments, structured clinical interviews, risk assessments, program feedback, treatment reports, and psychometric testing.Program Delivery: Facilitate evidence-based rehabilitation programs (RNR, GLM, etc.) on an individual and group basis, targeting both criminogenic and non-criminogenic factors.Risk Management: Utilize clinical judgment to assess potential risks of harm, take necessary actions to mitigate risks, and escalate issues in a high-risk correctional environment.Team Collaboration: Inspire and motivate team members, communicate professionally and assertively, and work harmoniously within a multi-disciplinary team. Maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Assist in the organisation and delivery of relevant community events, workshops and information sessions, and public speaking and presentation in front of community leaders, NDIA representatives, service providers, consumers, and carers • Conduct information gathering, planning, and assessment with children, adults, and families faced with physical, intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities - as per National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) contractual and legislative requirements• Assist participants with the implementation of their approved plans by the NDIA, and provide advice, information and support for people with disability to exercise choice and control over the services they use• Manage, develop and sustain collaborative relationships across organisational boundaries with internal and external stakeholders based on inter-personal and inter-organisational trust and confidence.• Provide ongoing coaching and support to Local Area Coordinators, Linkage Coordinators and other team members, and provide appropriate feedback as per the Brotherhood of St Laurence policies• Develop and maintain relationships with key partners and their representatives

Master Of Culture, Health, And Medicine, Medical Anthropology

Bachelor Of Social Work, Social Work

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