Darren Kane Email and Phone Number

Mental Health Case Worker with Community Recovery Service, co-ordinating psychosocial supports for a diverse caseload of people living with complex mental health conditions.Developing supportive, professional relationships with participants and formulating recovery-oriented, multi-disciplinary care plans based on participant-determined goals related to wellbeing, social connection, independent living skills, housing, employment, education and legal issues.Collaborating with a team of support workers to implement participant care plans and delegating relevant tasks and responsibilities to respective workers within the team.Advocating for participants in psychiatric and general practice settings to support them in achieving optimum mental health treatment outcomes.Collaborating with a range of service providers to improve wrap-around support, including case managers, housing workers, occupational therapists, counsellors, and drug and alcohol workers.Co-ordinating applications for priority social housing and NDIS, including writing support letters and supporting participants with NDIS preplanning and planning processes.Maintaining participant records, conducting intake processes and completing risk assessments.

Casework experience with displaced flood survivors living in temporary modular pod housing villagesAssisted with recovery grant applications, individual support plan formulation, social housing applications, material aid access, community development and conflict resolutionProvided psychosocial support for survivors living with complex trauma

Dual role as Counsellor and Health Promotion Officer in community organisation providing health services for people living with HIV, injecting drug users and LGBTQ+ communities.Co-ordinated a community needs assessment survey project, including formulation of survey questions, processing of data and drafting of final report.Organised peer support and health promotion workshop for people living with HIV.Collaborated with coordination team for a community meals delivery program in response to COVID-19 pandemic, including telephone support for isolated participants. Conducted brief intervention face-to-face counselling (12 sessions) and care coordination for participants living with HIV and/or from LGBTQ+ communities, including intake and initial assessment.Supported trans and gender diverse participants to initiate gender affirmation process through counselling, health promotion and referrals. Engaged in multi-disciplinary information sharing and problem solving with other service providers.

Administration Officer including front of house and telephone reception, office administration and volunteer supervision.Formulated monthly finance summaries, conducted banking runs and operated cash register for non-profit sale of health promotion materials.Assisted walk-in participants in Needle and Syringe Program, providing safe injecting materials and health promotion information.Engaged in peer education with Point of Care Rapid HIV Testing program.

Support Worker in family support program providing psychosocial support to participants with complex mental health issues, and respite and support to their carers and families.Collaborated with team of support workers facilitating a psychosocial rehabilitation day program in both clubhouse and community settings.Engaged in in-house support work with residential psychosocial rehabilitation program, supporting participants with independent living skills, wellbeing activities and medication.