David Briers Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Worked professionally providing sole- trader based, person-centred, trauma-informed, recovery-based support to NDIS participants able to live independently in the community. Sought to balance the social model of disability with duty of care and dignity of risk principles thereby enabling autonomy, informed choice and control. Supported with community engagement, companionship, vocational activities, transportation, and ADL’s such as meal preparation and shopping.Liaised with support coordinators, and managed various sole trader functions including business marketing, self-training, compliance, accounting, invoicing, superannuation, GST and BAS submission, etc.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Worked casually providing enduring support to people with lived experience of complex and high need physical and mental health wellbeing challenges.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Worked in HASI and CLS customer service teams providing holistic individual and group support to people with lived experience of complex and challenging mental health behaviours. Supported and mentored with goal setting, person centred plans, risk assessments and ADL’s including COVID compliance, appointments, shopping, gardening, cooking, and cleaning. Liaised with stakeholders inclusive of family, allied health, public housing, vocational networks and Guardian.Managed 2 supported houses hands on, appointed and oversaw housing contractors. Built sustainable partnerships with NDIA and internal and external support coordinators. Completed housing and guardianship applications and associated advocacy.Authentically supported culturally and linguistically diverse people - especially ATSI peoples - in accordance with international and national human rights principles inclusive of freedom, respect, equality, stigma, equity, dignity, and safety.Followed and fed back on workplace WHS obligations, quality assurance, processes, continual improvement, policies, and procedures. Completed compliance and educational training and allocated vehicle management tasks such as logbooks and monthly reporting in good faith. Used technology to work flexibly and creatively during Covid pandemic.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Worked in a large not-for-profit in teams of disability employment consultants (including peer workers), Worked within National Standards for Disability Services. Electronic and face to face liaison with employers, Centrelink, and Department of Employment. Used Microsoft suite and CRM database for note writing and monthly reports.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Project Manager and site manager for small building company

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Assistant documenter on large health project.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Architectural assistant working on documentation of heritage projects in a medium sized heritage architecture practice

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Worked on project design and delivery of various corporate churn projects for international banks and health companies in a small team of a large, high end architectural design company.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Acted as Site Architect leading the delivery of a complex performing arts educational project on behalf of a large, high end architectural firm. Lead a team including client, construction manager, structural, electrical and lighting engineers, quantity surveyor and leased with building subcontractors. Contract administration. Managed budgets, signed off progress payment contracts and documented scope. Worked in teams documenting various projects and worked on design and delivery of interior design project documentation for corporates such as IBM.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Office based site architect for 4 schools in the western suburbs of Sydney. Contract adminstration, project correspondence, chairing meetings, liaising with project designers and consultant team.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Social Work

Diploma In Community Services (Alcohol And Drugs)

Certificate Iv, Disability Studies

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Architecture