Jane Chambers Email & Phone Number

Assess clients with mental health symptoms and provide psychoeducation and therapeutic support to assist clients to develop skills, to manage symptoms of psychological distress and develop plans for recovery. Referrals received from General Practitioners, NDIS Employee Assistant Programs (EAP) and Work Cover QldProvided individual counselling and referral for client’s as required. Attended Critical Incidents and provided Group Psychological First Aid, for clients, management and emergency response teams in Mining, Government and Community Organisations.

Provided a Framework for Supervision Practices throughout an organisation of approximately 200 staff. Developed, presented and assessed training to implement supervision framework. Developed implemented and integrated policies, procedures and training for supervision. Produced briefs for significant risks. Conducted debriefing sessions.

Worked with clients on the Rehabilitation Ward and SAGEProvided assessment of mood and cognition to assist in determining current functioning and to support future planning.Provided individual therapeutic support to assist clients to manage psychological distress associated with medical conditions.Developed plans for continued care in a collaborative partnership with clients, families, and other stakeholders.Applied a high level professional judgement, problem solving and decision making in the management of complex clients. Provided formal psychological assessment and preparation of reports for specialists.

Worked with consumers who were impacted by addiction to substances. Developed skills specific to assessing, educating and providing therapeutic support to consumers and families whose lives were impacted by the use of alcohol and other drugs

Worked with consumers with complex mental health presentations often impacted by chronic or terminal diseasesProvided mental health assessment, risk assessment, planning and evaluation and referral as part of a collaborative partnership with consumers, families, the multidisciplinary team and other key stakeholders.Provided individual therapeutic support to assist consumers and family members to manage psychological distress associated with medical and psychiatric conditions. Developed and implemented work instruction for managing tests data and test storage. Developed and presented training to multi-disciplinary team

Developed, presented and evaluated evidence-based Group Education programs for consumers with mental health conditions and their carers to provide education, prevent relapse and facilitate independence. Developed and presented evidenced based programs for consumers, carers and multidisciplinary team members.

A Case management role:· Provided vocational, cognitive and psychological assessment of consumers to identify both their capacity to re-join the work force and which areas they would be suitable to work in.· Provided therapeutic interventions and referral to support consumers to overcome barriers which impacted their ability to return to workInitiated joint assessments with other disciplines for consumers who had complex barriers to employment.

Assessed a diverse range of consumers to provide an accurate assessment of their capacity to work and referred consumers to appropriate job networks. Improved the efficiency of assessment for students with profound disabilities who were transitioning to post school options

Provided psychological assessments, therapeutic interventions and referrals for inpatients and outpatients for psychological disorders, cognitive functioning, and behavioural concerns. Operated within a multi-disciplinary team to ensure continuity of care and appropriate referral across the hospital and community for patients and family membersDeveloped and evaluated a framework for Psychological practices within a health setting including Referral Processes, Intervention Guidelines, Instruments Used and Record Keeping Processes for patients with health conditions who had comorbid psychological disorders, or cognitive and decision-making impairments

· As previously noted for this role July 2015

Provided counselling for carers in individual and group formats, face to face or via phone contact.· Supported carers to access and liaise with internal and external stakeholders.· Advocated with and on behalf of carers and the persons they cared for. Provided advocacy support to carers to assist them to follow up their concerns about a Service Provider This resulted in policy and procedural changes by the Service Provider

Bachelor Of Science

Postgraduate Diploma, Psychology