Margaret Bennett Email & Phone Number

Welllington Point, Queensland, Australia

As an accredited mental health clinician, academic, manager, keynote speaker, trainer and author of “Thrive Beyond Traumas: a guide for trauma workers and their managers,” I provide consulting and training to trauma teams and their organisations. My focus is to help teams achieve a better work/life balance, feel valued, manage client workloads and effectively implement trauma-services despite reduced funding – to ensure they don’t become overwhelmed.From my experience, I’ve seen several key problems with trauma service organisations: staff management issues ; insufficient staff training specific to their trauma related services; and challenges obtaining funds for services and programs.That’s why I’ve founded Thrive Beyond Trauma. An organisation that provides training and evaluation services to government and non-government organisations locally, nationally and internationally. I work in the fields of refugee health; missing persons; domestic violence; sexual violence; life-threatening illness and veteran mental health. From my experience, I understand the impacts of trauma on individuals, couples, families, communities and organisations.Specifically, I provide:1. In-depth evaluations of trauma services with the goal to improve funding for services and programs.2. Tailored trauma training for teams To learn how Thrive Beyond Trauma can help your team or organisation, connect with me here on LinkedIn.

Welllington Point, Queensland Australia

As an accredited mental health clinician, academic, manager and an executive director in government and non-government organisations, I believe maintaining a healthy work-life balance whilst advancing your counselling career is important.Especially if you are transitioning from a previous role into a management role or returning from a career break.That’s why I’ve founded Thrive Beyond Trauma. An organisation that provides supervision, mentoring and coaching to social workers, psychologists and counsellors in trauma related fields to help them obtain better jobs, advance in their careers and win prestigious awards (for example, the Churchill Fellowship).Thrive Beyond Trauma also provides clinical supervision to individuals or groups to help you meet your continuing professional development requirements, which can be done in person or online.My role as your supervisor, mentor or coach is to encourage, empower, support and hold you accountable, so you can advance your trauma skills and career.To learn how Thrive Beyond Trauma can help you progress in your career while maintain work/life balance, connect with me here on LinkedIn.

Welllington Point, Queensland, Australia

This book is a resource for people new to trauma work through to veterans with decades of experience. I’ve drawn on my 30 years of professional trauma work experience combined with my personal challenges to help to safeguard the wellbeing of the unique people who work in the trauma industry.This book provides practical tools, tips and examples to help anyone working in the trauma industry when faced with dealing with personal stress, while supporting others through their traumas.This book answers the question of how do you cope with helping others when you are suffering yourself?“Margaret Bennett is down to earth and totally understands trauma and its impacts – especially inter–generational trauma. She just knows what happens for workers.” Dr. Mary LamondTo learn how this book can help you and your colleagues, connect with me here on LinkedIn.

Cleveland,Qld

Qld

Brisbane, Australia

Nationally

Frequently trauma services have several key problems - managing effects of trauma on staff; training staff on trauma relevant to the agency focus; and obtaining funds for services and programs.I provide:1. Clinical supervision to counsellors, social workers and psychologists either individually or in groups to meet continuing professional development requirements - in person or online 2. Evaluation of trauma service to improve service funding3. Trauma training specific to agency/service needsI have provided supervision/training/evaluation services to government and non-governments services locally, nationally and internationally across refugee health; missing persons; domestic violence; sexual violence; life-threatening illness; family counselling to name a few.

St Leonards Nsw

Introduced organisation to Pride in Diversity and through program's developed we subsequently won an award for GLBTI inclusion at this years Australian Workplace Equality Index. Developed resources for men and families affected by prostate cancer. Designed and implemented training programs. Wrote content for training annuals. Managed stakeholder relationships with key pharmaceutical, government and non government organisations.

Develop education, training and research initiatives nationally and internationally to address issues related to missing persons and the impact on individuals, families, and communities.Development of education and training materials. Established a diversity research agenda Projects related to missing persons and culturally and linguistically diverse communities Developed a monograph series on missing persons

Conduct and Facilitate Culture ReviewsDevelop and implement projects related to improving organisational diversityConsulting in implementing and managing diversityResearchEducation and Training servicesProgram and Project Evaluation

Faculty Of Medicine

Designed and managed evaluation and improvement processes for new Medicine Program. Research projects using quantitative and qualitative research methods, data analysis and submitted reports for Dean of Medicine and relevant senior facuty committees. Developed collaborative projects for evaluation of quality of learning and teaching in medical education. Provided secretariat support and tasking for 5 associated senior committees comprising professors, associate professors and senior lecturers.

North Ryde Nsw

Negotiated funding arrangements and developed training programs for overseas trained doctors. Conducted a national stakeholder consultation. Project managed the national project on designig best practice guidelines on smoking cessation for general practitioners and co-developed the associated train the trainer program for GP Educators.

Prince Of Wales Hospital Campus

Developed training progrms for multicultural health workers. Developed and conducted training program for health workerson health and human rights as well as refugee health and mental health. Designed and conducted community consultation processes for Ethnic Affairs Priorities Statements. Developed the refugee health policy and implementation plan for South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service. Developed training programs on health issues for specific culturally and linguistically diverse communities as part of the community education strategy.

Various

Taught refugee health issues and service provision on various courses in Social Work and Psychology undergraduate programs and postgraduate nursing programs.

Kensington Nsw

Chair of the Ethics and Human Rights Group in Faculty of Medicine. Project managed the first international conference in Australia on Health and Human Rights. Taught Introduction to Communications to undergraduate medical students. Taught in post graduate programs Women and Health, and Public Health teaching programs. Guest lecturer at University of Sydney and Charles Sturt University (Bathurst).

To develop the service from an initial grant to an internationally recognised service with secure funding and staffing

Trauma And Recovery, Global Mental Health

Completed continuing professional development in Trauma and Recovery as part of Global Mental Health program

Msw, Social Work; Organisation Development; Advanced Family Therapy,Group Work Practice; Social Policy

Completed undergraduate and post-graduate social work and completed 4/5 years towards a PhD in Community Medicine

Gdse, Social Ecology

Completed postgraduate study in Social Ecology

Bsw, Bachelor Of Social Work - Group Work Major

Cert., Health And Human Rights