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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Provided mental health support and interventions to a range of clients experiencing mental health issues. Worked across several programs focusing on community based recovery interventions and group based supports – supporting young people and adults. Provided specialised support to people with hoarding disorders through a pilot program in partnership with government.

Joondalup, Western Australia, Australia

Provided technical assistance across a variety of IT systems, ensuring smooth operations for faculty, staff, and students.Managed incident resolution, including high-priority network issues and system outages.Supported software installations, configuration, and troubleshooting, specializing in Windows and Mac OS.It's always DNSSkills:IT Support and Helpdesk Operations (Windows 7/10/11, Mac OS X)ServiceNow & Ticket ManagementMicrosoft Exchange & Active DirectoryNetwork Configuration & ConnectivityIT Documentation & Knowledge Base

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Lead and managed a professional team that provided recovery-focused psychosocial support to people experiencing severe mental illness and other life challenges. Key areas of intervention included mental health issues, homelessness, alcohol and substance abuse, family and domestic violence. My role as the Coordinator was to provide leadership to the team in terms of setting short and long-term direction, training and mentoring, assisting staff in managing critical incidents and facilitating relationship management between our team and external stakeholder and service providers. A strong focus was on actively developing and maintaining strategic relationships with public mental health services, along with focusing on fulfilling contract management for our services.

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Responsible for overseeing daily operations of teams under the Ruah Mental Health and Wellness Programs comprising of 40+ staff and 5 coordinators, including the Individualised Community Living Strategy Program (ICLS), Mental Health and Wellness teams, as well as the Engagement and Assessment Team. This included supervision of staff as well as representing Ruah at community events with key stakeholders.

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Worked closely with a diverse range of clients experiencing mental health issues. This involved conducting detailed assessments, determining the services required to improve each client’s outcome and liaising with service providers to ensure the required services were accessible. This role has provided me with an innate ability to carry out detailed assessment and crisis intervention, using a range of techniques to assist the client before they engage in other services. – techniques include brief solution-focused therapy, de-escalation of distress, brief CBT and DBT skills intervention and delivery of psycho education.

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Similar to the above role, this position was focused on providing support and assistance to members of the community experiencing mental health issues. The role entailed assertive outreach along with community-based case management. The role focused on conducting detailed client assessment, identifying the services required to assist each client, devising treatment and action plan, as well as liaising and maintaining relationships with service providers within the community. Common interlined areas of support were around homelessness, AOD, child protection, crisis intervention and family/domestic violence.

Masters Of Social Work, Social Work

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Political Science And Government