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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

The Student Support Officer (SSO) role was introduced on scale into high schools across NSW as part of the State Government's 2019-2023 election commitment to improve mental health and wellbeing outcomes for young people. I am based at Sydney Boys High (*a selective public school) and my role entails working in partnership with the wellbeing team and school counselling service to support the implementation of the whole-of-school approach to wellbeing with a focus on early intervention. I support students to develop social and emotional skills through strengths-based mentoring and programs that build resilience, coping skills and positive relationships. I also work collaboratively with external agencies to create referral pathways for students and/or their families to mental health and child and family support services.https://education.nsw.gov.au/student-wellbeing/counselling-and-psychology-services/student-support-officers

Sydney, Australia

Leadership and management of a centralised student development team, providing engaging and relevant learning and development experiences for students in UNSW faculties and affiliated organisations. In our first year as a new team, we partnered with the Engineering and Medicine facilities and Arc to deliver blended learning short courses in a range of personal and professional skill development areas, which have relevance for students' academic courses, project based learning and industry placements (e.g., effective teamwork, effective relationships, wellbeing & resilience, confident presenting, purpose and values identification). My team and I also developed and successfully launched a new leadership development program ("Leadership Foundations"), a 20 hour blended learning experience for students exploring their leadership identity, purpose, wellbeing and resilience, building effective relationships and team cultures as well as a personalised leadership development plan. Students are required to undertake a series of online modules and self-development assessments as well as attend skill development workshops to complete the program.https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/leadership

Sydney, Australia

Lead trainer, designing and facilitating experiential, practice-based leadership and mindfulness classes for university students (e.g., developing empathy, values and strengths identification, discovering purpose, confident public speaking and presenting, managing conflict and having difficult conversations). My role has also entailed researching and developing a leadership competencies framework to guide the theoretical underpinning and positioning of leadership training offered to students and collaboration with faculty partners and other divisions across UNSW to identify gaps and opportunities to enhance the student experience and graduate outcomes. I have also successfully piloted an 8-week mindfulness and leadership practice group for students involved in the UNSW Leadership Program to enhance their understanding of mindfulness as a skill for cultivating emotional intelligence, self-care and wellbeing.

Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia

Leadership of a university wide needs and resource analysis to inform the strategic direction and design of Macquarie's new best practice alumni mentoring program (involving focus groups with students and alumni, literature review, meetings with senior executive, faculty and other student experience programs and an external audit of transition mentoring programs in the Australian Higher Education sector). As a result of this review, several mentoring interventions (face-to-face and online) were proposed for different stages of a students transition from university to the workplace with the aim of increasing students awareness of career pathway options, workplace culture, connection with professionals in their desired field/s of interest and support for navigating the actual transition journey from study to work after graduation.

Sydney, Australia

Project lead for a school based academic support and peer-to-peer mentoring program for high school students in South Western Sydney. The program aimed to increase participating high school students academic attainment and aspirations to go to university in low socioeconomic communities and enhance the graduate capabilities of university students employed as mentors in the program. My position involved managing a team of 70 casual staff, developing and sustaining key relationships with internal and external stakeholders (including deputy principals, teachers and support staff at project partner high schools) and managing the project stakeholder evaluation process. Under my leadership, the program's reach and impact expanded significantly: High school student participation grew from 72 to over 700 year on year; school partnerships increased from 6 to 10; and university students employed in the project rose from 12 to 70. A large proportion of high school students and teachers (year on year) reported improvements in academic confidence, academic performance, engagement at school, motivation to study, aspiration to attend university and awareness of post school pathway options.As part of this role, I presented at two conferences:- Australasian PASS and Peer Learning Conference (Melbourne, Victoria, 2017)Topic: "Using a strength-based approach to create positive connections in a high school-university peer assisted learning program."- Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Conference (Geelong, Victoria, 2015)Topic: "Supporting academic attainment and developing graduates attributes via a schools outreach (pre-access) peer-to-peer mentoring program."

Sydney, Australia

Regional volunteering manager for two key Learning for Life Programs (iTrack Online Mentoring and Tertiary Mentoring), supporting students (high school and tertiary) located in low socioeconomic communities in Southern NSW and Canberra. My role entailed the recruitment (high volume), screening, training, supervision and recognition of volunteer youth mentors from corporate and university partners and members of the community as well as the management of volunteers in a variety of additional roles e.g. administration, interviewing, training and event management (Government House Open Day). I was also responsible for the engagement of staff in a culture of best practice volunteer management via workshops, meetings, recognition initiatives and individualised support (including coaching). During my tenure in this role, I was invited to sit on the Australian Youth Mentoring Network Benchmark Review Panel, assessing and revising national best practice standards for youth mentoring programs and organisations.

Sydney, Australia

Leadership of stroke development and fitness and conditioning squads for children, teenagers and adults. I also designed and facilitated learn-to-swim and water safety classes (for parents and babies, children, teenagers and adults) and built sustained relationships with a range of stakeholders (e.g. children, parents, teenagers, adults, staff and facility members). As part of my work, I adapted my teaching methods for clients with special needs (e.g. disabilities, water trauma, asthma and ADHD) and introduced and developed new programs leading to an increase in participation of Stadium Fitness Centre members in our swimming programs (e.g. lunch time and evening adult squads, stroke clinic intensives and school holiday workshops).

Sydney, Australia

Design, delivery and evaluation of an innovative personal development and health curriculum for Year 9 level students disengaged from mainstream education with complex learning and health needs (e.g., mental health, trauma, ADHD, disruptive behaviours, grief and loss). This involved developing and leading a student led service learning (fundraising) project where students were involved in the project management of a movie premiere event at Randwick Ritz raising money for new classroom resources and an end of year celebration excursion to Luna Park and organising student excursions (including budget management and OH&S/risk assessment). My role also included building and sustaining relationships with key stakeholders (e.g. students and their families, colleagues and senior management, Government agencies, local businesses and other community support organisations), case management student support (including maintaining professional case notes) and supervision and mentoring of TAFE work experience students and volunteers.

Sydney, Australia

Engaging, supporting and building connections with young people through a range of different interventions such as recreational activities, camps, music events, outreach, case management and facilitating health education workshops in high schools. Some of my achievements in this role included successfully building a new positive culture at the Youth Centre and significantly increasing participation rates in activities; securing a $20,000 grant (each year for two consecutive years) from the Vodafone Australia Foundation for Youth Centre resources, a youth ski camp and National Youth Week initiatives; and developing and leading a new youth participation initiative – Live at Lyne Park Youth Fundraising Project where young musicians were mentored in event management and promotion as well as fundraising for a cause and charity of their choice.

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