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Adelaide, Sa, Au

Australia

Australia

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Main responsibilities:- Delivering bereavement support to families and individuals who have experienced the unimaginable loss of a child.- Support is offered for miscarriage, stillbirth, termination, sudden illness, accidents, suicide, and SUDI (incl. SIDS), pregnancy after loss, and foster care placement movement, to parents, foster carers, families and the wider community. - Support occurs through face-to-face, teleconference and electronic means, or through support groups and remembrance events. - Delivering information and training to NT hospitals and NGOs on grief and loss, and advocating for best practice when offering support to bereaved families.- Running fundraising events on a needs basis.- Raising awareness on grief and the support offered by Amber NT, through information stands at community events and forums. - Being part of panel discussions to advocate for better support for bereaved families on a Government level.- Creating and sharing regular grief support content on Amber NT's social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.- Providing field education supervision to social work students on placement.- Assuming operational tasks for the continued running of the business, when General Manager is unavailable.

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Supervising social work final placement student on placement

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Provided field education supervision to 3 Charles Darwin University social work students on placement.

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Main responsibilities:- Train and supervise support staff, give regular feedback to support workers regarding performance and further training needs. - Review and update Client Care Plans, Profiles, Life Style Plans and staff routines and procedures. - Monitor and review the TCASS quality assurance systems including maintaining and updating the ABC folder system. - Coordination of care for TCASS clients as directed by the Operations Manager.- Coordinate client’s medical needs and day to day needs where required in conjunction with support staff support staff.- Liaise with Case Managers, Disability Coordinators, Guardians, families and other Service Providers.

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

Provided Child Centered Play Therapy and Sand Tray Therapy to children in care through referrals from Territory Families.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Main responsibilities:- Supporting and advocating for general (immediate, short-term and long-term), specialist (short-term reunification, long-term) carers through therapeutic and child-focused case management. - Completing fortnightly carer consultations for specialist carers and 8-weekly carer consultations for general carers, along with regular phone, email and zoom contact.- Minute and occasionally chair regular Care Team Meetings, pre-placement meetings and transition meetings with foster carers, relevant government and non-government agencies (Department for Child Protection, education, medical and allied health professionals).- Consulting with the Aboriginal Cultural Consultant in fostering and maintaining links for Aboriginal children to their culture, and on complex placement issues involving Aboriginal children.- Maintaining up-to-date and accurate case notes. - Assisting in planning and organising Foster carer events or support groups.- Participating in after hours on-call rostered support for foster carers.- Assisting in the process of matching and placement of guardianship children with registered foster carers.- Linking foster carers to relevant trainings and resources.- Co-conducting foster care information sessions with professionalism and accurate information.- Completing Information Exchange sessions, when allocated.- Working with Manager and Senior Placement Practitioner when case working Care Concerns that arise.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Main responsibilities: • Provided support, expert advice and guidance to the support practitioners.• Co-worked complex cases with support practitioners.• Chaired multi-disciplinary Care Team Meetings, sensitively and diplomatically managing others to work holistically around both the child’s and carer’s needs.• Liaised with the Department’s Placement Services Unit in matching and allocation of foster child placements to available and suitable foster carers, whilst tracking and maintaining the placement data.• Managed difficult and development conversations with carers, if carer competencies were not being met or Care Concerns are presenting as an issue.• Participated in the on call duty roster with the Manager, as the escalation point of contact.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Main responsibilities:- Supported and advocated for generalist and specific child only foster families through case management. - Liaised with relevant government and non-government agencies throughout the assessment and support processes. - Assisted with planning and facilitating special events for foster carers and their foster children.- Conducted foster carer annual reviews and ensured currency of foster carers’ mandatory trainings and screening checks.- Participated in after hours on-call rostered support for foster carers.- Assisted in the process of matching and placement of Guardianship children with registered foster carers.- Linked foster carers to relevant trainings and resources.- Conducted thorough and competency-based foster carer assessments with the use of the 2016 Step By Step assessment tool.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Main responsibilities: - Provided clients with non-clinical psychosocial support in managing and maintaining their mental health and wellbeing, and achieving their individual goals. - Carried out assessment tools and formulate individualised goal plans.- Provided clients support and assistance with assessing and maintaining independent accommodation, developing independent daily living skills and accessing community services and resources. - Assisted clients with their applications for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Main responsibilities: - Provided in home support to children with disabilities that includes social support and functional skill building. - Ensured that support follows Care Plans and Behaviour Management Plans and adheres to the company’s policies and values.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Main responsibilities: - Worked independently with children who were identified as having social and emotional difficulties.- Carried out mindfulness activities and social skills programs called What’s the Buzz? And Bounce Back! based on the Kidsmatter framework. - Supported and worked collaboratively with parents of children I worked with, to address any concerns they had.- Worked closely with teachers to address concerns with children who were struggling socially and emotionally.- Equipped staff with information surrounding social and emotional wellbeing to aid them in supporting the children in their classes.

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Main responsibilities: - Worked independently with clients towards their identified goals and carried out assessments.- Shadowed and supported colleagues and supervisor in achieving planned goals and tasks with their clients.- Attended trainings and seminars to deepen understanding in mental health issues, the mental health industry and the available support services.

Singapore

Main responsibilities: - Mentored 4 to 11-year-olds, from low-income, disadvantaged and abusive families.- Co-managed the Out-of-School Hours Programme, which provided a safe environment for the children to learn and play in.- Supported the Residential Home Programme for children in need of care and protection.- Planned and executed suitable activities that allowed self-expression and catered to the targeted needs of the children.- Implemented behavioral strategies to moderate difficult behaviours. - Monitored the overall social, emotional and academic well-being of the children.

Singapore

Main responsibilities: - Conducted English lessons and creative writing enrichment classes for Primary and Secondary school students (7 to 16 years old).

Singapore

Main responsibilities: - Equipped children aged 3 to 5 years old with language and communication skills with the aid of stories.

Singapore

Main responsibilities: - Taught 3 diverse classes of children aged 1 to 7 years old with conditions such as Down syndrome, developmental delay, and cerebral palsy. - Assisted in planning and carrying out classroom activities that focused on the development of gross motor skills, fine motor skills, cognitive skills, communication skills, and self-help skills.

Master Of Social Work (Msw), Social Work

Sandtray Certificate Level 1

Facilitated by Theresa Fraser & Dr Joanne Wicks.

Narrative Exposure Therapy

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Level 1

Augustinian Justice And Peace Audit Courses

Completed as part of the Augustinian Volunteer Formation program. Consisted of both study and practical immersion, to serve as preparation.

Bachelor Of Arts (Degree With Honours), Psychology, Second Upper Class Honours (H2A)

Honours Thesis: “The role of aspects of the Big Five personality traits as predictors of the self-descriptiveness of Obsessive-Compulsive.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology, Magna Cum Laude (Gpa: 3.54/4.00)

Activities and Societies: Honorary Secretary for SIM Psychology Society (2009-2010)

Master Of Social Work - Msw

Master Of Social Work - Msw