Statewide Behaviour Intervention Service provide specialist clinical services to high priority clients across the state of New South Wales. Clients who are referred for service provision present with complex needs (e.g. disability, mental health, complex trauma) often posing serious risk to themselves or others. Many of the children referred to the children's team are in the care system or at risk of, family breakdown and/ or entry into the care system.Key Responsibilities/… Show more Statewide Behaviour Intervention Service provide specialist clinical services to high priority clients across the state of New South Wales. Clients who are referred for service provision present with complex needs (e.g. disability, mental health, complex trauma) often posing serious risk to themselves or others. Many of the children referred to the children's team are in the care system or at risk of, family breakdown and/ or entry into the care system.Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Clinical consultation, collaboration and/or coaching to regional clinical staff and teams in the following areas: Comprehensive behavioural/ communication assessments; Service modelling for clients with complex behaviour and support needs; Risk assessments in relation to complex behaviour; Intervention design based on the recommendations of behavioural/ risk assessments, systems evaluations and current evidence/research based clinical practice; Co-ordinating and monitoring the implementation of intervention, including the mapping of client progress and outcomes.• Training and development of staff in relation to the clinical management of clients with complex needs• Acting panel member providing clinical input on cases presented to a restricted practice authorisation panel• Family and service system evaluation and appraisal through systemic practice, such as systemic consultations and appraisal reports• Establishment of a Family Support Clinic utilising systemic family therapy principles and practice; Active member of the reflecting team• Research: Involvement in data collection for pilot research in the area of positive parenting programs in schools; Initiated a literature review for the purpose of writing and publishing a paper pertaining to the integration of Systemic Family Therapy and Positive Behaviour Support• Record keeping: Maintenance of paper based and electronic client records Show less

Clients who are accepted into the ISP are identified as having complex needs, multiple mental health diagnoses (often with a trauma history), are at risk of harm to themselves and/or others and have exhausted all other local services. The purpose of the program is to support their transition out of secure settings such as mental health beds and corrective services, and re-integrate them back into the community. This is achieved through a team of Case Managers, Support Workers and Senior… Show more Clients who are accepted into the ISP are identified as having complex needs, multiple mental health diagnoses (often with a trauma history), are at risk of harm to themselves and/or others and have exhausted all other local services. The purpose of the program is to support their transition out of secure settings such as mental health beds and corrective services, and re-integrate them back into the community. This is achieved through a team of Case Managers, Support Workers and Senior Clinical Consultants who, respectively, provide intensive case management, accommodation services and clinical/behavioural intervention.Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Administration of comprehensive behavioural and risk assessments, including the identification of appropriate service models for clients with complex needs that may include offending behaviour• Team case formulations utilising a cognitive behavioural approach• Provision of individualised and systemic positive behaviour support integrated with various other frameworks, including the systemic application of dialectical behaviour therapy and trauma based models, such as the ARC Model• Development of protocols and comprehensive multi-element intervention plans based on relevant clinical theories or frameworks e.g. attachment theory, trauma informed therapeutic models, systemic application of dialectical behaviour therapy• Interagency collaboration and multi-agency intervention planning with New South Wales (NSW) Police and Ambulance, NSW Health (mental health), Office of the Public Guardian, Local Hospitals Accident & Emergency department teams etc.• Development and delivery of staff training on clinical topics (general or client specific)• Ongoing clinical consultation to support workers, as well as government and non-government organisations regarding client presentation, behaviour management, models of support and transition planning etc.• Maintenance of paper based and electronic client records Show less

I engaged in subcontracting work on top of working full time elsewhere. As a subcontracting Psychologist I was expected to engage in the same key responsibilities as outlined below, when I was an Intern Psychologist with the company.

Clinical staff are employed to provide psychological services and clinical consultancy to children and adults with disabilities and/or complex needs (e.g. mental health, complex trauma). The primary client group was often children and young people in either, kinship/family, foster or residential (secure or community based) care settings, and their carers, families or support workers.Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Clinical consultancy, psychological services and the… Show more Clinical staff are employed to provide psychological services and clinical consultancy to children and adults with disabilities and/or complex needs (e.g. mental health, complex trauma). The primary client group was often children and young people in either, kinship/family, foster or residential (secure or community based) care settings, and their carers, families or support workers.Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Clinical consultancy, psychological services and the delivery of positive behaviour support to various disability services, Out of Home Care residential service providers, families, kinship and foster carers and Community Services. • Areas of clinical consultancy included (not exhaustive): Family contact planning, family restoration planning, accommodation, support and service modelling and transition planning (e.g. transitioned clients from intensive to less intensive models of support)• Psychological assessments and completion of associated reports • Comprehensive behaviour assessments and completion of associated reports• Development of comprehensive multi-element intervention plans for clients with complex behavioural needs; Ongoing review/ trouble shooting and implementation with the client’s support team• Provision of trauma informed and attachment based clinical interventions as relevant• Counselling children, adolescents and adults with disabilities, trauma and abuse histories and/or mental health concerns (e.g. non directive art and sand tray interventions, behavioural approaches, humanistic and trauma specific interventions/ strategies) • Training/ Workshop development and facilitation (e.g. trauma, attachment and child development)• Implementation of multidisciplinary treatment models involving extensive multi-agency partnerships and collaboration (e.g. Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Schools, Community Services, Residential Out of Home Care service providers)• Maintenance of paper based and electronic client records Show less

Adolescents and adults nominated to receive services from the CJP are provided specialist clinical services upon release from Juvenile Justice or corrective service settings. Clients of the CJP must present with an intellectual disability, have a repeat history of offending behaviour and may also present with mental health concerns.Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Administration of comprehensive behavioural and risk assessments, including the identification of appropriate… Show more Adolescents and adults nominated to receive services from the CJP are provided specialist clinical services upon release from Juvenile Justice or corrective service settings. Clients of the CJP must present with an intellectual disability, have a repeat history of offending behaviour and may also present with mental health concerns.Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Administration of comprehensive behavioural and risk assessments, including the identification of appropriate service models for clients with offending behaviour and complex needs• Team based case formulation utilising a cognitive behavioural model• Interventions design and development based on clinical assessments• Co-ordination and monitoring of the implementation of client intervention plans and client progress• Provision of disability advice and consultation (clinical) to a broad range of staff with differing professional backgrounds, levels of training/experience and understanding of disability issues.• Evaluation of family and service systems in order to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of support being provided to a client or group of clients• Record keeping: Maintenance of paper based and electronic client records and communication systems Show less

Metro Intensive Support Services Caseworker’s are responsible for the delivery of intensive case management and coordination to high needs children/ young people in the Out of Home Care system. Most are in community based residential care settings requiring extensive behaviour support to manage challenging behaviour such as self-harm, aggression and offending behaviour. Our role was to provide consistency and assist in stabilising them and reducing their risk taking behaviours. Key… Show more Metro Intensive Support Services Caseworker’s are responsible for the delivery of intensive case management and coordination to high needs children/ young people in the Out of Home Care system. Most are in community based residential care settings requiring extensive behaviour support to manage challenging behaviour such as self-harm, aggression and offending behaviour. Our role was to provide consistency and assist in stabilising them and reducing their risk taking behaviours. Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Comprehensive case planning, intervention coordination and review• Placement needs assessments and establishing children/ young people in placements• Ongoing monitoring, service co-ordination, application/ report writing and involvement in legal processes (e.g. criminal matters, guardianship and medical tribunals)• Weekly contact with child/ young person (e.g. home visits, taking to professional appointments, participating with them in activities in the community) • Multi-agency collaboration and the development/ maintenance of inter-agency partnerships (e.g. Police, Mental Health, Juvenile Justice) to meet the complex needs and goals of these clients• Record keeping: Maintenance of paper based and electronic client records Show less

The Lizard Children’s Centre provides early therapeutic intervention for children with developmental disabilities, such as Autism, utilising the therapeutic approach of applied behaviour analysis (ABA). Programs are individualised to each child with focused intervention across all areas of child development, including cognition, social skills, emotional regulation, motor development and play skills.Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Case management, using a child focused… Show more The Lizard Children’s Centre provides early therapeutic intervention for children with developmental disabilities, such as Autism, utilising the therapeutic approach of applied behaviour analysis (ABA). Programs are individualised to each child with focused intervention across all areas of child development, including cognition, social skills, emotional regulation, motor development and play skills.Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Case management, using a child focused family support model of service delivery• Provision of intensive one-on-one ABA therapeutic programs to clients, 2 to 9 years of age• Initial training and evaluation of new junior therapists• Ongoing supervision, training and mentoring teams of junior therapists• Program development, including goal setting and weekly review of client’s program• Senior role in monthly clinic meetings for each child on caseload• Oral and written reports and behaviour management plans/ protocols/ strategies• Record keeping: Maintenance of paper based and electronic client records Show less

Employed on a full time basis with a family in Italy, to deliver a complete ABA therapeutic program (including mainstream school integration) for a child with Sensory Integration Dysfunction and autistic tendencies. Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Case management, using a child focused, family support model of service delivery• Implemented and maintained an intensive home-based applied behaviour analysis program • Conducted weekly clinical meetings with parents and… Show more Employed on a full time basis with a family in Italy, to deliver a complete ABA therapeutic program (including mainstream school integration) for a child with Sensory Integration Dysfunction and autistic tendencies. Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Case management, using a child focused, family support model of service delivery• Implemented and maintained an intensive home-based applied behaviour analysis program • Conducted weekly clinical meetings with parents and nanny • Engaged in monthly conference calls with clinical supervisor based in the UK• Integration of the child into mainstream education• Consultation and collaboration with school and classroom staff regarding the child’s integration (e.g. transition planning and behavioural strategies)• Development and management of weekly behavioural and therapeutic goals Show less

Trained as an ABA therapist, VB Therapist and School Shadow and practiced in a self-employed capacity. This allowed for the opportunity to work with a broad variety of clients (age 2 – 10 years) whose programs were developed and monitored by a wide variety of ABA service providers (e.g. Centre for Autism and Related Disorders, UK Young Autism Project, Lizard Children’s Centre, Early Autism Project Sydney).Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Delivery of early intervention… Show more Trained as an ABA therapist, VB Therapist and School Shadow and practiced in a self-employed capacity. This allowed for the opportunity to work with a broad variety of clients (age 2 – 10 years) whose programs were developed and monitored by a wide variety of ABA service providers (e.g. Centre for Autism and Related Disorders, UK Young Autism Project, Lizard Children’s Centre, Early Autism Project Sydney).Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Delivery of early intervention through the provision of intensive one-on-one applied behaviour analysis therapy and verbal behaviour therapy• Integration of children with Autism, Sensory Integration Dysfunction and auditory processing difficulties into mainstream pre-school and primary education • Consultation and collaboration with pre-school and primary school staff regarding client integration (e.g. transition planning and behavioural strategies)• Oral and written reports, case notes and invoices/ business admin• Attendance and participation in clinic meetings with full team; Conducted meetings with parents• Implemented Relationship Development Intervention and aspects of speech therapy• Implemented eating programs to tackle inflexibility and sensory issues specific to eating• Trained in and administered the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) with non or pre-verbal children• Implemented client specific toilet training program designed by specialist in this area, Sue Bettison Show less

Employed as a live-in Camp Counsellor at a summer camp for special needs children and young people.Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Worked intensively with children and adolescents between the ages of 7 - 24 years with a variety of different disabilities such as, Autism, ADHD, ADD, Aspergers, Tourette’s syndrome and Downs Syndrome• Supported the children in daily living skills, sports activities, arts and drama• Implemented positive behaviour support strategies to… Show more Employed as a live-in Camp Counsellor at a summer camp for special needs children and young people.Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Worked intensively with children and adolescents between the ages of 7 - 24 years with a variety of different disabilities such as, Autism, ADHD, ADD, Aspergers, Tourette’s syndrome and Downs Syndrome• Supported the children in daily living skills, sports activities, arts and drama• Implemented positive behaviour support strategies to manage challenging behaviours Show less

Employed as an Attendant Carer for adults with Cerebral Palsy residing in a group residential setting.Key Responsibilities/ Achievements:• Provided assistance in the areas of daily living skills, personal hygiene and community integration• Supported progress toward client’s goals in all domains of their lives • Management of challenging behaviours