Sue Smith Email & Phone Number

Mareeba, QLD, AU

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

• GPS Integrative Counselling supports clients to:
• Navigate change
• Identify pathways
• Manage challenging situations
• Improve wellbeing
• Enhance communication and relationships

Providing short-term, solutions focussed interventions to a diverse range of clients via employee assistance programs.

Guiding undergraduate and postgraduate education students via best practice online education methods, student-focussed support services, and the delivery of high-quality curriculum that meets the needs of future teachers. Supporting staff within the organisation to establish, develop and maintain pedagogy that meets the needs of the diverse online student.

Providing telephone and online counselling to assess and support the unique needs of individuals seeking support as part of the national 1800RESPECT service.

Providing curriculum-based solutions for the career education and development needs of students.

Providing strengths-based, research-backed, online coaching for clients with ADHD. Working with individuals to identify and establish goals, and supporting clients to establish systems, approaches, and mindsets that allow them to progress towards long-lasting change.

Cairns, Australia

Providing student-focussed education based on a humanistic approach to learning. Delivering curriculum with passion and purpose. Inclusive and supportive of individual student needs and diverse learning styles.

Kuranda District College

Supporting senior students to identify and achieve their post-school goals.

Atherton, Queensland, Australia

• Supporting senior students at Atherton State High School identify and overcome barriers to successful completion of their QCE.
• Providing social, emotional, and academic support during one on one sessions.
• Engaging a variety of stakeholders across the school and within the community to enhance student outcomes and wellbeing.
• Additionally, working as a youth development coach with young people who are seeking career pathways beyond school in the Transition to Work program.
• Supporting young people who face additional barriers to education and employment, developing support plans, implementing strategies, and liaising with external supports as required.
• Assisting in the development of both careers and wellbeing focused materials for online delivery during COVID 19 restrictions.

Cairns

- Assist students with career decision making and job search process.- Liaise with staff regarding career related events and resources.- Engage industry professionals to support best practice services. - Produce and maintain resources - both online and paper based. - Presentation of career relevant materials to staff and student cohorts.

Cairns

• Helping individual students and groups to:
• Explore issues related to work decisions.
• Collect and reflect on information to help develop plans.
• Develop skills to implement plans.
• Manage career transitions.

Cairns, Australia

Provision of quality student and academic services including – assessment of course application, approvals of enrolments; advanced standing; course changes; cross-institutional study; statement of reason academic support program; graduation; and all other student matters pertaining to enrolment and progression, including the interpretation, implementation.

Cairns, Australia

• Providing ongoing support for young people not suited to foster care via residential care.Highlights:
• Quickly gained a solid appreciation of the comprehensive work involved in the department in providing prevention, early intervention, and family support strategies to children and families.
• Utilised a range of strategies and techniques to strengthen parenting capacity including, interpretation of complex concepts and cultural issues, referral and provision of information, advocacy and consultation.
• Implemented and maintained appropriate casework and individualised service plans through designing and implementing intervention strategies, negotiating with service providers and linking clients to the.

Cairns, Australia

• VPG empower youth, strengthen families, and broker partnerships between education & industryHighlights:
• Collaborating and building ongoing relationships with Job Network providers, employers, Registered Training Organisations, community organisations and various government departments.
• Ongoing completion of extensive reporting requirements, both to the organisation and to funding bodies (predominately government)..
• Authored and implemented a Get Set for Work program for disengaged students (15-17 years), including delivering training and assessment in Certificate I in Business, life skills and job search training.
• Delivered the Career Transition Scheme for the Australian Defence Force including presentations to 200+ participants and interviewing individuals to pinpoint and meet their individual needs.
• Authored successful funding submissions, including background research, analysis of current programs, budgeting, staffing, collection and collation of documentation, and formulating the complete rationale.

Cairns, Australia

• Day to day administration support including word processing, updating databases, banking, petty cash, accounts payable, mail, online orders
• Research support for brokers and planners
• Front office reception, liaising with clients both face to face and over the phone

Townsville, Australia

• Day to day administration support including word processing, updating databases, banking, petty cash, accounts payable, mail, online orders
• Research support for brokers and planners
• Front office reception, liaising with clients both face to face and over the phone

Masters, Guidance And Counselling

Graduate Certificate In Career Development, Careers

Completed Nov 2016. Professional membership with the Career Development Association of Australia.

Certificate Iv, Training And Assessment

Graduate Diploma, Education

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Year 12