Experience

Brain Injury SA

• Australia
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Case Manager / Community Services Coordinator

  • Mar 2019 - Present



Barkuma

• Australia
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Team Leader Lifestyle Intervention

  • Jul 2016 - Mar 2019

  There are multiple different service streams that I work across. These includeClient Services - To provide support to individuals accessing Barkuma’s Employment Services who may be experiencing significant problems in their lives which are impacting their ability to gain or maintain their employment. This role involves working with individuals to access services in their local community. Support and Family Education (SAFE) - The SAFE program provides parenting support to parents who have an intellectual disability, to develop parenting skills, with the aim of keeping families together. It offers practical one on one support and monitoring while linking parents to supports in their community. National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) - Provide Support Coordination to individuals Flexible Learning Options Program (FLO) - FLO is a DECD enrolment option in ICAN Schools that promotes a more flexible approach for supporting successful engagement of young people most at risk from disengaging from their education.Team Leader - Provide direct support to the Manager of the Lifestyle Intervention Team. Support/supervise team members in the Lifestyle Intervention Team.

• Client Services Coordinator

  • Oct 2003 - Jun 2016



ACH Group

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• In Home Care Coordinator

  • 2001 - 2003

  Lifestyle Choices Coordinator - To assist older adults who are at risk of having to leave their own home, to continue to live independently in their community. The program assisted older adults to identify personal goals and overcome barriers to participation in their community. The aim of the program was to enhance individuals social and emotional wellbeing. In Home Care Coordinator - Coordinate Community Aged Care Packages (CAPS), Extended Aged Care Packages (EACH), and Community Options Packages (Dementia Specific), with the aim of assisting older adults to remain living in their own home and be an active member of their community.



Recreation Link-up

• Recreation Facilitator

  • 1999 - 2001

  Recreation Facilitator - To link individuals with a disability into recreational activities of their choice in their local community, with the aim of helping them to contribute to their community, share a passion, help others, learn a new skill, achieve personal goals, connect socially, keep fit, find a balanced lifestyle, make new friends, have fun and overall enhance their quality of life.SAPOL ‘Choices Program’ (joint initiative between SA Police and Recration Link- Up)A program delivered to high school students in conjunction with the SA Police, as part of the Driver Education Training Program. Individuals who had acquired their brain injury through motor vehicle accidents told their story of the ‘unsafe choices’ they made in a motor vehicle which resulted in them acquiring their brain injury and what the ‘safe choices’ could have been.



St Anns Special School

• Recreation Assistant

  • 1995 - 1997

  Supporting students of St Anns Special School to participate in after school recreational activities. Supporting students of St Anns Special School to participate in after school recreational activities.