Mental Health Clinician (First Nations Kids in Care) - Supporting Minds

• Jan 2023 - Present

Mental Health Clinican for new supporting minds programs funded by the Gold Coast PHN. Position located within Kalwun Development Corp - Health Division. Kids in Care program offers first nations children on the Gold Coast that are in Out of Home Care up to six sessions of clinical or non-clinical intervention in either individual or group settings. The program works with all children from ages 0 to 19 that are currently subjected to a child protection order. The program offered to improve the social and emotional well-being of first nations populations by using mixture of structures psychological approaches, trauma-informed practices and cultural life story work. Additionally, the program offers clinical care coordination in with the aim to improve first nations health outcomes for children in out of home care. New program is expecting to launching in early February 2023.

Social Health Care Coodinator

• Jan 2020 - Jan 2023

Mental Health Social Worker & Contact Supervisor

• Oct 2018 - Present

Private practice social worker and contact supervisor for Scope Family Centre on the Gold Coast. Provide the following services: * Mental Health Care Plan - psychological intervention. * Contact supervision between children and parents with matters of family law and child protection; * Family capacity building and assessments. * Specialised trauma-informed youth work with high-risk adolescents with clients connected to Child Safety. Private practice social worker and contact supervisor for Scope Family Centre on the Gold Coast. Provide the following services: * Mental Health Care Plan - psychological intervention. * Contact supervision between children and parents with matters of family law and child protection; * Family capacity building and assessments. * Specialised trauma-informed youth work with high-risk adolescents with clients connected to Child Safety.

Mental Health Practitioner Student

• Mar 2021 - May 2021

Child Safety Officer

• Nov 2016 - Oct 2018

Graduate Child Safety Officer

• Feb 2017 - Feb 2018

Social Work Student

• Jul 2015 - Oct 2015

Community Development Student / Policy Writer

• Aug 2012 - Nov 2012

Support Worker Student

• Aug 2011 - Nov 2011