Experience

BUSHkids

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Worker

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Psycho social assessments Parenting support Therapy with kids focusing on anxiety, anger management, trauma, emotional regulation, sexualised behaviours Psycho social assessments Parenting support Therapy with kids focusing on anxiety, anger management, trauma, emotional regulation, sexualised behaviours



NT Government

• Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia

• Hospital Social Worker

  • Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

  In my current role, I work in a multi-disciplinary team where I liaise with Doctors, Nurses, Physiotherapists, and Speech Therapists etc. to ensure patient needs are met. I proactively plan discharge supports for hospital patients to ensure there is quality transitions and community supports for them and their families. I do psycho social assessments for patients, trauma counselling, case manage renal patients and provide counselling for illness adjustment issues, unexpected deaths and neonatal deaths. I also do domestic and family violence assessments and help patients with public housing applications on the basis of medical need. Show less



NT Government - Territory Families

• Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia and Tennant Creek, NT

• Child Protection Practitioner

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2020

  I worked for Territory Families in Alice Springs in Long Term Care Team and within the Barkly region Generic Team as a Child Protection Practitioner. In the Barkly Region, I was responsible for child protection investigations, strengthening families program, Long term care, Short term care, supporting and assessing new and existing Foster and Kinship Care applications. This included making recommendations on their suitability to provide care to vulnerable Children and Young people under the Guardianship of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As part of my role, I was responsible for engaging with children and young people to gain information that informs case management, care planning, decision-making as well as travelling and working in remote Aboriginal Communities. During my employment in Tennant Creek I have been involved in projects such as Youth outreach. This program involves purposeful engagement with children and young people within the Tennant Creek community. As a Child Protection Practitioner for Long Term Care, I was responsible for working with children and young people experiencing a range of psychosocial issues such as trauma, mental illness, complex medical conditions and alcohol and other drug use. I demonstrated the ability to apply appropriate case management skills including safety planning and developing intervention plans that addressed complex needs. Show less



CatholicCare NT

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Case Manager

  • Aug 2016 - Jan 2018

   Support families to develop and implement safety for their children  Observe parent-child interactions and family dynamics and include the information in assessment and ongoing work with the family  Guide the support staff in their duties  Support parents to understand child development and develop appropriate parenting strategies  Refer clients to other organisations for ongoing support  Case management  Complete family assessments of strengths or stressors and develop case plans with families considering the family structure, social, economic, spiritual and cultural situation  Provide outreach support to families referred from NT Department of Territory Families  To work collaboratively with families’ informal supports, community supports and statutory bodies to develop sustainable positive change as agreed with the family.  Participate in the program evaluation meetings  Participate in supervision fortnightly  Ensure that all client data is maintained according to CSNet data base requirement Show less



Alice Springs Women's Refuge

• Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

• Casual Case Manager

  • Jan 2015 - Jun 2015

   Welcoming clients and allocate them rooms and give them food  Provide support and resources to domestic violence survivors to help break the cycle of violence  Conducted phone screenings and intakes to determine the eligibility for the residential program  Monitored and wrote case notes on the daily activities of clients in a twenty four hour residential shelter for Domestic and family violence victims  Conduct intakes and risk assessments on domestic violence survivors in order to measure the levels of violence  Case management and providing assistance with safety planning and problem solving  Making referrals and advocating on behalf of clients to relevant people or organisations  Booking flights / buses for clients to go somewhere after traumatising events Show less



Life Without Barriers

• Australia
• Individual and Family Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Community Development Worker (Disability )

  • Aug 2014 - Feb 2015

  Duties  Housekeeping  Bathing and assisting clients with bathing  Cleaning client’s rooms  Feeding clients  Observing and reporting behavioural changes to Senior Disability Support Worker  Assisting with meal preparations  Preparing materials to be used for the day  Any other duties as assigned by the Supervisor  Giving client’s their medication on time Duties  Housekeeping  Bathing and assisting clients with bathing  Cleaning client’s rooms  Feeding clients  Observing and reporting behavioural changes to Senior Disability Support Worker  Assisting with meal preparations  Preparing materials to be used for the day  Any other duties as assigned by the Supervisor  Giving client’s their medication on time



Public Service Commission

• Government Administration
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Gender Officer

  • Jan 2010 - Nov 2013

   Counseling rape and domestic violence survivors  Liaise with Non-Governmental organizations for funding to support the victims  Arrange workshops and educate people on gender and violence issues  Compile monthly reports and gender statistics  Participate in gender related workshops and make presentations on provincial bottlenecks and developments  Act as the main focal person between key partners and other stakeholders at the provincial and district levels in the province on gender issues.  Reports directly to the Provincial Development Officer  Any other duties as assigned by the Provincial Development Officer  Source some funds from donors to start viable community projects Show less