Amanda Blackburn
Latrobe,TAS
Summary
Compassionate Carer Peer Worker at SMHS CYMHS - Y-HiTH, skilled in building trusting relationships and advocating for culturally safe supports. Successfully fostered recovery-oriented conversations, enhancing community connection and resilience among families. Proficient in crisis intervention and emotional validation, I empower individuals to navigate their mental health journeys with confidence and hope.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Carer Peer Worker
SMHS CYMHS - Y-HiTH
Devonport, TAS
04.2024 - Current
- Provide compassionate support to families and carers navigating the mental health system
- Draw on personal lived experience to validate emotional challenges and foster recovery-oriented conversations
- Promote hope and connection through authentic engagement and empathetic dialogue
- Act as a liaison between families/carers and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring their concerns are acknowledged and addressed
- Help carers and participants identify values-aligned supports including psychosocial services, crisis intervention, and recovery programs
- Apply trauma-informed and person-centred principles to foster dignity, safety, and healing
- Advocate for inclusion and wellbeing to build confidence and capability in carers and participants
- Collaborate with healthcare professionals and family members to enhance communication and shared decision-making
- Ensure carer perspectives are incorporated in client care planning and team discussions
Mental Health Support Worker
Richmond Futures
Devonport, TAS
02.2006 - 04.2025
- Reduced patient anxiety through active listening, problem-solving, and crisis intervention techniques.
- Supported patients in achieving personal goals through goal-setting exercises and step-by-step guidance.
- Recognized and responded to signs of potential self-harm or suicide risk, utilizing appropriate intervention strategies and resources to ensure patient safety.
- Encouraged self-care among patients by teaching coping strategies, stress management techniques, and relaxation exercises.
- Using a trauma informed and person centred care approach to enhance a participants strengths in self assisted recovery,
Education
Mental Health Peer Work
Break Thru Collage
07-2025
Individual Support Disability / Mental Health
Avidity
Devonport, TAS02-2010
Skills
- Building trusting relationships through lived experience and peer support
- Offering emotional validation and de-escalation strategies during times of distress
- Navigating service systems and advocating for access to culturally safe, appropriate supports
- Supporting carers with burnout, grief, and complex emotions through resilience-focused conversations
- Promoting recovery, independence, and community connection for individuals and their families
- Working collaboratively across sectors to enhance service integration and continuity of care
Timeline
Carer Peer Worker
SMHS CYMHS - Y-HiTH
04.2024 - Current
Mental Health Support Worker
Richmond Futures
02.2006 - 04.2025
Mental Health Peer Work
Break Thru Collage
Individual Support Disability / Mental Health
Avidity