To utilise my professional qualifications, skill set and knowledge base to create the elusive work life balance
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Youth Support Worker
Aspire Homes
Sydney
08.2023 - Current
Ensure a healthy, well-kept living environment that is clean and reflects a home environment
Promote healthy routines, meals, activities and interests tailored to each resident
Contribute to the development of daily planners, attend appointments and meetings as requested
Promote positive relationships with family and friends where safe and appropriate
Complete mandatory reporting and daily agency reporting accurately and within timeframes
Monitor daily workplace health and safety matters and report concerns
Youth Worker
Connecting Families Sydney
11.2022 - Current
Advocates on behalf of young people to support their rights
Complies with Connecting Families quality policies and procedures
Follows Your Journey processes, procedures and required administrative tasks
Conducts phone calls, digital communication and outreach support to young people and communicates with external stakeholders
Maintains a caseload and provides support and case coordination
Develops and maintains positive relationships with young people, undertakes assessments and establishes a support plan in conjunction with the young person
Supports young people to develop exit plans, leaving care plans, and to access housing and community support options as required
Delivers youth support services that meet all relevant performance and outcome indicators
Liaises and collaborates with a range of service provider’s: community, disability and youth specific
Identifies and acts on opportunities to integrate and work collaboratively across teams
Undertakes a respectful, solutions focussed approach to working with young people while being open about risks, strategies to reduce risk and expectations in relation to dignity of risk that promotes the wellbeing of young people
Provides individual advocacy as required and ensures flexible funding is appropriately expended to achieve maximum impact
ITC Worker and Home Manager
Life Without Barriers
Stanhope Gardens
03.2024 - 10.2024
Manage the Intensive Therapeutic Care Home in accordance with the CARE model, regulatory and legislative requirements, relevant standards, LWB policies and procedures and funding body requirements
Ensure the home is a place that is emotionally and physically safe, nurturing, and appropriately engaging and stimulating, to foster growth and resilience
Ensure a clean, safe, homelike and comfortable environment, including arranging maintenance of the home to ensure it meets appropriate standards and contractual requirements, and that any damage is fixed promptly
Manage the allocated budget and ensure that services are delivered within the allocated budget
Coordinate the intake and successful transition of new children and young people into the ITCH and the planned and therapeutic transition of clients to permanent homes or step down services
Ensure the CIRTS database is up to date with all client information
Youth Support Worker
Partner in Your Care
Bella Vista
03.2021 - 06.2022
Assisting with daily routines to participants
Transportation and support to attend appointments
Contact supervision
Support in behaviours and escalation
Participation is not happening and in conjunction with a multidisciplinary group, help in identifying the barriers and devising strategies to encourage the re-engagement
Education
Bachelor - Community services
Stott’s College
Sydney
05.2023
Skills
MS Office
Nursing care planning
Chronic health care
Mental health care
Health care system knowledge
Risk assessment
Health and Safety (WHS)
Program documentation
Quality improvement
Reflective practice
Professional development
Supervision and coaching
Case note maintenance
Data collection
Internal audit participation
Legislation compliance
Data statistics collection
Project design and implementation
Affiliations
ACWA Skill Assessment Community Worker
Mental Health Professional Network (MHPN)
Certification
Manual Handling Certificate, Community Therapy, 11/08/22
First Aid Certificate, 07/21/23
Infection Control Training - Covid 19, Aspen Medical, 03/01/21
New Worker NDIS Induction Module, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, 03/01/21
NDIS Worker Orientation Module, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, 03/01/21
Child Aware Practice Certificate, Emerging Minds
The Impact of Parental Substance Certificate, Emerging Minds
The Impact of Trauma on the Child Certificate, Emerging Minds
References
Renea Dalgliesh, Operation Manager Life Without Barriers
0474 853 379 renea.dalgliesh@lwb.org.au
Adam Coyle, Manager PIYC, 0450896100
Harmeet, harmeet.singh@piyc.com.au
Volunteer Experience
2018, Present, Sydney, NSW
Other Information
Fully vaccinated - Booster, Available, Available, Available