Andrea Radcliffe
Sunshine,Australia
Summary
Enthusiastic Family Services Mentor (Early Intervention and School Based units) with over fifteen years’ experience working with children and their families. This experience encompasses leading individual family sessions, to online group sessions, to designing and training staff in effective methodologies when working alongside families.
Additionally I possess a very well-developed understanding of developmental disabilities, with an exceptional knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorders and its correlating strengths and deficits. I have designed numerous learning plans for students with ASD within early intervention programs across a range of developmental domains whilst always prioritizing well-being and agency.
I hold a Bachelor of Counseling. During my tertiary studies I had the opportunity to complete a placement providing both one to one and co-facilitating group bereavement counseling to individuals who had experienced a sudden or traumatic death within their family.
The roles have all contributed to my development of an incredibly strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Family Services Mentor
Autism Partnership Australia
03.2020 - Current
- Overseeing and designing the family related training for all staff within the agency
- Mentoring junior staff
- In the moment training
- Conducting online webinars and group sessions
- Working one to one with families with the objective of meeting them where they are at whilst working towards building their parenting confidence and capacity
Senior Program Consultant (Early Intervention)
Autism Partnership Australia
09.2015 - Current
- Overseeing a caseload of program consultants
- Upholding, modelling, and delivering all elements of the Program Consultant Role.
Program Consultant (Early Intervention and School Based Departments)
Autism Partnership Australia
09.2006 - 09.2015
- Overseeing a caseload of young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Collaboratively overseeing individualized curriculum for a classroom of students
- Developing rapport and maintaining a working relationship with each child, family, and team of therapists
- Conducting Family Skill Building sessions
- Managing highly charged and emotive situations
- Experience with working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Clients and their families
- Working collaboratively with allied health professionals
- Conducting training workshops and presentations
- Maintaining appropriate meeting and case notes
- Completing recommendation letters for NDIS purposes.
Early Intervention Behaviour Therapist
Autism Partnership
Melbourne, Australia & Orange County, California
11.2002 - 12.2006
- Working directly with children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Data taking on program implementation and student progress
- Maintaining collaborative relationships with student, family, team members, case manager, and allied health professionals
- Working unsupervised within home, kinder, and school environments.
Education
Bachelor of Counseling -
Australian College of Applied Psychology- Melbourne, Australia
01.2015
Diploma of Community Rehabilitation -
Mount Royal College- Calgary, Canada
01.2000
Skills
- Behavior analysis
- Person-centered approach
- Developmental disabilities
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Learning plan design
- Early intervention programs
- Counseling
- NDIS applications
- Parent training and coaching
- Grief and trauma counseling
- Conflict resolution
- Developmental psychology
- Mental health policy and practice
- Cultural diversity in counseling
- Disability and the individual
- Family and society
- Design and evaluation of disability programs
- Training design and delivery
- Mentoring
- Observational learning
- Online webinars
- Program consulting
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
- Individualized learning curriculum
- Communication skills
- Social skills
- Behavior management
- Independence skills
- ILP goal setting
- Student support group meetings
- Rapport building
- Empathic listening
- Goal setting and modeling techniques
- Family skill building
- Person-centered counseling
- Motivational interviewing
- Strengths-based approaches
- Managing challenging behaviors
- Culturally and linguistically diverse clients
- Collaboration with allied health professionals
- Training workshops and presentations
- Case note documentation
- NDIS recommendation letters
- Data collection and analysis
- Community involvement
- Diversity and inclusion training
- Tuning Into Kids facilitator training
Community Service
Port Phillip Prison (via the Red Cross Community and Justice Program), Visitor Support and Family and Child Engagement Volunteer, September 2018 to March 2020.
Professional Development
- Engaging Children: Paving the way with parents, Emerging Minds, October 2023
- Child-centered and family-focused practice with children with a disability, Emerging Minds, September 2023
- Diversity and Inclusion Training, SBS Inclusion Team, August 2021
- Tuning Into Kids Facilitator Training, Melbourne University, October 2020
- The Impact of Trauma and the Child, Emerging Minds, September 2020
Timeline
Family Services Mentor
Autism Partnership Australia
03.2020 - Current
Senior Program Consultant (Early Intervention)
Autism Partnership Australia
09.2015 - Current
Program Consultant (Early Intervention and School Based Departments)
Autism Partnership Australia
09.2006 - 09.2015
Early Intervention Behaviour Therapist
Autism Partnership
11.2002 - 12.2006
Bachelor of Counseling -
Australian College of Applied Psychology- Melbourne, Australia
Diploma of Community Rehabilitation -
Mount Royal College- Calgary, Canada
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