Esther Gounder

• The development/review of the Primary Health Network funded Short-Term Therapies (STT) Program Specifications, an associated integral component of Mental health Intake, Assessment, Triage and Referral programs in Darwin
• Undertake stakeholder consultation and the development of communication strategies regarding the project
• Guide the delivery of high-quality mental health intake, assessment, triage, and referral services for people experiencing mental health issues seeking support.
• Provide clinical oversight for and positive leadership of the mental health team
• Facilitate a strong clinical governance culture within the team, where each practitioner takes responsibility for their own decision making and quality improvement activities.
  • Provide support to clinical staff and ensure they are provided supervision, coaching, performance review and practice development.
• Ensure records management processes are followed, including the supervision of files, and facilitating training when required
• Use routine data (quantitative and qualitative) to monitor consumer experience, change and service impact over time

• Locum contract whilst working as Academic

• Multi-disciplinary Trauma informed legal service supporting clients applying for the Territories Stolen Generation Redress Scheme and the National Redress Scheme for survivors of institutional child
  abuse.
  • Provide crisis and short-term counselling for the most complex cases in the service, through telephone and in-person & providing support on Advice Lawyer appointments whilst clients unpack their
  survivor stories
  • Provide discipline-specific case consultation & support coworkers for supporting client well-being while engaged in the redress schemes over a 12-18 month period
  • Deliver outreach services including home visits and legal advice clinics & communication education sessions about service

• Taught SWK103, SWK202, SWK203, SWK402 in BSW program, skills based/field of practice units
• Planned & developed 5-day intensives where students build on clinical skills for practice
• Provide clinical supervision to students on 500 hour placement block

• Creating cultural safety and cultural sensitivity when counselling students of diverse indigenous backgrounds
• developing cultural competence & cultural assessment whilst treating and managing suicidal risk and behavioural challenges related to complex trauma and grief in the school and boarding house
• Working collaboratively with the Indigenous wellbeing and education teams
• Applying culturally sensitive practices to well-being, contributing to the development of individual education plans
• providing training to staff & grant writing.

• Providing specialist counselling and consultation to school and families that experienced a high intake of referrals due to floods, fires and COVID-19 pandemic impact
• Provided crisis intervention in response to emergencies, employing existing trust and rapport to deescalate situations.
• Identified and addressed concerns of incoming students and parents and manage complex cases
• Develop intake process for counselling, policies and consent forms

• developed strong facilitation skills in the area of adult learning using a wide range of teaching methods
• Taught the following units: Human Services Intervention Strategies, Working with Individuals &Families, Group Work in Social Work, Context of Human Services, Professional Decision Making in Social Work, Field Education 2, Social Work Practice Methods 2 (MSW), Lifespan Development & the Human Services

• Individual and family counselling across Prep-Year 12.
• Triage, crisis counselling, assessment and program design
• Liaise with heads of school, coordinators, specialist services and other external health services
• Training of staff in self care, well being, trauma-informed teaching and child protection legislation
• Delivering parent workshops that cover bullying, healthy routines, supporting student learning and psycho education
• Risk assessments and making ROSH reports to FACS, liaising with statutory services

• providing online mental health assessments and therapy services via the internet and telephone Australia-wide.
• Facilitate 8 week courses courses that provide the core skills of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, including Wellbeing Course (Ages 26-64), the Mood Mechanic Course (ages 18-25) and the Indigenous Wellbeing Course (for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Peoples).
• Provided a range of online and telephone-delivered psychology services to patients including psychological assessments, triage and referrals
• Liaising and consultation with other service providers such as state mental health teams in the management of suicide risk in patients

• Maternity Leave Contract, Provided individual, group and family counselling services to students in CEDP schools
• Coordination of a case management approach to supporting identified vulnerable students
• Collaboration with school teams to promote school-wide mental health and wellbeing initiatives
• Provision of expertise in relation to Keep Them Safe responses within schools
• Child protection reporting and liaison with statutory organisations
  

• Worked in Brighter Futures program for 4 months, working with families with a child 0-6years with concerns for safety or risk
• experience in completing family strengths and needs assessment and Youth-focused assessment that involves the identification and analysis of safety and wellbeing concerns for the CYP
• demonstrated knowledge and experience in working with CYP and families experiencing Domestic Violence, Child Protection issues, Parent Drug and Alcohol Misuse, Parenting Skills, CYP Behaviour Management, Learning Difficulties, Parental Mental Health and Social Isolation.
• high level written and verbal communication skills, with experience developing case summaries and completing Child protection reports
• Liaise, develop and maintain relationships with professional groups including Community Services and other government and non-government stakeholders;
• Wraparound model of service provision,evidence based practice Child/ Youth focused practice
• working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse organisations and communities.
• experience in using Structured Decision Making tools for family assessment (SARA Model)
• group work facilitation in RAGE anger management program for youth and Jobskills workshops

• Provided community-based early intervention services to assist young people 12-18 who were homeless or at risk of homelessness and their families.
• worked with newly arrive refugee young people up to the age of 21 on humanitarian and protection visas
• 16 clients in a case-management model to stabilise living situations, manage family conflict, advocacy for clients with a strengths-based focus, and help engagement with work and education
• Trained in mediation skills

• Youth Work in high schools in the greater western sydney area facilitating and planning group work programs such as Links 2 Learning and Youth Connections, RAW (Ready Arrive Work)
• Target group are young offenders and youth at different levels of risk of leaving school early
• Developed re-engagement plans and case management.
• Delivered supportive and knowledgeable group work to students with academic or personal concerns.