JoyLee Kilpatrick

• Provide tailored therapeutic support to children and families in the western regions of Melbourne who have experienced trauma related to sexual and family violence.
• Develop and deliver professional development and education sessions for a variety of community stake holders.
• Maintain professional records and clinical case notes for clients.
• Running the operational aspects of the business.
• Fostering relationships with key community organisations.

• Provide leadership coaching, mentoring, education, supervision and support to ensure high quality therapeutic services that are gender informed, strengths based, systemic, culturally sensitive and trauma informed.
• Demonstration of a high level of expertise in trauma counselling through maintaining a proportional counselling case load.
• Provide high level advice and secondary consultation to other professionals and organisations in relation to sexual assault and family violence.
• Guide and lead development of therapeutic modalities and further development of practice tools.
• Build and maintain strong collegiate relationships within the broader organisation and external partners to ensure high quality responses are offered to people who access services.
• Develop professional networks to promote organisation to a diverse range of professionals and organisations.
• Lead and co-facilitate groups, prepare reports and participate in and contribute to external evaluation and monitoring activities.
• Conduct practice forums and shared learning activities and identify and facilitate learning and development opportunities to achieve improved client outcomes.
• Proactively address practice issues and risks, possess clarity regarding responsibility for decision making and organisational accountability.

• Provided therapeutic counselling and support to children, families, young people and adults in relation to their experiences of sexual assault and family violence.
• Created and facilitated therapeutic group work programs for clients.
• Created psycho-educational resources for clients and other professionals around impacts of trauma and ways to respond.
• Provided expert consultations to professionals from other services in relation to sexual assault and family violence.

• Oversight of various programs and supports provided for children and families through the church.
• Responsible for child safety within the organisation.
• Policy and procedure development.
• Management of other staff and volunteers.
• Development of camps, training and curriculum across the organisation.

• Provided therapeutic counselling for children and families in relation to their experiences of family violence.
• Provided professional consultations to other staff within the organisation around therapeutic work with children.
• Developed and facilitated group work programs for clients.
• Provided advocacy and case management support related to clients' therapeutic goals.

• Provided support for children and families who came to stay at high security refuge. This included practical support, case management and therapeutic work.

• Supported women and children immediately following experiences of family violence. Provided emotional and practical support as well as guidance around next steps for accessing services.