Laura Hennessy
Melbourne,Australia
Summary
Motivated, hardworking individual with excellent planning, organizing, and risk management skills. Experienced in building trusting relationships with clients, families, and staff. Passionate about working therapeutically with families. Strong interpersonal communication and networking abilities.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Care Coordinator
Tweddle Child and Family Health Service
Footscray, Australia
01.2022 - Current
- Coordinate and innovate care from referral to discharge planning by receiving, reviewing, and prioritizing incoming referrals for high-risk families.
- Liaison and active coordination with external care team stakeholders.
- Support the staff involved in referral pathways to coordinate and manage referrals in an accurate and timely manner.
- Provide support to the Assessment & Intake Team through the provision of clinical decision making and care of self and others.
- Support team members with clinical decision-making to ensure complex care needs are addressed.
- Providing one-to-one supervision, support, and development to staff.
- Contribute to the development of creative, innovative, and practical initiatives.
- Facilitate monthly Team Meetings within the Assessment and Intake Team.
- Conduct fortnightly parenting support and education phone consults to women in DPFC Prison.
Early Parenting Practitioner
Tweddle Child and Family Health Service
Footscray, Australia
07.2020 - 01.2022
- Provide high-quality, child-centered, family-focused care and support to vulnerable families and their children up to 4 years.
- Maintain a safe environment for clients, self, and other staff to minimize clinical risk and improve safety of care.
- Conduct a comprehensive assessment to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children and families, including goal setting, intervention, and discharge planning.
- Contributed to a positive workplace and culture of learning. Participated in a monthly Wellbeing at Work group.
- Collate and maintain high-quality documentation that meets both best practice and regulatory and statutory requirements.
- Actively participated in relevant team and organizational meetings.
- Maintain OHS policies and procedures and RISKMAN reporting.
Family Development Worker
The Bessborough Centre
Cork, Ireland
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Conducted thorough parenting capacity assessments for Child Protection referrals
- Developed comprehensive placement plans and goals tailored to each family's needs up to 16 weeks.
- Engaged in crisis management aligned with local and national guidelines.
- Provide verbal and written feedback on the progress of the family as required.
- Risk assessments conducted for clients on-site and off-site care.
- Coordinate ongoing parent-child contact sessions as needed.
- Worked within a multidisciplinary team approach and actively participated in fortnightly team meetings.
- Worked in partnership with community stakeholders involved in the families' care to ensure the best outcomes for the families and children.
- Provide accurate and precise information at handovers and contribute to writing overall placement reports.
- Ensured that all information relating to families and staff is treated in a thoroughly professional manner, in accordance with the principles of confidentiality, data protection legislation, and Freedom of Information.
Education
Full Distinction Award -
QQI Level 6: Play Therapy Skills
Cork, Ireland12.2018
BA Honors Degree - Social Care Work
Cork Insititute of Technology
Cork, Ireland06.2018
Full Distinction Award -
QQI Level 6: Psychosocial Awareness and Training
Cork, Ireland06.2015
Full Merit Award - Psychology and Social Studies
QQI Level 5
Cork, Ireland06.2014
Diploma - Diploma of Counselling
Australian Insititute of Professional Counsellors
OnlineSkills
- Trauma Informed Care Framework
- Time management abilities
- Community Referrals
- Relationship Building
- Mental Health Assessment
- Computer and technology literacy
- Negotiation and problem-solving skills
- Organizational Skills
- Leadership
- Family Support
- Excellent Communication
- Crisis Intervention
- Child Advocacy
- Active Listening
Certification
- Circle of Security Program Facilitator
- Early Communication Indicators (ECI)
- Berry Street Safe and Together Training
- Engaging Infants: An introduction to Infant Mental Health
- NCAST Parent Child Interaction Feeding and Teaching Scale
- Newborn Behavioural Observation (NBO)
- Sleep and Settling Model of Care Training
- Brene Brown - Dare to Lead
- WWC/First Aid and CPR
- Accredited Parenting Under Pressure (PUP) Therapist
- Signs and Safety Child Protection Training
References
On Request
Timeline
Clinical Care Coordinator
Tweddle Child and Family Health Service
01.2022 - Current
Early Parenting Practitioner
Tweddle Child and Family Health Service
07.2020 - 01.2022
Family Development Worker
The Bessborough Centre
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Circle of Security Program Facilitator
- Early Communication Indicators (ECI)
- Berry Street Safe and Together Training
- Engaging Infants: An introduction to Infant Mental Health
- NCAST Parent Child Interaction Feeding and Teaching Scale
- Newborn Behavioural Observation (NBO)
- Sleep and Settling Model of Care Training
- Brene Brown - Dare to Lead
- WWC/First Aid and CPR
- Accredited Parenting Under Pressure (PUP) Therapist
- Signs and Safety Child Protection Training
Full Distinction Award -
QQI Level 6: Play Therapy Skills
BA Honors Degree - Social Care Work
Cork Insititute of Technology
Full Distinction Award -
QQI Level 6: Psychosocial Awareness and Training
Full Merit Award - Psychology and Social Studies
QQI Level 5
Diploma - Diploma of Counselling
Australian Insititute of Professional Counsellors
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