Leah Clarke
Hawkesdale
Summary
Dependable Social worker offering valuable experience in case management. Dedicated to forming trusting professional relationships and advocating for best interest of service users. Organised and invested individual successful at managing multiple tasks at once, able to prioritise these tasks according to risk and urgency. Willingness to take on responsibilities to meet team goals and support service users.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Family Services Practitioner
Meli (Bethany)
11.2023 - Current
- Excelled in time management skills, enabling the completion of all daily tasks while providing exceptional care to patients.
- Developed strong working relationships with colleagues and external partners to facilitate effective collaboration on shared goals.
- Advocated for client rights when interacting with external agencies or institutions, ensuring fair treatment at all times.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to address client needs and formulate tailored support strategies.
- Referred clients to appropriate community agencies and organisations to meet needs
Family Preservation & Reunification Support Worker
Bethany Community Support
11.2021 - 11.2023
- Report to Child Protection in accordance with legal standards of mandatory reporters.
- Complete detailed documents to summarise interactions with service users.
- Develop rapport to create safe and trusting environment.
- Visit home environments to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.
- Develop and facilitated goal-oriented tasks with service users.
- Help service users develop new coping mechanisms and techniques to encourage change.
- Hold a case load for primary workers while they are on leave.
Field Placement Student
Bethany Community Services
07.2021 - 11.2021
- Maintained regular supervised contact with clients by calling and visiting clients' homes.
- Assessing risk
- Case noting
- Networking
- Information sharing
Disability Support Worker
Gateways Australia
10.2020 - 11.2021
- Offered social support by transporting individuals to events and activities, in addition to medical appointments and shopping trips.
- Kept detailed daily logs with care actions, patient behaviors and all incidents.
- Worked with children and parents to closely monitor social, behavioral and developmental growth.
- Case noting
Social Work Placement
Deakin - CREW
03.2020 - 06.2021
- Gathered, arranged and corrected research data.
- Researched lived experiences of women with caring responsibilities
- Performed interviews and documented findings.
- Transcribed the interviews
- Coding
Field Education Placement
Barwon Children Youth and Family
03.2020 - 04.2021
- Made welfare check phone calls to schools for service users.
- Transported service users to and from school/appointments
- Case noting
- Reading referrals and filled in service user contact details
Child Care Assistant
Camp Australia School care
01.2018 - 12.2020
- Observed play activities to identify positive behaviors and areas in need of improvement, implementing behavior redirection where appropriate.
- Promoted language development skills through reading and storytelling.
- Identified early warning signs of emotional and developmental problems in children.
- Case noting
- Incident report writing
Education
Bachelor of Social Work -
Deakin University
Geelong Waterfront 10.2021
High School Diploma -
Terang High School
Terang11.2015
Skills
- Case noting
- Risk assessment
- Collaboration
- Assessing needs
- Teamwork
- Relationship-Building
- Referrals and networking
- Strengths-based solution-focused
- Efficient under pressure
Accomplishments
- Bachelor of Social Work
- Full Driver’s license
- Working with children's check
- First Aid/CPR Certified
- NDIS Screening Check
- Police Check
Timeline
Family Services Practitioner
Meli (Bethany)
11.2023 - Current
Family Preservation & Reunification Support Worker
Bethany Community Support
11.2021 - 11.2023
Field Placement Student
Bethany Community Services
07.2021 - 11.2021
Disability Support Worker
Gateways Australia
10.2020 - 11.2021
Social Work Placement
Deakin - CREW
03.2020 - 06.2021
Field Education Placement
Barwon Children Youth and Family
03.2020 - 04.2021
Child Care Assistant
Camp Australia School care
01.2018 - 12.2020
Bachelor of Social Work -
Deakin University
High School Diploma -
Terang High School
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