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Mariama Kamara

Sydney

Summary

Compassionate, dedicated and results-driven professional with a background in family services, youth work, and disability support. Experienced in trauma-informed practice, behavioural support, family engagement, and person-cantered care. Skilled in supervising contact, supporting families, and enhancing the emotional and physical well-being of children, young people, and vulnerable individuals. Dependable and collaborative team leader committed to ethical practice and achieving positive outcomes.

Work History

Family Services/Youth Mentor

Independence Australia
  • Ensured compliance with organisation policies, procedures and confidentiality standards at all times.
  • Provide early intervention, family preservation and restoration support as well as respite services, mentoring, along with alternate care (ACA) support to promote stability and holistic care for children, young people and families.
  • Experience working in a clinical setting and supervised contact.
  • Maintain accurate documentation
  • Providing practical support and guidance to parents and caregivers, strengthening their confidence, skills and capacity to manage daily routines, responding to their children's needs and nurturing home environments. This includes establishing and maintaining family routines, hygiene, respite, school preparation and infant care.
  • Engaged effectively with both children and guardians to build trust and promote positive outcomes.
  • Provided in-home support and supervision aligned with goals set by coordinator, manager, caseworkers etc.
  • Participated in meetings and training to enhance service delivery.
  • Contribute to collaborative care by observations and insights with the broader support team.
  • Maintaining professional boundaries.

Team Leader

Maple Community Services
  • Lead and supervise staff to deliver high-quality, person centred-approach services and ensure adherence to established procedures and quality standards.
  • Overseeing and coordinating daily operations including compliance and rostering, incident management and making sure NDIS standards and organisational policies are met, ensuring all supports are delivered with their plans and goals.
  • Monitored team performance and identified areas for improvement and implemented strategic solutions to enhance productivity and efficiency and maintain high-quality outcomes.
  • Provide mentorship and training to staff to promote development. Conducting regular performance reviews, addressing concerns promptly and maintaining a supportive team environment.
  • Liaise with allied health professionals, stakeholders, guardians and families through a proactive and solution-oriented approach, ensuring holistic care and effective service coordination.
  • Monitor and review care plans, ensuring services align with client needs and funding requirements.

Therapeutic Youth Worker

Treehouse Families Innovation
  • Supervised YP in residential and community settings to ensure safety and well-being.
  • Provide individualised support to YP, contributing to increase self-esteem and improve behavioural outcomes.
  • Completed detailed progress notes, incident report, family contact report and necessary documentation to maintain thorough and accurate records.
  • Building trusting relationships with young people through engagement, empathetic listening and showcasing genuine interests in their everyday lives with ongoing support.
  • Promote and encourage a safe, inclusive environment by reinforcing expectations and positive behaviour.
  • Assisted and monitored progress towards goals in care plans and assessments, contributing to tailored support plans.
  • Maintaining cleanliness of residential settings.
  • Tracking and recording medication.

Disability support worker

PARTNER IN YOUR CARE
  • Assisted clients with daily living tasks including personal care and supported household management with tasks such as cleaning, laundry, meal prep and grocery shopping.
  • Provide safe transport to appointments and community activities
  • Delivered compassionate care and empathetic support to individuals with physical and intellectual disabilities enhancing their quality of life.
  • Maintained daily logs of care activities, behaviours, incidents and medication.

Education

Certificate IV - Disability

Queensland Institute of Education

High School -

Dulwich Hill High School of Visual Arts and Design

Diploma - Culture, Society and Justice

Queensland Institute of Education
03-2026

Skills

● Family support and Preservation

● Team supervision, Rostering & Onboarding

● Alternate Care Support (ACA)

● Supervised Contact and Case Documentation

● Compliance and Mandatory Reporting (MRG, ROSH, Helpline Reporting)

● Case-notes, Documentation and Family Contact Reports

● Person- Centred Practice and Tailored Support Planning

● Trauma- Informed Care and Behavioural interventions

● Training Delivery and Team Development Facilitation

● Youth Engagement, Development and Tailored Support Planning

● Safeguarding, Confidentiality and Ethical Conduct

● Problem-Solving and Collaborative Decision-Making

● De-escalation and Behavioural Strategies

  • Youth Advocacy

Reference

Available upon request

Timeline

High School -

Dulwich Hill High School of Visual Arts and Design

Family Services/Youth Mentor

Independence Australia

Team Leader

Maple Community Services

Therapeutic Youth Worker

Treehouse Families Innovation

Disability support worker

PARTNER IN YOUR CARE

Certificate IV - Disability

Queensland Institute of Education

Diploma - Culture, Society and Justice

Queensland Institute of Education

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