Molly Lovatt

• Taught the Master of Social Work subject "Professional Identity 1", involving weekly in-person tutorials, assignment and portfolio marking, weekly collaboration meetings with fellow tutors and academic staff, and contributing to the development of course content.
• Currently in the role of university liaison tutor; supervising, supporting and evaluating student social workers on their placements and liaising between placement host organisations and the university.

• Facilitated communication and relationship development between different stakeholders.
• Facilitated consultative workshops for clients wanting to develop workplace family violence policy and support organisational change management.
• Drafted high-quality workplace family violence policy documents
• Provided consultation and advice to government departments and regulatory bodies regarding family violence and intersecting experiencing of systemic disadvantage.
• Research emerging trends and best practices in family violence and public policy to ensure efficacy of recommendations.

My substantive role was a pilot program providing 1:1 and family counselling, advocacy and therapeutic casework support to trans and gender diverse young people and their families. As the program developed I worked supporting various functions of the organisation based on my prior skills and experience:

• Provided trauma focused counselling and therapeutic support to trans and gender diverse people transitioning out of prison

• Provided specialist family violence counselling and case management to LGBTIQA+ people and families.

• Developed and co-facilitated a 6-week therapeutic Nonviolence group for women and gender diverse people inside the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre.

Community based role:

• Provided up to 20 sessions of face to face and telehealth counselling sessions to individuals aged 12+ in the community affected by sexual assault, along with advocacy support.
• Therapeutic work was supported by ongoing professional development and education in trauma-focused psychotherapy and counselling frameworks including EMDR Level 1 and somatic approaches, as well as utilising psychometric tools.
• Advocacy work included attending police interviews, letter writing, stakeholder liasion, and developing reports for Victims of Crime and Redress clients.
• Developed and facilitated a workshop series for external stakeholders on family violence and respectful relationships to young people accessing support at an alcohol and other drug service.

Prison based role:

• Provided in-reach counselling services with no session limits to clients incarcerated at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. WestCASA run the Specialist Trauma Service and counselling there is not limited to clients who have experienced sexual assault.
• Developed and facilitated a therapeutic trauma recovery group
• Provided intensive advocacy and casework support particularly in the corrections, legal and health systems as well as housing, disability and mental health.

Worked in a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency team to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experiencing homelessness and mental health stress in the northern area of Melbourne. My role included counselling, clinical mental health assessment and treatment, as well as day to day support and advocacy/case work via an assertive outreach model.

Started as a case manager at Homefront Women's Crisis Accomodation and was seconded to a solo worker program providing assertive outreach, case management and counselling to women sleeping rough in the St Kilda area.

This position was supported by external supervision. Additional responsibilities included quarterly reports, budget management and funding applications.

- Employed as a qualified Social Worker following my performance on my student placement at Thomas Embling Hospital

- Provided hospital based social work support to patients at the forensic mental health facility including developing and facilitating therapeutic and psychoeducational groups, as well as intensive family work and family counselling.