Peter English
Westcourt,Australia
Summary
Dedicated to approaching each day with compassion and grace, striving to make a positive impact on children, families, and community. Skilled in building strong and respectful relationships with diverse individuals and organizations, valuing collaboration and problem-solving with integrity. Embracing life's challenges, enjoys finding solutions collaboratively while maintaining a positive and effective approach.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Men and Male Youth Program Facilitator
Wuchopperen Health Service
10.2023 - 04.2025
- Proactive design, implement and deliver education and awareness programs that meet with specific needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and children within the Healthy Happy Families Service area.
- Develop and implement appropriate intervention and prevention strategies.
- Provide intensive case management, community education and awareness sessions, counselling and support, referrals, court support, development of education resources and advocacy on behalf of individuals and families.
- Effectively liaise and provide guidance between communities through developing networks, partnerships and promoting information sharing.
- Engage men and children from a range of groups with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, facilitating the development of local leaders to increase individual and community capacity.
Wellbeing Worker
Wuchopperen Health Service
07.2023 - 10.2023
- Compete tasks to assess client needs and identify appropriate supports and/or interventions, including assessment of risk and contribute to the developments of care plans.
- Undertake crisis intervention, advocacy and referral to appropriate internal and external providers.
- Provide counselling and support in regards to issues impacting on clients wellbeing, particularly in regard to issues of grief and loss, trauma, identity and connection.
- Provide individual support and to assist clients to counter social and emotional stressors by facilitating and delivering culturally appropriate group education and awareness programs.
- Coordinate client care with internal and external providers in accordance with the clients care plan.
- Maintain clear and concise documentation that includes undertaking a range of record and information tasks to ensure accurate maintenance of case records.
Placement Support Worker
Wuchopperen Health Service
12.2022 - 07.2023
- Engage with Community Members who have expressed an interest in becoming a Foster or Kinship Carer and work towards building a pool of available carers.
- Complete Foster and Kinship Carer Assessments adhering to the Department of Child Safety processes and timeframes.
- Provide intake services on a rostered basis with the focus of delivering feedback to Child Safety Placement Support Services relating to the capacity within the care service.
- Apply the approval process when engaging with carers who have expressed an interest, including completing all required documentation.
- Organise and deliver training ensuring the minimum requirements of Pre-Service and Standards Training of the Departments of Child Safety are met, for Foster and Kinship Carers.
- Provide a quality placement support service to Carers and the children in care, delivering accurate and relevant responses to their enquiries and concerns. Work with carers to resolve specific care related problems promptly, in a manner that positively contributes to the Carer/Service relationship.
- Contribute to the day-to-day operations of the service in accordance with the relevant standards ensuring a high-quality placement support service and the maintaining of client's rights and confidentiality at all times.
Night Public Area Cleaner
Luxxe Contracting for Rydges Esplanade Hotel
02.2021 - 12.2022
- Clean Function Rooms post events.
- Clean all public toilets to a high standard including removal of rubbish, dusting, vacuum, mop and replenish bathroom products.
- Remove rubbish from all public area bins and dispose in compactor, replenish rubbish bags.
- Clean multiple pool areas including remove rubbish, wipe down sunbeds and tables and chairs, clean glass pool fencing, mop tiled areas, hose decking areas, tidy garden rubbish, wash and fold pool towels in laundry.
- Use positive and polite communication with guests and outsiders to remind them of rules and provide further instruction or clarification if necessary to ensure continued safety for myself and them.
- Clean public laundry areas and follow procedures to ensure return of items to appropriate person or place.
- Clean restaurant and bar area including removal of rubbish, dusting, vacuum, mop, wipe down of surfaces to clean and to sanitise.
- Removal of crockery and cutlery from all public spaces and return to kitchen areas for cleaning.
- Wash and fold restaurant clothes, aprons and rags to ensure supplies of each replenished for use next day.
- Close communication via radio and face to face with only other staff member onsite, Night Front Desk Manager, to ensure safety of ourselves, clients and general public.
- Possess knowledge and skills in firefighting an emergency procedures and ability to operate in emergency situations to protect self and others.
- Provide first aid to clients and general public and contact help if needed.
- Communicate need for cleaning supplies/tools and bathroom supplies to supervisor to ensure enough stock always available.
Teacher Aide - Behaviour Support
Education Queensland
03.2014 - 07.2021
- Act as an independent mediator between the school, students, families and community members to enhance open communication
- Develop innovative and effective strategies for building relationships among students, families, community members and stakeholder groups to promote communication and resolve issues of concern
- Work within a team-based management approach as a contact for students, families or community members regarding any concerns
- Assist and support teachers with the preparation and delivery of learning resources and learning activities
- Displaying respect and empathy for students with high level needs
- Contributing to the welfare, health and safety of students including the delivery of first aid
- Provide specific literacy and numeracy support
- Monitor the behaviour and wellbeing of students to identify issues and organise intervention
- Lead and implement initiatives to encourage a positive, caring and supportive environment at the school for students, families and community members
- Liaise and provide support to students and families at the school and liaise with the wider community
- Promote the benefits of education to improve outcomes for students and families
- Liaise with families and conduct home visits to encourage school attendance and to motivate students
- Liaise with students and families to recognize any educational, social, emotional or behavioural issues
- Assist teachers and students with sporting activities
- Communicating effectively and displaying high level of interpersonal skills to function as an effective team member
- Recording data for use in reviewing student’s development
- Displaying confidentiality, tact, reliability and sensitivity to students and their families
- Supporting Carers and advocating for them with Child Safety
Education
Diploma - Counselling
Gallang Education And Training
Grade 12 Completion - undefined
Woree State High School
Diploma - Education (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Tafe Qld
01.2013
Cert IV - Building and Construction
Housing Industry Association Ltd
01.2011
RPL for Scope of Works - Roof and Wall Cladding BSA License
S/T Construction Techniques
01.2006
Business Management - Licensed Contractors
Queensland Masters Builders Training
01.2005
General Safety Induction - Construction Industry
Cairns Region Group Training
01.2003
Skills
- Workplace Health and Safety Representative Qualification and CPR
- Valid Blue Card
- Valid C Driver's License
- National Police Check
Timeline
Men and Male Youth Program Facilitator
Wuchopperen Health Service
10.2023 - 04.2025
Wellbeing Worker
Wuchopperen Health Service
07.2023 - 10.2023
Placement Support Worker
Wuchopperen Health Service
12.2022 - 07.2023
Night Public Area Cleaner
Luxxe Contracting for Rydges Esplanade Hotel
02.2021 - 12.2022
Teacher Aide - Behaviour Support
Education Queensland
03.2014 - 07.2021
Grade 12 Completion - undefined
Woree State High School
Diploma - Education (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Tafe Qld
Cert IV - Building and Construction
Housing Industry Association Ltd
RPL for Scope of Works - Roof and Wall Cladding BSA License
S/T Construction Techniques
Business Management - Licensed Contractors
Queensland Masters Builders Training
General Safety Induction - Construction Industry
Cairns Region Group Training
Diploma - Counselling
Gallang Education And Training
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