Renee Andela
Byford,Australia
Summary
Experienced Senior Case Worker with a strong background in child protection and family support services. Proven ability to assess risk, develop and implement safety plans, and work collaboratively with families, multidisciplinary teams, and community agencies to achieve positive outcomes for children. Skilled in crisis intervention, case management, court reporting, and advocating for the safety and wellbeing of vulnerable children while maintaining a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Case worker
Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
12.2024 - Current
- Providing a strength based and culturally secure services to parents, young people and children
- Working from a culturally appropriate lense
- Liaising with multidisciplinary teams
- Empowering clients to be the lead for their families and walking along side them on their journey.
- Reported child safety concerns to appropriate child protection authorities in line with policy
- Followed mandatory reporting procedures to ensure children’s safety and wellbeing
- Trained and mentored new staff members
- Acted as a point of support for other employees, offering guidance and instruction.
- Facilitated staff training sessions focused on parenting practices, family violence response, and suicide risk identification
Case Coordinator
Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
01.2023 - 12.2024
- Providing strength- based and culturally secure services to children, young people, and families.
- Establishing case plans
- Liaising with Schools and services
- Liaising with The Department of Child Protection family support (CPFS)
- Working with families to achieve goals and strengthen parenting capacity in the home.
- Recording progress for clients onto a database
- Case load of 15 families
- Informal counselling
Caseworker
Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
01.2020 - 01.2023
- Providing strength- based and culturally secure services to children, young people, and families.
- Establishing case plans
- Liaising with Schools and services
- Liaising with The Department of Child Protection family support (CPFS)
- Supporting parents to be reunified with their children
- Supporting families to keep their children safe at home
- Working with families to achieve goals and strengthen parenting capacity in the home
- Recording progress for clients onto a database
- Caseload of 10 families
- Informal counselling
Family support worker
Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Providing strength- based and culturally secure services to children, young people, and families.
- Outreach
- Transports for clients
- Advocating on client’s behalf
- Assess the needs of families and help support their goals.
- Assessments
- Case notes
- Case plans
- Individual support
- Working with families from diverse cultures
- Building rapport with individuals and families
Youth Worker
Gosnells WA PCYC
01.2019 - 12.2019
- Outreach
- Supported trainers to deliver programs - Cert 1 leadership & Cert 2 Automotive
- Case notes
- Risk management.
- Support clients in difficult settings.
- Help set up and clean up meals.
- Assessed the needs of clients.
- Client backgrounds
- Liaise with stakeholders.
- Assisting in delivery senior first aid
- Informal counselling
Youth Worker
Kensington WA PCYC
01.2017 - 12.2019
- Assessed the needs of clients.
- Supported Trainers to deliver programs.
- Support clients in difficult settings.
- Help set up and clean up meals.
- Outreach
- Out-of-school care.
- Risk management.
- Informal counseling.
Training Assistant Nurse
Health Training Australia
01.2012 - 12.2013
- Full time care for clients
- Ambulation and Manual Handling
- Personal and oral hygiene
- Food and Fluid handling
- Domestic Cleaning
- Keeping up with day to day progress of clients
- Resident and Family support
- Traineeship
Education
Certificate 4 youth work -
South metropolitan TAFE Murdoch
01.2018
Certificate 4 Community Services -
South Metropolitan TAFE Beaconsfield
01.2017
Equivalent Certificate 3 in Aged Care -
Health Training Australia
01.2013
Cert 2 general education (TAFE) -
Commett Joondalup
01.2010
Skills
- Circle of Security Facilitator
- Senior First Aid Certificate
- Working with children check
- Safe and Together training (FDV)
- Aboriginal mental health training
- Solution-focused therapy training
- Motivational interviewing training
- High-risk infant training
- Trauma-informed care and practice
- Cognitive behavioral therapy training
- Working with men who use violence
- Cultural training
- Parenting in prevention training
- Intergenerational trauma
- Children's counseling
- Safeguarding children
- Responding to aggression training
- Responding to disclosures
- Transforming trauma in our work with others
- Proficient use of Microsoft Office and Outlook
Skills And Certificates
- Circle of Security Facilitator
- Senior First Aid Certificate
- Working with children check
- Safe and Together training (Family Domestic Violence)
- Aboriginal mental health training
- Solution focused therapy training
- Motivational interviewing training
- High risk infant training
- Trauma informed care and practice
- Cognitive behavioural therapy training
- Working with men who use violence.
- Cultural training
- Parenting in prevention training
- Intergenerational trauma
- Children’s counselling
- Safeguarding children
- Responding to aggression training
- Responding to disclosures
- Transforming trauma in our work with others
- Proficient use of Microsoft office and outlook
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Case worker
Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
12.2024 - Current
Case Coordinator
Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
01.2023 - 12.2024
Caseworker
Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
01.2020 - 01.2023
Family support worker
Wungening Aboriginal Corporation
01.2019 - 01.2020
Youth Worker
Gosnells WA PCYC
01.2019 - 12.2019
Youth Worker
Kensington WA PCYC
01.2017 - 12.2019
Training Assistant Nurse
Health Training Australia
01.2012 - 12.2013
Certificate 4 youth work -
South metropolitan TAFE Murdoch
Certificate 4 Community Services -
South Metropolitan TAFE Beaconsfield
Equivalent Certificate 3 in Aged Care -
Health Training Australia
Cert 2 general education (TAFE) -
Commett Joondalup