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Rhianna Sansom

Summary

Trauma-informed and person-centred Social Worker with extensive experience working alongside adults and youth in private and public sectors. Experience working alongside individuals experiencing family violence, mental illness, homelessness, and legal challenges. Prioritising client-lead support plans with a focus on intersectionality. Proficient in risk assessment, advocacy, stakeholder liaison, individual engagement and case management. Passionate about prioritising client determined goals with culturally sensitive and feminist lenses.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Family Domestic Violence Coordinator - CRS

Anglicare WA
03.2025 - Current
  • Coordinated Response Service Coordinator conducting risk assessment and intervention recommendation through triaging of Family Violence Incident Reports generated by Police in Kimberley region.
  • Triaging cases in interagency meetings with a collaborative focus to determine actions with Police, Child Protection, ACCO's, and other agencies as required.
  • Assess victim-survivor and perpetrator history, risk factors and strengths utilising the CRAMF framework to determine best support outcomes for victim-survivors. Prioritising culturally sensitive practice working with predominant Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities. Interventions include safety planning, referrals, advocacy and psychoeducation to promote safety and a strength-based approach.
  • Family Violence-informed documentation, accurate documentation of actions, risks and safety planning into shared systems.
  • Supported a Yaruwu victim-survivor at high risk of high harm. Using the CRAMF, assessed her risk as high and triaged her case with the interagency team. Engaged with her to build a rapport and ascertain her goals, we determined that she was not able to or wanting to leave the relationship so we adopted a strengths-based approach to safety and goal plan, provide psychoeducation and refer to culturally appropriate longer term support. The victim-survivor worked to develop an escape plan and utilise all her supports.

Family Domestic Violence Case Worker - CRS

Luma
10.2024 - 04.2025
  • Coordinated Response Service Case Worker conducting risk assessment and intervention recommendation through triaging of Family Violence Incident Reports generated by Police in Perth Metropolitan Region.
  • Triaging cases in interagency meetings with a collaborative focus to determine actions with Police, Child Protection and other agencies as required.
  • Assess victim-survivor and perpetrator history, risk factors and strengths utilising the CRAMF framework to determine best support outcomes for victim-survivors. Interventions include safety planning, referrals, advocacy and psychoeducation to promote safety and a strength-based approach.
  • Family Violence-informed documentation, accurate documentation of actions, risks and safety planning into shared systems.
  • Supported a victim-survivor who was misidentified as the perpetrator by Police. Utilising the CRAMF and a feminist framework, highlighted situational risk factors, relational FDV power imbalances and trauma responses impacting the victim-survivors situation. Advocated for support and safety planning for the victim-survivor with other agencies and provided FDV education to other agency workers.

Youth Worker

Life Without Barriers
01.2023 - 02.2025
  • Support young people involved in the Child Protection system who are experiencing crisis, including homelessness, family violence, legal issues, substance use, and trauma.
  • Liaison with Child Protection and Family Services for referrals, risk management, and advocacy for young people.
  • Rapport building and informal counselling and strengths based support with young people.
  • Risk assessment through initial engagement, situational circumstances, and historical variables to safety plan and develop crisis response plans. Utilising de-escalation skills and therapeutic crisis intervention skills to prevent further crises.
  • Case documentation, incident reports, and other documentation per organisational policy and procedure.

Mental Health Case Worker - Active Recovery Team

Mental Illness Fellowship of WA
09.2021 - 01.2023
  • Case management support to clients through person-centred and strengths-based approaches that aim to improve psychosocial outcomes.
  • Engage clients to support the navigation and determination of individual needs and goals.
  • Stakeholder liaison and referrals to maintain collaborative client care and effective coordination of client supports.
  • Determine the level of risk through effective questioning and establishment of situational and historical variables. Actioning appropriate response with the determined risk level and utilising risk reduction techniques and securing risk containment.

Inpatient Peer Advocate - Graylands Hospital

Department of Health
01.2020 - 10.2021
  • Support to patients experiencing acute mental health difficulties through principles of mutual understanding, empathy, and unconditional positive regard.
  • Knowledge of mental health disorders, Mental Health Act, with a focus on human rights.
  • Informal counselling skills to ensure patients are supported and able to utilise their agency.
  • Engaging with the multidisciplinary team and allied health to advocate for patient rights and goals.

Education

Bachelor of Social Work -

Curtin University
01-2025

Skills

  • Risk Assessment
  • Case Management
  • Advocacy
  • Strengths-Based and Feminist Approaches
  • Collaborative Decision Making

Professional Development

• Safe and Together – 2024 | Safe And Together Institute

• See Me See You Cultural Awareness Training | Multicultural Futures

• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention – 2023 | Cornell University

• Children and Residential Experiences (CARE) | Cornell University

• Youth Mental Health First Aid – 2023 | Mental Health First Aid Australia

• ASSIST / NSSI – 2022 | Mental Illness Fellowship WA

• Conflict Management – 2022 | Mental Illness Fellowship WA

• Trauma Informed Practice – 2022 | Western Australian Association of Mental Health

• Predict and Respond to Aggressive/Challenging Behaviour– 2021 | North Metropolitan Health Service.

• Advanced First Aid - 2024 | – St John Ambulance

Timeline

Family Domestic Violence Coordinator - CRS

Anglicare WA
03.2025 - Current

Family Domestic Violence Case Worker - CRS

Luma
10.2024 - 04.2025

Youth Worker

Life Without Barriers
01.2023 - 02.2025

Mental Health Case Worker - Active Recovery Team

Mental Illness Fellowship of WA
09.2021 - 01.2023

Inpatient Peer Advocate - Graylands Hospital

Department of Health
01.2020 - 10.2021

Bachelor of Social Work -

Curtin University

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