ROWLAND T. CHITATE
Summary
Offering strong interpersonal skills and dedication to learning and growth in my career. Delivers foundational knowledge of therapeutic practices and techniques, with ability to quickly adapt to new information and environments. Ready to use and develop skills in a Child and Family therapeutic specialist role.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Therapeutic Key worker
Anglicare Victoria
01.2020 - Current
- Support victim survivors of family violence using a trauma informed approach to ensure recovery by providing assessment using the MARAM, therapeutic support and recovery planning
- Accurately assess risk particularly in relation to systemic abuse and family violence and assist parents/ carers and children to develop concrete safety plans
- Coordinating all aspects of group work delivery, including promotion, referrals and assessment, co-facilitation arrangements, venue hire and catering
- Implement evidence-based group work models which aid parents, children and whole families in their recovery from trauma associated with family violence experience
- Provide a suite of services that respond to family's needs, drawing on the skill and expertise of the broader team to respond to infants, children, young people and parents, as well as actively engaging with male perpetrators of family violence where safe to do so, and where this maximises victim-survivor freedom and choice
Disability Support Worker
Self Employed/ Sole Trader
07.2022 - Current
- Accompanying clients on outings, to assist with social connection, build client communication skills and confidence in daily living skills
- Supervising daily hygiene when required, laying out clothes and assisting in dressing, assistance with meals, monitoring medications
- Follow client care plans to assist them to achieve outcomes for greater functioning and independence
- Create and maintain records for all clients, taxes and banking
Practitioner Focus on fathers
Anglicare Victoria
01.2023 - 10.2023
- Providing support for fathers to address their use of family violence
- Delivering assessment, service planning, and targeted interventions consistent with relevant risk assessment tools and frameworks
- Undertaking comprehensive assessments of clients/men referred to the program for engagement, safety and psycho-social support needs, and that identify both the capacity and constraints to making necessary changes
- Liaise with relevant professionals involved with clients through all stages of intervention to ensure safety and well-being of all family members in line with MARAM Framework and information sharing schemes
- Continuously monitor risk assessment and review goals for each client
- Participating and contributing to program evaluation and monitoring activities, ensuring development of practice tools, techniques and operations
- Completion of all program administration requirements including case notes, assessments, goal plan, goal plan reviews and referrals
Therapeutic Caseworker
Uniting-Youth Hope
04.2018 - 11.2019
- Provide therapeutic casework services based on the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics and the Proactive Case Management model
- Work closely with Consulting Clinical Team and the Youth Hope Coordinator to identify the therapeutic needs of families, children and young people and structure the support intervention accordingly
- Provide planning support and structure for the safety of children and young people in families where the safety of the child or young person is at risk
- Provide families with appropriate assistance to achieve identified goals, which may include skill development, therapeutic interventions, advocacy and holistic case management
- Advocate effectively on behalf of service users linking them to ongoing support
- Contribute to appropriate community responses including the development of partnerships
Family Therapist (Functional Family Therapy-Child Welfare)
Mackillop Family Services
11.2017 - 03.2018
- Providing therapy to families utilising the Functional Family therapy Child Welfare model
- Conducting assessments including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses to inform an independently developed treatment plan
- Create specific session plans based on referral plans, behaviours and risks
- Provide home based/ community based clinical treatment
- Collaborate with all relevant systems and key participants within each system to ensure their buy in and co-operation throughout treatment
Education
Bachelor of Social work Honours degree -
University of Zimbabwe
01.2010
MSc (Agr) - Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
University College Dublin
01.2016
Diploma in Personnel management -
Institute of Personnel Management Zimbabwe (IPMZ)
01.2009
Skills
- Providing therapeutic support to children and adults
- Networking and community engagement
- Workshop and group facilitation
- Volunteer supervision
- Casework
- Report writing
- MS-Office
- SPSS
- Internet
Professionalmemberships
Australian Association of Social Workers, 458343
Timeline
Practitioner Focus on fathers
Anglicare Victoria
01.2023 - 10.2023
Disability Support Worker
Self Employed/ Sole Trader
07.2022 - Current
Therapeutic Key worker
Anglicare Victoria
01.2020 - Current
Therapeutic Caseworker
Uniting-Youth Hope
04.2018 - 11.2019
Family Therapist (Functional Family Therapy-Child Welfare)
Mackillop Family Services
11.2017 - 03.2018
Bachelor of Social work Honours degree -
University of Zimbabwe
MSc (Agr) - Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development
University College Dublin
Diploma in Personnel management -
Institute of Personnel Management Zimbabwe (IPMZ)
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