Rebecca Waldhuber
Killara,VIC
Summary
Dedicated Social Worker offering over 20 years of experience across various social work fields.
Counselling and crisis intervention trained.
Sound knowledge of different counselling methods, techniques and tools.
Reflective Practitioner, applies theoretical knowledge to practice situations, driven towards continuous improvement and achieving outcomes
Stays up to date with latest research findings, practice methods and changes in relevant legislations. High degree of professionalism, acts with integrity, approaches with genuine curiosity, empathy and non judgement.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
Big Brown House
06.2022 - Current
- Provide therapeutic support to children and young people (CYP) in permanent 'out of home care' placements
- Create trauma sensitive environment that aims to prevent and deescalate potential crisis
- Trauma informed care; in depth comprehension of trauma, impacts on brain development and behaviour
- Specialist knowledge in child development and attachment theory
- Documentation, Incident Monitoring and Feedback with other staff and management - reflection and evaluation
- Reduced the number of escalated incidents by almost 50% by applying TCI skills and knowledge with working with same client for over 12 months.
Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP)
UMFC
03.2013 - 05.2020
- Assist separated parents to formulate and document parenting and property mediation agreements
- Document parenting & property agreements, issue section 60i certificates.
- Assess parents suitability to participate in FDR process
- Child Inclusive Practice (CIP) provide brief intervention to explore child's unique experience and perspectives of their parents separation.
- Conduct Risk Assessment; Mental Health and Family Violence screening tools, DOORS risk assessment.
- Duty work; Manage high volume of calls and walk ins, provide information referral, assessment and follow up.
- Administration; case noting, report writing, all written correspondence to clients, data entry and phone or mail logs.
- highlight; recognised for exceptional attention to detail and familiarity with family law act/legislation, invited to be involved with a working group reviewing policies/procedures and update Family relationship Centre Case Practice Manual.
Community Mental Health Practitioner
MIND – RRR Program
02.2009 - 07.2015
- Providing support to young people aged between 16 -24 years who have diagnosed mental illness and residing in supported accommodation.
- Recovery Orientated practice- provided service that supports self determination and personalized care
- Person centred approach to development of client support plans.
- Work in partnership and collaborate with other organisations
- Conduct clinical assessment and monitor outcomes for client, families and carers that use service.
Children's Contact Service Worker
UMFC
07.2010 - 06.2014
- Supervising child contact or family time visits with non residential parent, court ordered and non court ordered families.
- Facilitating change overs between separated parents in high conflict or at high risk
- Case noting and observation notes
- Providing observation and case notes /preparing subpoena files for Family Court proceedings
- Manage and document critical incidents
- Provide referral and information to families, Court staff and other stakeholders.
- Timely and accurate data entry into DSS system.
Student Services Generalist Counselor
Meridian International College
02.2007 - 06.2009
- Service delivery to 180 -250 students, new and current students
- Generalist counselling, assist students navigate problems in their home/personal life or schooling
- Apply Theoretical frameworks; Strengths based, solution focused brief therapy (SFBT) techniques employed.
- Tools; miracle questioning, exception questioning and scaling
- Assisted students to formulate Individual Academic Support Plans decreased student drop out rate by 43% within 18 months
- Active listening skills; attending to verbal and non verbal cues, reflecting back, clarifying and summarising
Job Placement Employment Trainer
Hume Support Services
03.2005 - 11.2009
- Hired employees and initiated new hire paperwork process.
- Promptly corresponded with applicants and coordinated and conducted interviews.
- Explained human resources policies, procedures, laws, standards, and regulations to each employee.
- Streamlined job search processes for candidates, resulting in faster placement times.
- Conducted comprehensive assessments of candidates'' skills and career goals, enabling tailored job placement recommendations.
- Organized successful job fairs and networking events, fostering connections between candidates and employers.
Education
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) - Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
Cornwell University
Albury, NSW06.2023
No Degree - FAMILY DISPUTE
Mediation Institute
Melbourne, VIC2017
Child Inclusive Mediation (Jennifer McIntosh) - Family Law
Childrenbeyounddispute.com
Online2016
BACHELOR'S degree - Social Work
La Trobe University
Wodonga, VIC01.2001
Associate Diploma of Welfare Studies -
La Trobe University
Wodonga, VIC01.1999
Skills
- Communication
- Family Dispute Resolution
- Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
- Group Facilitator
- Cultural competence
- Assessment skills
- Report Writing/document
- Attention to detail
- Microsoft suite advanced skills in word, outlook, skype publisher
- Google Workspace
- Chromebook
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
Big Brown House
06.2022 - Current
Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner (FDRP)
UMFC
03.2013 - 05.2020
Children's Contact Service Worker
UMFC
07.2010 - 06.2014
Community Mental Health Practitioner
MIND – RRR Program
02.2009 - 07.2015
Student Services Generalist Counselor
Meridian International College
02.2007 - 06.2009
Job Placement Employment Trainer
Hume Support Services
03.2005 - 11.2009
Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) - Therapeutic Crisis Intervention
Cornwell University
No Degree - FAMILY DISPUTE
Mediation Institute
Child Inclusive Mediation (Jennifer McIntosh) - Family Law
Childrenbeyounddispute.com
BACHELOR'S degree - Social Work
La Trobe University
Associate Diploma of Welfare Studies -
La Trobe University
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