Santina Spina

Providing Counselling and behaviour support intervention sessions with 3-25 year olds face-to-face within home environments, at various state schools, at the clinic or via Telehealth. All clients presenting with a range of difficulties; Autism level 1 or 2, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Intellectual Disabilities, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma and many more. All the while, working with a diverse clinical team of Counsellors, Behaviour Support Practitioners, Occupational Therapists and Speech Pathologists.

My work responsibilities in this role included, but were not limited to:
- Calendar Client management
- Providing 4-5 intervention sessions per day using a range of therapeutic approaches.
- Engaging in 2 hour nominee initial assessments.
- Creating Intervention Action Plans.
- Writing NDIS counselling reports.
- Writing interim and comprehensive functional behaviour assessment reports with restrictive practises uploaded to PRODA-NDIS.
- Writing Advocacy letters.
- Creating home programs for parents to engage in with their children to support their therapy goals.
- Being a Mandatory Reporter, making reports to child protection when required.
- Providing psycho education sessions to various parents on their child's condition and giving positive direction of home support, and strategy direction.
- Liaising with external services such as, external clinicians, child safety officers, support coordinators, support workers and school teachers.
- Attending regular stakeholder meetings.
- Attending staff meetings.
- Participating in professional development opportunities.
~ Reference available upon request.

Counselling 5-11 year olds throughout five different schools; St Brendan's Bankstown, St Mel's Campsie, St Johns Auburn, St Therese Sadlier and Holy Spirit Carnes Hill. Whilst working closely with; the school Principal, the Assistant Principal, the Wellbeing team, the Diverse Learning team and class Teachers. As well as, liaising with students' parents and external services such as; Paediatricians, Psychologists, Child Protection, Occupational Therapists and Speech Pathologists.

My work responsibilities in this role included, but were not limited to:
- Counselling four to five students per day using a range of Therapeutic Approaches.
- Engaging in parent consultations and creating therapy goals with the student and their parents.
- Being a Mandatory Reporter and completing MRG's and ROSH reports.

- Creating and facilitating group counselling sessions for various grades. E.g. Social Skills, Emotional Regulation.
- Creating counselling resources to use within counselling sessions and for students to take home to complete as counselling homework.
- Providing the School Principal and Assistant Principal with weekly updates of all counselling students' sessions.

- Providing class teachers with strategies to support their students.

- Attending external professional development training.
- Attending supervision meetings.
- Attending wellbeing team meetings and collaborate ideas.

- Attending staff meetings and staff development days.

- Attending and assisting with school events.

- Attending school mass.
~ Reference available upon request.

Counselling 3-15 year olds presenting with a range of difficulties; Autism level 1 or 2, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Anxiety, Depression, Separation Anxiety, All forms of Abuse and many more. All the while, working with a diverse clinical team of 15 individuals including; Counsellors, Occupational Therapists, Speech Pathologists and Physios.

My work responsibilities in this role included, but were not limited to:

- Counselling four clients per day using a range of Therapeutic Approaches in counselling sessions.
- Participating in joint therapy sessions with mutual clients of my colleagues. This occurred to help support the client in multiple areas of need and increase knowledge about the client's needs (for example counsellor and speech therapy sessions, or counsellor and occupational therapy session).

- Having parent consultations and creating therapy goals with the student and their parents.
- Being a Mandatory Reporter and completing MRG's and ROSH reports.

- Providing psycho education to various parents on their child's condition and giving positive direction of home support, and strategy direction.

- Making various resources for my clients to use in sessions and to use at home for further support.
- Transitioning all of my clients to Telehealth during COVID-19 lockdown.

- Liaising with external services such as, Paediatricians, Psychologists and School Teachers.
- Attending external professional development training.
- Attending staff meetings and staff development days.
- Attending supervision meetings.

~ Reference available upon request.

Providing friendly, energetic customer service and being very good with technology. Along with, Having the responsibility to meet daily, weekly and monthly KPI's and to close the store. While working with a small diverse team of 5 across a range of shifts.

Running orders and working closely with the kitchen and front of house whilst; providing friendly and energetic customer service when managing multiple tables and customers each shift. Not to mention, handling table bills and having the responsibility to count the tills at the start and at the end of each shift. While working with a large diverse team of 60 across a range of shifts.