Sarah Aldridge

• Manage Project Booyah Mental Health Clinicians and provide support, including monitoring work and caseloads, providing performance feedback, supporting professional development opportunities and ensuring all client support delivered is appropriate, ethical and in line with best practice and funding guidelines.
• Assist Project Booyah Mental Health Clinicians to provide crisis support to program participants as required.
• Review and update Project Booyah program manual, risk assessment tool, and overall program delivery in line with current best practice and appropriate to individuals from a diverse range of social and cultural backgrounds.
• Provide expert advice and support to Project Booyah staff across the Queensland region, including; support for staff relating to program delivery, strategies to support program participants with mental health, behaviour management support and expert strategies to manage complex behaviours on program, strategies to support engagement/re-engagement of program participants, appropriate community and referral pathways for program participants

o Critical incident debriefing and support for staff post incidents

o Chair Project Booyah intake consultations

o Clinical guidance of Senior Project Booyah staff

o Engage in Clinical Reviews for each Project Booyah site o Chair Complex Clinical Reviews for Project Booyah sites

o Facilitate training on program content and method of delivery

o Develop and deliver professional development training to Project Booyah staff at conference and training events

o Provide advice to Project Booyah leaders in developing new programs and establishing new program sites

• Lead desk-based pre-program suitability assessments for program participants, based on synthesis of:

o Review of in-person assessment with young person

o Review of in-person assessment with caregiver

o Review of self and other-report risk and self-injurious assessments (covering suicide, deliberate self-harm, aggression and vulnerability to victimisation)

o Review of provided police history

• As part of the senior project team facilitate:

o Best-practice risk assessment, management and service delivery

o A skilled and supported program team

• Work cooperatively within a multidisciplinary team of Queensland Police Service Officers, PCYC Youth Support Officers and leadership staff from QPS and PCYC
• Ensure compliance with relevant quality and safety professional and healthcare standards, including clinical governance documents and processes.

• Assessments of client’s presenting concerns and related risk
• Use of short term solution focused therapy to identify goals and provide appropriate skills and strategies to achieve them
• Provision of counselling to individuals with a variety of presenting issues including but not limited to mental, emotional, lifestyle management and work life concerns
• Working autonomously with clients and ensuring best practice in approach to client work
• Developing networks with both internal and external stakeholders.

• Co-Founded Queensland Psychology Clinic (QPC; a private psychology practice) in 2014
• Provide therapeutic services under; Employee Assistance Program, Medicare Benefits Scheme, Access to Allied Psychological Services scheme, National Disability Insurance Service, Child Safety funded services, private health insurance services and self-funded referrals
• Conduct individual psychotherapy sessions and prepare case notes and progress reports
• Writing assessment reports for Court, Department of Justice, Department of Communities Child Safety Services and individual solicitors including; assessment of parental capacity, assessment of risk (sexual and violence), cognitive assessments, pre-sentence reports, general risk assessments and family court reports
• Initiating and maintaining referral pathways/relationships with referrers
• Preparing and maintaining contracts with referral agencies
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders
• Engage in case review/peer consult meetings with colleagues to assist with case formulation and treatment planning for other clients
• All administration tasks including finance and contract management for the daily running of the clinic
• Provide leadership, therapeutic guidance and direct line management of contract psychologists.

• Assessment, case formulation and psychological interventions in the management of client care
• Conduct individual psychotherapy sessions and prepare case notes and progress reports relating to mental health, risk and challenging behaviour and further treatment planning
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders in the client’s life to ensure a holistic approach
• Engage in case review meetings with colleagues to assist with case formulation and treatment planning for other clients.

• Working with young people in the care of the Department of Child Safety, aged between 8 and 17 years
• The work included;
• Assessment, case formulation and psychological interventions in the management of children and young people within residential care
• Provide leadership and therapeutic guidance in the provision of program's and management plans to children, young people and direct care staff
• Conduct individual psychotherapy sessions and prepare case notes and progress reports relating to mental health, risk and challenging behaviour and further treatment planning
• Liaise with Child Safety Services and other stakeholders to ensure that a holistic approach to the therapeutic needs of children and young people are being attended to
• Assist in providing in-service training programs to staff within YLO on a range of psychological issues; and
• Uphold and promote YLO’s therapeutic model of residential care.

• Individual intervention/ crisis management
• Assessment of offenders regarding at risk potential in relation to suicide/deliberate self harming behaviour
• Ensuring the maintenance, accuracy and appropriateness of records and intervention reports for appropriate authorities
• Maintaining records and data for the Integrated Offender Management system (IOMS) including case notes and reports
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Participation in professional practice supervision.

• Prisoners are aged 18 years and over
• Due to my experience working with young adults, most of my assigned cases in the prison were for the younger prisoners
• The work included;
• Individual intervention/ crisis management
• Assessment of offenders regarding at risk potential in relation to suicide/deliberate self harming behaviour
• Risk and needs assessments, violence risk assessments
• Completion of a number of reports including parole reports, Risk Needs Assessments and Offender Rehabilitation Plans
• Ongoing management of prisoners including complex mental health presentations and low cognitive functioning
• Ensuring the maintenance, accuracy and appropriateness of records and intervention reports for appropriate authorities
• Develop networks and engage with relevant agencies and support services
• Case management of prisoners held under the Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offending) Act
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Participation in case management and sentence management activities for prisoners
• Participation in professional practice supervision
• Contribute to case management of prisoners and support their re-integration into the community
• Provide timely advice to courts, boards and other agencies regarding prisoners.

• Mirikai is a residential rehabilitation program for people aged 17 to 29 years who suffer from drug and/or alcohol addiction
• They have onsite psychologists to provide a variety of services to the residents, with my duties including;
• Co-facilitation of didactic and process groups
• Individual intervention
• Intake assessments
• Crisis management
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Engagement in Complex Case panel.

• Wolston Correctional Centre is an adult male prison for those with protection status
• Their psychological services department provide a wide range of services for the prison population, with my duties including;
• Suicide risk assessments
• Risk and needs assessments
• Record keeping; case notes etc
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Individual intervention/ crisis management
• Violence risk assessments
• Ongoing management of prisoners in the high care unit (most complex, mentally ill prisoners)
• Trauma therapy
• Emotional regulation therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

• Case management of young people aged 10 to 20 years
• The work included;
• Suicide risk alerts and medium to long term suicide risk plans
• Risk and needs assessment
• Relapse prevention plans
• Use of a CBT intervention tool
• Increased awareness of the historical and contemporary issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• Interaction with complex young people and their family’s/carers
• Report writing- specifically pre-sentence reports, affidavits and other documentation
• Court support- pre and post court interviews and court preparation
• Record keeping; case notes, reports, performance reporting etc
• Updating case plans and intervention plans
• Continual use of professional development opportunities
• Member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Continual liaison with internal and external stakeholders
• Motivational interviewing and use of a strengths based perspective
• Co-case management with Department of Child Safety.

• University Psychology Clinic provides psychological services to the Gold Coast community for a broad range of psychological and health-related problems
• My clients included children from age 4 to 17 years and adults aged 18 years+
• My duties included:
• Clinic intake;
• Psychological assessment of forensic and clinical problems with children, young people and adults;
• Psychological assessment report writing of forensic and clinical clients;
• Psychological intervention for clinical presentations including anxiety, depression, autism- spectrum disorders, social skill training, trauma and attachment related difficulties and intellectual disabilities
• Psychological assessment and report writing for children and young people including cognitive assessments, adaptive behavioural assessments, individual achievement testing and assessments relating to different clinical presentations
• Liaising with stakeholders surrounding the young person (including the family) to ensure there is consistency with the approach to each child and to ensure that clinical recommendations are followed through across settings.

• Maintained high level of client confidentiality, following strict guidelines, and recommendations.
• Monitored case progress for timely completion and compliance with applicable regulations.
• Assessed needs of each client and recommended appropriate services and resources.
• Conducted home visits to assess living environment and provided appropriate referrals.
• Offered support and direction to families and coordinated with court system and other community agencies for treatment.
• Documented progress in treatment plans, educational, and recreational activities and maintained updated case records.
• Created treatment or service plan meeting each client's individualized needs.

• Using the skills learnt through my studies to talk to and listen to the residents
• Assisting senior staff members
• Administration duties
• Practicing effective communication skills.