Sarah Kelly
Dubbo,NSW
Summary
Strong leader and highly effective in developing teams and achieving performance targets. Proven leader in delivering on multiple priorities on schedule within savings targets. An adaptable and versatile professional with 20 year industry experience in child protection, family violence and sexual assault.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager
WESTERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
12.2021 - Current
- Lead, manage and develop teams comprising of 11+ reports and 47+ indirect reports by setting expectations for goals and objectives and monitoring performance and outcomes
- Analyse data to identify trends, service need and inform the mobilisation of resources to where they are needed
- Build cooperation between teams through overcoming barriers, facilitating engagement and cross-sectoral collaboration and valuing contributions
- Delivering and reporting on KPI's for seven individual programs to our state-wide body
- Stakeholder engagement within Health, other government and non-government agencies, Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations and community and consumer groups
- Preparation of reports and briefs requiring significant corporate knowledge and experience with finance, human resources, risk management, recruitment and partner services
- Policy critique, implementation, change management and reform, and responsiveness to community trends and issues
- Leading teams to ensure culturally and psychologically safe and inclusive workplaces with teams displaying civility and our core values, and managing for performance as required
- Significant contribution to multiple statewide advisory, leadership and consultancy bodies
IVAN Crisis Response Counsellor
WESTERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
Dubbo Primary and Community Health
01.2004 - Current
- Psychosocial assessment and counselling to victims of sexual assault, child physical abuse and neglect and family violence, and their non-offending family members
- Triage and assessment to determine need for crisis forensic medical assessment and coordinating required crisis forensic medical and counselling responses
- Stakeholder engagement with police, forensic examiners, DCJ and emergency department staff
- Provision of crisis support and intervention, referral and advocacy
- Attending to data collection, patient experience and maintenance of patient records
- Strict adherence to decontamination protocols and chain of evidence with forensic collections
- Supervision, mentoring, professional development and debriefing.
Senior Health Clinician
WESTERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
Joint Child Protection Response Program
10.2017 - 08.2020
- Significant stakeholder engagement to facilitate working in a tri-agency with NSW Police and Department of Communities and Justice to respond to accepted child abuse matters
- Crisis counselling to children and young people who have experienced criminal child abuse and their non-offending family
- Facilitating and coordinating groupwork programs
- Community development and interagency collaboration with partner agencies
- Referral and advocacy
- Discerning and sharing appropriate information to inform responses
- Supporting children and carers during investigative interviews
- Psycho-education to parents and carers on protective behaviours and trauma
- State-wide committee representation
- Developing, updating and implementing processes and policies
- Providing advice and consultation to external agencies and other NSW Health workers.
Senior Sexual Assault Counsellor
WESTERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
Dubbo Community Health Centre
01.2004 - 12.2016
- Leading the day-to-day management of the Dubbo Sexual Assault Service
- Coordinating and managing the 24 hour crisis medical and forensic sexual assault service
- Providing crisis and ongoing counselling to victims of sexual assault and their non- family members
- Court preparation and court support
- Facilitating and coordinating groups
- Community development, interagency collaboration and stakeholder engagement
- Providing clinical supervision, caseload management and debriefing to counsellors and casual staff
- Responding to subpoenas and information exchange
- Maintaining best practice and evidence based approaches and ensuring ongoing extensive professional development
- Recruiting, training, mentoring and developing casual counsellors and forensic examiners and coordinating rosters to ensure 24 hour coverage
- Designing and implementing quality projects
- Public presentation and representation at community events
- Providing therapeutic interventions to children under 10 with sexualised behaviours.
Child Protection Counsellor
WESTERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
Dubbo Community Health Centre
01.2010 - 01.2011
- Conducting parenting capacity assessments
- Providing counselling to children who had experienced physical abuse and neglect and their family members or carers
- Case coordination and consultation
- Report writing for DCJ, court and victims services
- Provision of psychoeducation to the community and clients
- Case presentations and review processes
Manager New Street
WESTERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
New Street Western
2020 - 2021
- Leading and managing the New Street Service in Western and Far West Local Health Districts
- Overseeing the provision of counselling, psycho-education, liaison with young people, families, carers, care teams and stakeholders in relation to adolescents displaying harmful sexual behaviour/s.
- Line management and associated duties with Senior Counsellor, New Street Counsellors, New Street Aboriginal Counsellors and Administration Officer of New Street Western, providing clinical supervision to counselling team, consultation and liaison with clinical advisors of New Street Services advisory
- Engagement in cultural care mentoring and supervision to ensure culturally safe practices within the client context as well as ensuing culturally safe workplace/s for Aboriginal staff
- Senior involvement and leadership in data collection, service outcome evaluation, achievement of Key Performance Indicators and research initiatives
- Budget and resource management, allocation and accountability
- Compiling information and data for MoH reports involving developing brief of information, data analysis, and service accountability measures
- Recruitment, orientation, training and onboarding of staff and ongoing coaching, mentoring and developing of team
- Oversight of the Far West LHD New Street spoke including direct service provision, clinical supervision and consultation, client and caseload management, development and negotiation of Service Level Agreement, Memorandum of Understanding and regular engagement with FWLHD staff, clients and stakeholders.
Education
Bachelor of Law -
Charles Sturt University
Bachelor of Social Work -
Charles Sturt University
Bachelor of Social Science -
Charles Sturt University
Skills
Communication
Budget and Finance
Project Management
Stakeholder Engagement
Policy
Customer Service
Collaboration
Results Driven
Critical Thinking
Team Development
Change Management
People Management
Affiliations
Australian Association of Social Workers, 441290
Short Courses Professional Development
- Indigenous Allied Health Australia, 2024, Cultural Responsiveness in Action
- Western NSW Local Health District, 2023-2024, Leadership Impact Program
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2024, Modern Slavery in the Healthcare System
- Western NSW Local Health District, 2024, Leadership and Assertive Conversations
- Full Stop Australia, 2023, Understanding and Responding to Vicarious Trauma for leaders
- Rural Doctors Network, 2023, Rural Allied Health Symposium
- Violence Prevention Collective, 2023, From Violence to Safety Conference
- Three Rivers, 2023, Enhancing Rural Practices
- Yoorana Gunya Family Healing, 2023, Stakeholders and partnerships
- Education Centre Against Violence, 2022, Working Therapeutically with Children and Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Assault
- Education Centre Against Violence, 2022, Inclusion and Access for People with Disability in Violence, Abuse and Neglect Settings
- Dr Belinda Ratcliffe, 2022, Foundations in Autism for Metal Health
- Marie Crabbe, 2022, Sex Ed by Porn
- Violence Prevention Collective, 2022, From Violence to Safety: Partners in preventing domestic, family and sexual abuse
- New Street Services Network, 2021, New Street Worker Orientation Training (2 weeks)
- Charles Sturt University, 2021, Violence against Women in Rural and Remote Communities Seminar
- New Street Services Network, 2021, ERASOR Risk Assessment
- Jess Hill, 2021, Understanding Coercive Control
- Education Centre Against Violence, 2021, Developing culturally safe trauma informed practice in Aboriginal Communities
- SAFE Space, 2021, Keeping Children safe in Organisations in the Disability sector
- SAFE Space, 2021, Keeping Children safe in Organisations
- Charles Sturt University, 2021, Indigenous Australians and Justice
- Youth Health, 2020, Shining the Light on Aboriginal Mental Health
- Charles Sturt University, 2020, Writing and Communication for Legal Professionals
- Education Centre Against Violence, 2019, Joint Child Protection Response Forum
- Education Centre Against Violence, 2019, Joint Investigation Response Team Foundations
- Youth Drug and Alcohol Network, 2019, Youth Drug and Alcohol Network Consultation Forum
- Western NSW Local Health District, 2019, Children and Young People with Problematic or harmful Sexual Behaviour
Academic Prizes
- Charles Sturt University, 2023, Deans Award for Academic Excellence
- Charles Sturt University, 2022, Deans Award for Academic Excellence
- Charles Sturt University, 2022, Central West Law Society Prize: best result in Community Law and Culture
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 03/17/81
References
- Rosemary Petheram, Senior Manager Child Protection and Domestic Family Violence, Western NSW Local Health District Integrated PARVAN & Women’s Health, 0429329937
- Michelle Clarke, Clinical Psychologist / Clinical Supervisor, Macquarie Psychology and Wellbeing, 0427 507 124
- Maria Woods, Manager Integrated PARVAN and Women’s Health (Line Manager substantive position), Western NSW Local Health District, Integrated PARVAN & Women’s Health, 0408 022 059
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Manager
WESTERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
12.2021 - Current
Senior Health Clinician
WESTERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
10.2017 - 08.2020
Child Protection Counsellor
WESTERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
01.2010 - 01.2011
IVAN Crisis Response Counsellor
WESTERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
01.2004 - Current
Senior Sexual Assault Counsellor
WESTERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
01.2004 - 12.2016
Manager New Street
WESTERN NSW LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT
2020 - 2021
Bachelor of Law -
Charles Sturt University
Bachelor of Social Work -
Charles Sturt University
Bachelor of Social Science -
Charles Sturt University
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