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Sarah McCulloch

North Lakes

Summary

Hardworking and mature individual who always shows up with positive regard for clients. The ability to work with complex trauma and behaviours, and to work towards achieving the best outcome for clients. Looking to further develop my experience and build on my current skill set witihin the Child Safety and NDIS sector.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Therapeutic Practitioner

Sub-Contractor With Beyond Behaviour
09.2023 - Current
  • In-Home Support for families, young people and children.
  • Supporting reunification between parents and children, and working collaboratively to build on positive and safe relationships.
  • Using TBRI (Trust Based Relational Intervention) approach to meet children and young people's needs.
  • Supporting with transporting and attending appointments.
  • Supporting young people and children to re-enter education.
  • Working collaboratively within teams to update and discuss progress, goals and outcomes of current case plans.





NDIS Individual Support Worker

Self Employed
05.2023 - Current
  • Supporting clients participation in daily activities and lifestyle capacity building.
  • Assisting clients with transportation in the community via personal vehicle and public transport.
  • Assisting clients with personal hygiene tasks.
  • Medication administration following prescribed schedules, ensuring proper dosage.
  • Emotional support and co-regulation to clients during challenging situations and behaviours.
  • Communicating effectively with family members and plan managers providing updates on client status, concerns, or achievements.
  • Cleaning client's houses to high standard.



Residential Care Worker

Mercy Community Services
10.2022 - 08.2023

Intensive Therapeutic Invention Support:

  • 24/7 Rotating roster of care following structured daily planner's individualised to each program and young person.
  • Trauma informed and therapeutic approach to young people.
  • Building a positive rapport with young people, demonstrating safety and informed decision making.
  • Daily case notes on hourly logs, AM/PM logs, behaviour log and medication.
  • Following scripting and TCI training to deescalate and manage complex behaviours and situations.
  • Emotional aid and co-regulation strategies with young people to regulate emotions.
  • Incident reports - Fetal, High, Medium, and Low.
  • Capacity building on lifestyle, social skills and in the community.
  • Medication administration following prescribed schedules, ensuring proper dosage.
  • Supervised family contact arrangements with required logs.
  • Fortnightly meetings with team and clinician on progression of program with young people - whats working, whats not and setting goals.









Retail Assistant

Cotton On Chermside
07.2021 - 08.2022
  • Engaged with customers to provide general assistance and information on products.
  • Reaching KPI targets and store budgets.
  • Balanced and organised cash register by handling cash, counting change, and banking.
  • Trained and inducted new staff in absence of store manager.
  • Followed plans and used initiative for visual merchandising on a monthly basis.
  • Processing new stock on a weekly basis.
  • Used POS system to process sales, returns, online orders, and gift card activations.

Administrator

Australian Trade Training College (RTO)
12.2020 - 07.2021

Running the 'Job Ready Program' to get client's overseas trade qualifications recognised in Australia for visa purposes.

  • Receiving referrals from agencies, processing referrals, opening clients files and creating documents to send to assessors.
  • Liaising with assessors to book in face-to-face or Zoom meetings for clients assessments.
  • Booking flights, accommodation and transport for assessor's face-to-face assessments.
  • Invigilating Zoom calls between clients and assessors every 15 minutes.
  • Creating formal reports from assessor's feedback and outcome for clients.
  • Maintaining all client files digitally and electronically.
  • Email, phone and teams communication for queries and enquiries from clients, assessors and co-workers.

Administrative Assistant

Australian Trade College (School)
08.2019 - 12.2020

Assisting in the Work Experience Department for students at a Trade College.

  • Engaging with students to find work experience hosts.
  • Administering performance feedback survey's to host's who engaged in work experience for students.
  • Following up for outstanding feedback from hosts.
  • Creating reports on performance feedback for students.
  • Following up possibilities of School-based Apprenticeships, or hosting future students.
  • Maintaining students process using Excel.
  • Confidentiality of all student information and feedback.
  • Creating postcards congratulating students for successful feedback and school-based apprenticeship outcomes.

Education

No Degree -

Australian Trade College North Brisbane
Scarborough, QLD
11.2020

Certificate III of Business -

Australian Trade College
2020

Skills

    Person Centred

    Solution focused

    Attunement to people

    Professional standard of case notes

    Resilient

    Reliable

    Patient

Timeline

Therapeutic Practitioner

Sub-Contractor With Beyond Behaviour
09.2023 - Current

NDIS Individual Support Worker

Self Employed
05.2023 - Current

Residential Care Worker

Mercy Community Services
10.2022 - 08.2023

Retail Assistant

Cotton On Chermside
07.2021 - 08.2022

Administrator

Australian Trade Training College (RTO)
12.2020 - 07.2021

Administrative Assistant

Australian Trade College (School)
08.2019 - 12.2020

No Degree -

Australian Trade College North Brisbane

Certificate III of Business -

Australian Trade College
Sarah McCulloch