Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Hobbies and Interests
Timeline
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SIMON FINLAYSON

Support Person
East Lismore,Australia
SIMON FINLAYSON

Summary

I have been fortunate to live and work in the Northern Rivers for the past fifteen years. We love it here! I am a strong, fit, reliable, and hardy person who is very quick to learn new skills and adapt to new situations and environments. My intuitive ability, creativity, and strong work ethic make me a valuable member of any team. I look forward to continuing to contribute to the community.

A friendly person with a good sense of humour who enjoys interacting with people. Physically fit, strong and quick to learn new tasks. Experienced and innovative management skills with sound support, people management, and organisational skills. High personal integrity, and able to relate to, and form positive relationships with, people from all walks of life. Articulate, confident, and able motivate people to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. Dependable and reliable in supporting and enabling team effort to produce positive outcomes. Applied knowledge of the Narrative approach to identity consolidation and problem solving. Honours degree in Psychology.

Overview

33
years of professional experience

Work History

SA Link-Up - Nunkuwarrin Yunti

Link-Up Counsellor
01.2009

Job overview

  • Supporting Members of 'The Stolen Generations' with regaining connections with personal and family information
  • Educational presentations about Australian history
  • Application of Narrative Therapy principals to support provided to members of the Stolen Generations and their descendants

Services to the Youth Council (SYC)

FLO Project Officer
01.2008

Job overview

  • Gaining a holistic understanding of disengaged young people
  • Providing educational opportunities for young people disengaged from the education system
  • Gaining and maintaining relationships with multidisciplinary support providers

Safe Snake Services

Snake Catcher
01.2022 - Current

Job overview

Identification, education, advice, capture and relocation of snakes.


We also do information presentations about identification and safety.


Advocating for the rights of native wildlife.

Independent Support Worker

Disability Support Worker
01.2015 - Current

Job overview

  • Respite care for families of people with disabilities
  • Supporting clients in their homes including sleepovers
  • Support for disabled people during community access, day program activities, and holidays

Bialla Support Services

Disability Support Worker
01.2015 - Current

Job overview

  • Respite care for families of people with disabilities
  • Supporting clients in a disability group home setting including sleepover shifts
  • Support for disabled people during community access and day program activities

CASPA

Youth Worker
01.2014 - 01.2016

Job overview

  • Residential, family access and support program care for vulnerable youths
  • Contributing strategies to improve the skills and outlook of young people in care
  • Calm, confident and experienced support for youths in care

Multitask

Disability Support Worker
01.2011 - 01.2014

Job overview

  • Supporting clients in a disability group home setting including sleepover shifts
  • Support for disabled people during community access and day program activities
  • Confident, experienced, and intuitive support for disabled people

Life Without Barriers

Disability Support/Youth Worker
01.2011 - 01.2013

Job overview

  • Supporting clients in a disability group home setting
  • Supporting youths in their home setting, respite, sleepovers, transportation and supervised visitations
  • Confident and experienced support for youths and disabled people

Indigenous Cultural Centre - LaTrobe

University Tutoring
01.2007 - 01.2008

Job overview

  • Providing academic and motivational support for Indigenous students
  • Liaising with academic and support staff to provide a more supportive learning environment for Indigenous students

Life Line

Telephone Counseling
01.2006 - 01.2007

Job overview

  • Completed LL Telephone Counselling Course
  • Telephone counselling and reporting for LL

Mercy Centre

Disability Support Worker
01.2002 - 01.2007

Job overview

  • Experience in disability group houses, day programs, overnight and respite care
  • Forming positive trust relationships with clients and staff
  • Providing confident and reassuring support in high 'challenging behaviour' environments

Itinerant Fruit Harvesting Australia

Fruit picker - Farmhand
01.1997 - 01.2002

Job overview

  • Contract apple, pear, citrus, tomato, stone fruit and grape picking
  • Pruning fruit trees, pulling out and rolling on grape vines
  • Excellent life experience interacting with people from all walks of life

Manager of a Corner Store Style Operation
01.1994 - 01.1997

Job overview

  • Managed stock, staff and accounts
  • Customer service, food preparation and stock inventory
  • Helped develop the business that is now Jesters Pies
  • Short order cooking and other food preparation in an extremely successful fast paced business

Rescue Officer
01.1992 - 01.1994

Job overview

  • Identified, fed and administered medication to animals
  • Assisted in the rescue and release of injured and endangered animals
  • Maintained hygiene and security of animal enclosures

Education

Parasol
Ballina, NSW

Apply First Aid from Perform CPR, Provide Basic Emergency Life Support
01.2012

Byron Yoga Centre
Byron Bay, NSW

Level 1 Yoga Teacher Training
01.2011

Link-Up
Adelaide, SA

Hey Dad! Group Facilitation Training for Indigenous Men from Yarrow Place - Responding to Reports of Sexual Assault, Narrative Practices Adelaide - Narrative Approach to Counselling
01.2009

SYC
Adelaide, SA

Coaching Young People for Success from Leaders Training, Mandated Notification Training, HeadSpace - Youth Friendly Practice Training, Chubb - Fire Safe Workplace Training
01.2008

LaTrobe University
Wodonga, VIC

Bachelor of Behavioural Science with Honours from BBSci (Hons)
01.2007

University Overview

Golden Key Honours Society Member

Skills

  • Honest and have sound personal integrity
  • Genuine, heartfelt, concern about the wellbeing of all life
  • Enthusiastic about being involved in genuine sustainable health promotion
  • Strong intuitive ability to identify the strengths and virtues we all possess
  • Highly creative, innovative, and resourceful
  • Great enthusiasm and determination to do my best at the tasks delegated to me
  • Keen sense of responsibility to support others

Hobbies and Interests

  • Yoga
  • Meditation
  • Psychology
  • Social justice
  • Indigenous Cultures and reconciliation
  • Primary prevention
  • Progressive education
  • Environmental science and biophilia
  • Boxing
  • Reading
  • Gardening
  • Hiking
  • Surfing
  • Swimming
  • Cooking

Timeline

Snake Catcher

Safe Snake Services
01.2022 - Current

Disability Support Worker

Independent Support Worker
01.2015 - Current

Disability Support Worker

Bialla Support Services
01.2015 - Current

Youth Worker

CASPA
01.2014 - 01.2016

Disability Support Worker

Multitask
01.2011 - 01.2014

Disability Support/Youth Worker

Life Without Barriers
01.2011 - 01.2013

Link-Up Counsellor

SA Link-Up - Nunkuwarrin Yunti
01.2009

FLO Project Officer

Services to the Youth Council (SYC)
01.2008

University Tutoring

Indigenous Cultural Centre - LaTrobe
01.2007 - 01.2008

Telephone Counseling

Life Line
01.2006 - 01.2007

Disability Support Worker

Mercy Centre
01.2002 - 01.2007

Fruit picker - Farmhand

Itinerant Fruit Harvesting Australia
01.1997 - 01.2002

Manager of a Corner Store Style Operation

01.1994 - 01.1997

Rescue Officer

01.1992 - 01.1994

Byron Yoga Centre

Level 1 Yoga Teacher Training

Link-Up

Hey Dad! Group Facilitation Training for Indigenous Men from Yarrow Place - Responding to Reports of Sexual Assault, Narrative Practices Adelaide - Narrative Approach to Counselling

SYC

Coaching Young People for Success from Leaders Training, Mandated Notification Training, HeadSpace - Youth Friendly Practice Training, Chubb - Fire Safe Workplace Training

LaTrobe University

Bachelor of Behavioural Science with Honours from BBSci (Hons)

Parasol

Apply First Aid from Perform CPR, Provide Basic Emergency Life Support
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