Surita Stipp
Ocean Reef,WA
Summary
My experience span over 20 years where I have worked as a social worker, counsellor, and mediator in different settings. This was mostly in a mental health capacity with children and families. I am keen to always learn more and feel very passionate about advocating for minority groups and vulnerable clients.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Social Worker
Reach Life
Perth, WA
10.2021 - Current
- Therapeutic work with clients with ASD utilizing NDIS funding.
- Family therapy with families where there are ASD presentations.
- Therapeutic work addressing eating disorders, anxiety and depressive disorders.
- Working with clients with a presentation of school refusal.
Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
Perth FRC
Perth, WA
05.2018 - 10.2021
- Intake interview and assessment screening for safety concerns including mental health, child protection, drugs and alcohol and family and domestic violence
- Safety planning
- Conflict resolution
- Parenting and Property mediation
- Compiling parenting plans
- Compiling Property agreements
- Part of pilot program doing mediation with Legally assisted clients of CALD backgrounds.
Reach Life
03.2017 - 06.2018
- Private mental health service
- Sessional work- eating disorders, couple therapy, anxiety disorders, self-harm, depression
- Design group workprogram for adolescentgirls managinganxiety and low mood
- Design and deliver art therapygroup to women withsevere mentalhealthissues (5sessions).
Senior Clinician
Eheadspace Adolescent Mental Health
Perth
10.2014 - 07.2015
- Online assessment and treatment of youngpeople presentingwith complex and at-riskpresentations
- Provide consultation on shift to clinicians with complex case presentations
- Compile treatment plans and follow up on risk presentations
- Coordinate with emergency services (Hospital, police, community mental health services, child protection services) to ensure at risk presentations are dealt with
- Attend clinical leadershipmeetings to ensure continued service improvement in service delivery
- Facilitate induction and orientation for new clinicians
- Regular supervision of clinical staff re caseload management and support (weekly or fortnightly).
Acting Clinical Coordinator
05.2015 - 06.2015
- Management of 6-8 clinical staff and overall operations during shift
- Chair shift planning meetings to ensure smooth running of service
- Provide clinical staff direction regarding allocation of tasks
- Identify staff level issues to ensure quality service delivery
- Key Achievements:
- WA Family and Friends specialist working withparents and carers of a young people presenting tothe service withmental health difficulties
- Part of the Eating Disorder Specialistgroup at eheadspace.
Senior Social worker
03.2011 - 03.2012
- Specialised MaudsleyFamily therapy for eating disorders
- Family therapy
- Individual supportive work with inpatients with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa aged 11-18
- Individual CBT with outpatients with eating disorder (both anorexia and bulimia nervosa) including psycho education, behavioural therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and distress tolerance techniques.
The Children’s Hospital
Sydney, NSW
03.2009 - 03.2012
Social Worker
03.2009 - 02.2011
- Individual and family therapy- new diagnosis of diabetes
- Exposuretherapy withchildren andparents withneedleanxiety
- Lecturing nursing staff on impact of diabetes on adolescentdevelopment
- Presenting toparents at annual campfor children withdiagnosis of diabetes
- Supervisingsocial work students on psycho-social impact of diabetes onyoungperson
- On-call social work out of hours onroster basis for all clinical areas inhospital including trauma work, bereavement and childprotection
- Lecturing nursing students annually on psychosocial impact of diabetes on the family
- Key Achievements:
- Developing and running of therapeutic group for newly diagnosed children
- Development of a resource tool to assist children to adjust emotionally to the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (publication of booklet).
Sessional Counsellor
Family Life Centre, Family and Marriage Society of South Africa
Johannesburg
01.2008 - 06.2008
- Couple Therapy
- Individual counsellingincluding bereavement therapy, trauma debriefing, coping with mental illness, parentingissues andfamilyanddomestic violence.
Mental Health Social Worker
Lucena Clinic, Child Guidance Clinic
Dublin, Ireland
10.2003 - 03.2007
- Multidisciplinarymental health team
- Assessing children and adolescents with emotional andbehavioural difficulties- includingsuicidalideation and deliberateself-harm
- Compiling treatment plans
- Case Management Individual child therapy
- Parent-Child therapy (Attachment based)
- Family therapy
- Facilitating various parenting groups (Parents Plus, Incredible years).
Medical Social worker
Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children
Dublin, Ireland
09.2001 - 09.2003
- Infectious disease team
- Working with the Infectious disease unit ina multidisciplinary team
- Working on a Nationallevel withall HIV infected children
- Focussing onHIVinfectedchildren as well as HIV affected children
- Bereavementworkwith children wholost a parentdueto Aids
- Pre disclosurecounselling as well as after disclosure counselling (of HIV status)
- EmotionalAssessment of children
- General medical social work in Hospital
- Lecturingnursingstudentsonpsycho-social impactof HIVonfamily(every sixmonths)
Program Coordinator
Ranelagh Rathmines Drug Awareness Program
Dublin
04.2001 - 09.2001
Residential Social Worker
Maria KlopperChildren’s Home
Johannesburg, South Africa
04.1999 - 01.2001
Education
Ba - Psychology
Edith Cowan University
Post Graduate Diploma - Mediation, of Social Relations
AustralianInstitute
2018
Masters of Couple and Family Therapy - undefined
UNSW
2011
BA (Honours) - Psychology
Universityof SouthAfrica
2002
BA - Social Work
University of Pretoria
1997
Accomplishments
- 2017: Avert Family Violence Course 2017 TheFamilyLaw-DOORS (Detectionof risk) 2017: Child Focused Practice:Australia Institute of FamilyRelations 2016: Perinatal Non- Directive counsellingtraining 2015: Introduction to Early Psychosis
- Case Formulation- EPPIC National Support Program 2011: Maudsley FamilyTherapy Trainingfor EatingDisorders- Westmead Children’s Hospital 2010: Friends Program: Playbasedresiliency program for childrento teach anti-anxiety skills in group context
- 2009: Public Health Ethics ApplicationProcess: Researcher Training 2008: Marriageand Divorce Counselling
- Trauma Containment Therapy- Family and Marriage Society (South Africa) 2006: Foundation year in Family therapy- Mater University Hospital and ClanWilliam Institute- Dublin,
- Ireland
- Circle of Security Attachment Training- Dublin 2005: The IncredibleYears Parenting Program Facilitator Training- Dublin, Ireland 2003: Parents Plus ProgramFacilitator Training, Dublin, Ireland 2001: HIV/AIDS Multidisciplinary course, Dublin, Ireland
- Post GraduateCertificateinAdvancedTraininginClinicalChildAssessment-RP Clinic, South
- Africa 1998: One Year CertificateCourse in Marriage and Divorce Counselling- Universityof SouthAfrica
- Post Graduate Certificate – Play Therapy- University of Pretoria, South Africa
Timeline
Senior Social Worker
Reach Life
10.2021 - Current
Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
Perth FRC
05.2018 - 10.2021
Reach Life
03.2017 - 06.2018
Acting Clinical Coordinator
05.2015 - 06.2015
Senior Clinician
Eheadspace Adolescent Mental Health
10.2014 - 07.2015
Senior Social worker
03.2011 - 03.2012
The Children’s Hospital
03.2009 - 03.2012
Social Worker
03.2009 - 02.2011
Sessional Counsellor
Family Life Centre, Family and Marriage Society of South Africa
01.2008 - 06.2008
Mental Health Social Worker
Lucena Clinic, Child Guidance Clinic
10.2003 - 03.2007
Medical Social worker
Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children
09.2001 - 09.2003
Program Coordinator
Ranelagh Rathmines Drug Awareness Program
04.2001 - 09.2001
Residential Social Worker
Maria KlopperChildren’s Home
04.1999 - 01.2001
Ba - Psychology
Edith Cowan University
Post Graduate Diploma - Mediation, of Social Relations
AustralianInstitute
Masters of Couple and Family Therapy - undefined
UNSW
BA (Honours) - Psychology
Universityof SouthAfrica
BA - Social Work
University of Pretoria
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