Youth Peer Recovery Group Facilitator - MHAPS 

April 2019 - Present​

 

Key tasks:
- Co-facilitating a peer group for young adults 
- Developing the youth peer group programme
- Practicing from an Intentional Peer Support framework​

 

 

Family Support Worker - Stepping Stone Trust 

May 2016 - Present​

 

Key tasks:
- Mentoring children and young people whose parents experience significant mental health challenges
- Planning and running monthly events with a focus on providing learning, connection and fun
- Making referrals to support agencies, communicating and meeting with other professionals
- Volunteer coordination including recruitment, VCA police vetting process, training and debriefing​

 

 

Consumer Leadership Coordinator - MHAPS 

October 2011 - Present ​

 

Key tasks:
- Administration support – minute-taking, room bookings, maintaining membership database,
statistics reports, phone & email correspondence, website & social media management
- Project and event management –including workshops, forums, trainings and resource development
- Collating feedback from consumers and writing submissions, proposals and funding applications​

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National Youth Consumer Advisor - Werry Centre  

June 2013 - June 2016 

 

Key tasks:
- Managing the Youth Participation Project to grow awareness of the value of youth participation
- Delivering workshops and follow up support for service providers implementing youth participation
- Overseeing national-level workforce development for the youth consumer advice and youth peer
support sectors including facilitating national training days and providing supervisory support
- Providing advisory input for a range of workforce development projects, including MoH guidelines