Cherie Phillips

• Built relationships of trust between clients, counsel and court in regard to mainly applications for Family Violence Orders and Care of Children Act matters.
• Liaised with whanau in care and protection proceedings under Oranga Tamariki, counsel and social workers.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively with legal colleagues and other professionals to empower clients and strive to get the best outcomes for tamariki.
• Completed training for Lawyer for Child

• Achieved excellence rating after auditing by Legal Services Agency achieving favourable outcomes for clients by effectively managing family law litigation and giving high quality legal advice and clear expectations at the outset to provide a platform for working together in partnership.
• Managed a diverse caseload, with complex matters including clients appointed litigation guardians.
• Built strong professional relationships with colleagues and court staff within area of practice.

• Enhanced learning experiences by observing children's natural strengths, interests and needs and then supporting individual and small groups of children with free play-based and age-appropriate activities.
• Engaged with young children to build positive relationships and promote socio-cultural learning in partnership with their families.
• Promoted early literacy development through storytelling, songs, and guided reading activities.
• Increased parent involvement in their children's education by maintaining open communication and providing regular updates on child progress.

Supported international mature women students during night classes after work to gain the National Certificate in Early Childhood.

• Empowered adult learners engagement by acknowledging the skills and experience each bought to the table in the learning and teaching environment.
• Managed to successfully incorporate care of my baby daughter into our classroom curriculum.

• Supported immigrant women to gain the National Certificate in Support of the Older Person and assisted management with auditing process.
• Motivated students towards learning and studying to build self-confidence and reduce fear of failure.
• Collaborated with fellow tutors to develop effective strategies for addressing diverse student needs and abilities.
• Prepared and provided catering for special events.

• Worked to enhance parent/teacher relationships to provide a partnership between families and formal early childhood settings.
• Encouraged the teaching team to address issues of bullying.
• Collaborated with teaching team to enrich children's free play experiences with music and drama.
• Supported children with special needs, creating customized learning strategies to accommodate various abilities.

• Initially Maori academic coordinator and volunteer peer tutor for Maori Legal Systems Students
• General part-time tutor in legal systems, case law reasoning and statutory interpretation for over ten years under the supervision of Professor Jane Kelsey.
• Undertook adult education training and completed tutor training certificates on a regular basis with Auckland University.
• Successfully encouraged emergent leadership with new generations of law tutors.
• Created a safe learning and teaching environment for students from disadvantaged and diverse backgrounds to support access to justice education.