Justine Bartlett - Thomson

• In my current role I lead the Awhi team in practice. The Awhi team at Cholmondeley children is made up of social workers, youth workers, whānau ora navigator, referral coordinator and tamariki and family psychologist.
• The outreach team, Works alongside our whanau in the community
• Support helps to strengthen the relationships of whānau by the team sharing with parents and caregivers the strategies and methodologies we implement at the center, that enhance the wellbeing of their tamariki
• While supporting strong community and agency connections.
• Participated in professional development and training opportunities to enhance clinical skills.
• Utilized evidence-based practices to provide effective interventions for clients.
• Developed and maintained strong relationships with community resources for successful referrals.
• Collaborated with other professionals to plan and coordinate care for clients.
• Documented client progress and activities in accordance with agency policies and procedures.

2020-10 - 2022-08

Clinical: Social Worker

He waka tapu

· With the aim to grow my social work practice and to gain better understandings of applying a Kaupapa lens to my practice. I joined the team at He waka tapu, taking on a variety of roles. Apply my strengths facilitating groups in the AOD and whanau harm spaces. Later joining the He waka tapu Mana - Ake team.

· Interviewed clients, families, or groups to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.

· Helped clients develop new coping mechanisms and techniques to drive behavior modification.

· Advocated for clients to assure respected rights and wishes.

· Facilitated group therapy sessions to build supportive, communicative client networks.

· Formulated treatment plan strategies with multidisciplinary teams to provide comprehensive and continuous care plan.

• Working with a Kaupapa Maori lens Kamahi support individuals and groups who what to reduce harm and/or stop the addiction of alcohol and drugs
• With in this role i also applied skills and acknowledge in developing AOD assessment – directed by the court to support persons entering residential program – and support within the community.

• This was a position I was approached to become a part of the Mana - ake family help team,
• Working as a Kamahi for Mana-ake within a Clinical role; providing well-being and mental health support for children aged five to twelve years
• Working within the Waimairi-iri and Selwyn clusters, working alongside schools with children and whanau, to promote well-being and provide support when well-being or mental health concern is identified
• This is a developing work environment, exploring the needs of young person within the environment they learn and live, working in a collectively manner
• Within my role as a clinical social worker, I work collaboratively with all, listen allowing all parties involved with the person we work alongside to be heard, working with a strength prospective collectively finding best practice solutions, to meet the needs of those we work alongside.
• Helped clients develop new coping mechanisms and techniques to drive behaviour modification.
• Helped clients with recognizing and managing mental health concerns through evidence-based interventions.
• Supported clients and families with empathy and compassion during difficult times.
• Updated client documentation for accurate, compliant and current records.
• Interviewed clients, families, or groups to assess situations, limitations and issues and implement services to address needs.

• Working alongside at-risk families
• Liaising with Government agencies, NGO's and community organizations to meet the needs of clients and their families promoting healthy wellbeing
• Applying practice that reflected knowledge of care and protection, family harm and trauma
• This position was a pilot, and was develop from the white papers, vulnerable children, and is still working effectively with in communities now
• Working alongside vulnerable young person who have a family member that live with a mental illness
• Within this role, I would work with the aim to enhance the well-being of the young person and whanau environments they live within
• Aiding in the development of skills and knowledge of services that would allow them to live safely within their environments
• Working alongside them, and whanau members to gain understandings of strengths inside their families, while applying solution focus practice to bring healthy sustainable outcomes, in a safe respectful manner
• This was done by listening to need, exploring risk, identify strengths and what the family had done well in the past when mental illness had impacted them most
• Then applying a collaborative approach that was sustainable for the future
• Practice within this role was solution focus, applying the Whanau-ora model.

• During the time I work for this organization, I work within a residential environment for young sex offenders
• This position gave myself a better understanding of people within environment, I quickly gained an understanding that these young people, even though they themselves were placed within this environment for the actions they had done towards others were (a percentage of) were once victims themselves
• In this position I worked with in a team environment, that displayed safe healthy behaviours, gave understandings of healthy social norms and lawful behaviours
• Working within a Therapeutic environment that aim was to bring positive change, to the behaviours and lives of those we work alongside.
• Documented client progress in confidential files.
• Implemented crisis intervention plans to support client safety.

• Working alongside the most vulnerable in society
• Working alongside individuals and their whanau
• Exploring positive outcomes
• Relocating clients from long term residential care, to safely living independent in community
• Networking with Government and Community Agencies, advocating those services be engaged to meet the need of the client, enhancing the well-being of clients, with an awareness of safety of all living in community.

• Applying management skills - developing policies - networking with other health, Government and community agencies promoting awareness of community needs
• Making recommendations and applications to planning and funding, promoting social change.
• Established and maintained effective communication with staff, physicians and community organizations to promote high quality patient care.
• Recruited, hired and trained all staff, providing direct supervision, ongoing staff development and continuing education to employees.
• Developed and updated policies and procedures, maintaining compliance with guidelines relating to HIPAA, benefits administration and general liability.
• Communicated with patients, ensuring that medical information was kept private.
• Liaised with other healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive patient care plans and provide highest quality of care.

• Contracted by Youth Specialty Services to provide respite care for client's case managed within this Service
• This was a unique opportunity for me, and all involved as this was the first youth focus respite operating in Canterbury
• Liaison with Youth Specialty Services, Psychiatric Emergency Services, the Police and OT to provide respite care for young people with moderate to severe psychiatric illness
• Working alongside young persons and their whanau -A new working environment operating youth respite in a new location
• Working with Youth Specialty Services in setting up and putting in place new policies
• Overseeing all administration duties and day-to-day running of the home
• Liaison within the services of Mental Health to provide our clients with a safe and controlled environment to stay in, monitoring medications, sleep habits, mood, eating Habits etc
• Respite Co-Ordinator - interacting with all services involved with the client and their family
• Attending Strengthening Family Meetings, FGC
• Supervised operations staff and kept employees compliant with company policies and procedures.
• Developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency.
• Managed inventory and supply chain operations to achieve timely and accurate delivery of goods and services.
• Led hiring, onboarding and training of new hires to fulfill business requirements.
• Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications, and missed deadlines.
• Developed and maintained relationships with external vendors and suppliers.

• The north wing of 5 Innes Road was made up of an eight-bed home for the elderly, caring for residents with a wide range of psychiatric illnesses
• Duties involved providing a high standard of care, staffing and all administration duties.