Kate McEntee
Blenheim
Summary
Dedicated Probation Officer with expertise in offender supervision, dynamic assessments, and trauma-informed approaches, while maintaining sentence accountability. I have a proven ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance community rehabilitation efforts.
I am passionate about working in the family harm interagency to support offenders to live violence free, and support victims to stay safe.
My intention in completing this course is to deepen my knowledge in the area of trauma and violence to help people support lasting change.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Probation Officer
Department of Corrections
Blenheim, MBH
04.2024 - Current
- Conduct regular assessments of offenders to monitor compliance with court-ordered conditions.
- Develop individualised supervision plans to address specific needs and risk factors of offenders.
- Collaborate with law enforcement and community agencies to coordinate rehabilitative services and supports for offenders in the community.
- Maintain accurate records of offender progress and reported findings to the court as required.
- Prepare pre-sentence reports to guide the court in appropriate sentence recommendations.
- Attend court as a Corrections representative and provide information to support court process.
- Sit at the Family Harm interagency with Police, other statutory and non-government agencies providing a collaborative approach to assessing and addressing family harm incidents.
Child Protection Caseworker
Centacare Catholic Community Services
Bankstown, NSW
01.2003 - 06.2007
- Assess and train foster carers.
- Support and advocate for children and carers in foster care placements through the creation of individualised care and protection plans and liaising with statutory and community resources.
- Supervise contact between children in foster care and their birth parents.
- Case management of sibling placements, crisis placements, short term placement and transitional foster care placements.
- Write reports and provide updates to statutory child protection agency in relation to child and placement progress.
- Coordinated multidisciplinary team meetings to discuss progress and address challenges in cases.
- Seconded to support Womens Refuge in court safe room for women and men seeking Protection Orders.
Education
Horticulture Trade Certificate - Parks And Gardens - Horticulture
Ryde Technical And Further Edication
04-2010
Bachelor of Social Science - Social Sciences And Sociology
University of Western Sydney
Rydalmere, NSW12-2001
Skills
- Maintain clear documentation
- Interagency collaboration for managing family harm risk in the community
- Offender supervision and sentence accountability
- Risk and needs assessments
- Interdepartmental collaboration for sentence management and family harm
- Dynamic assessment of offenders with harmful sexual behaviour
- Assess and manage high risk and high recidivist offenders
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Work from trauma-informed approach
Certification
Blueprint training - Addictions 101, 20 May 2025
Level 3 Certificate in Intelligence (Introduction), May 2026
Timeline
Probation Officer
Department of Corrections
04.2024 - Current
Child Protection Caseworker
Centacare Catholic Community Services
01.2003 - 06.2007
Horticulture Trade Certificate - Parks And Gardens - Horticulture
Ryde Technical And Further Edication
Bachelor of Social Science - Social Sciences And Sociology
University of Western Sydney