Kay McCabe
MT ALBERT,AUK
Summary
Leadership: With expertise and experience in providing clinical governance and leadership within Primary Care, the NGO sector, and Secondary Mental Health I have empowered individuals and organisations to offer best practice with high quality clinical standards.
Mentoring: Training, teaching, mentoring and supervising for psychologists and other mental health clinicians both 1:1, in small groups and larger audiences,,including a psychology intern hub.
Clinical Skills: Assessment and treatment with work families who are difficult to engage, low-frequency diagnoses, and high-risk adolescents.
Communication: Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Client Relationships: Developed effective stakeholder relationships for more effective inter-organisational cooperation .
Management: Provided operational management and clinical leadership in secondary and primary mental health care.
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Clinical Psychologist
ADHB Tū Māia Regional Youth Forensics
01.2017 - 01.2021
- Assessment and court report writing including cognitive assessments, risk evaluation and treatment recommendations.
- Court liaison for youth appearing in the Youth Court.
- Inreach into Whakatakapokai Care and Protection secure facilities.
- Engaging with whānau who were not keen on service provision or mental health involvement.
- Liaison with all those invovled in providng care for the rangitahi and their whānau.
- Maintained accurate records of client progress, adhering to strict confidentiality policies while ensuring continuity of care across providers.
Psychology Supervisor
ADHB Tū Māia Regional Youth Forensics
01.2017 - 01.2021
- Provision of supervision for 5 psychologists
- Maintaining support and professional empowerment for 10 psychologists
- Working with other PS colleagues for the provision of education programmes
- Maintaining quality standards through file audits and coaching
Associate Clinical Head
CDHB Whirinaki Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
01.2008 - 11.2010
- Provide leadership and clinical governance to over 70 staff
- Consult to staff over complex clinical issues
- Manage intersectorial relationships with key stakeholders
- Manage complaints and requests for information from a clinical perspective, with respect to Privacy Act, Health and Disability Commission, and Codes of Ethics
- Provide direct clinical interventions as a Consultant Psychologist
Consultant Psychologist
Consultant Psychologist, Pacifica Plus and Concussion Specialists
01.2004 - 11.2010
- Psychological rehabilitation for adults with traumatic brain injury
Clinical Head Fresh Minds
ProCare/ FreshMinds
01.2021 - Current
- Oversight and governance for clinical teams (Youth/ therapy centres/ psychology intern hub)
- Supervision and mentoring
- Clinical Risk Management
- Clinical Quality
- Clinical Leadership and Workforce Development
- Team development
- Training across teams within Fresh Minds and ProCare
- Managing complaints, feedback and adverse events.
Contract Holder ACC
Sensitive Claims and Psychology Services
01.2002 - Current
- Assessment, treatment recommendations and interventions for adults with a history of sexual abuse
- Psychological rehabilitation for adults with a physical injury or medical misadventure that has psychological consequences, with a focus on return to work
Team Manager Regional Youth Forensics
ADHB Tū Māia Regional Youth Forensics
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Professional Supervisor, Psychology, ADHB
- Court report writing, youth forensics
- Court liaison, youth forensics
- Mental health in-reach youth secure facilities
Clinical Psychologist/ Liaison Education Adolescent Project Coordinator/ Psychology Supervisor
ADHB Kari Centre (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service)
11.2010 - 01.2016
- Co-ordination of liaison to secondary schools, creating and deepening community links with Kari Centre
- Provide professional support and guidance for psychologists at Kari Centre
- Clinical assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and their families
- Team coordination/ management as per fixed term roles: budgets, HR processes, team functioning, managing internal team processes to meet KPI’s
Clinical Psychologist
ADHB Paediatric Diabetes
01.2011 - 07.2011
- Assessment and treatment of the mental health consequences of diabetes for children and their families
Consultant Psychologist
Affinity Services
01.2001 - 01.2011
- Clinical supervision for staff and psychosocial treatment for adults with enduring mental illness
Acting Clinical Head
CDHB Whirinaki Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
01.2006 - 01.2007
- clinical governance and leadership for a busy CAMHS service within the Counties area
- Service development and team planning
Consultant Psychologist/ Team Coordinator Child Team
CDHB Whirinaki Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Assessment and treatment of a wide array of child mental health problems
- Team development and oversight
- Working towards team goals of clinical excellence, team cooperation and team cohesion
Senior Psychologist/ Team Coordinator Early Intervention Team
CDHB Whirinaki Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
01.1998 - 01.2005
- Assessment and treatment for Rangitahi experiencing a first episode of psychosis
- Psychoeducation and support for whānau
- Team development and clinical leadership in line with nest practice
Education
PostGradDip Health Science - Advanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
University of Otago
01.2011
Executive Leadership and Management Programme -
Blueprint/ University Of Waikato
01.2009
PostGradDip Health Science - Child and Adolescent Mental Health
University of Auckland
01.2001
PostGradDip Applied Psychology -
University of Auckland
01.1997
MA (hons) -
University of Auckland
01.1996
BA -
University of Auckland
01.1991
Skills
- Clinical Leadership
- Clinical Skills
- Training and Teaching
- Communication
- Clinical Quality
- Mentoring
Registrations And Memberships
- 12/01/97, NZ Psychologists Board, Registered psychologist (clinical scope)
- 12/01/98, NZ Institute Clinical Psychology, Full Member
- 12/01/98, NZ Psychological Society, Full Member
Professional Development
12/01/18, Completed 2 papers in Forensic Psychiatry: PSYCHIAT 773 A & PSYCHIAT 773 B achieving an A- grade for both.
Hobbies and Interests
- Play saxophone, piano and double bass in folk bands
- Tramping
Timeline
Clinical Head Fresh Minds
ProCare/ FreshMinds
01.2021 - Current
Clinical Psychologist
ADHB Tū Māia Regional Youth Forensics
01.2017 - 01.2021
Psychology Supervisor
ADHB Tū Māia Regional Youth Forensics
01.2017 - 01.2021
Team Manager Regional Youth Forensics
ADHB Tū Māia Regional Youth Forensics
01.2016 - 01.2017
Clinical Psychologist
ADHB Paediatric Diabetes
01.2011 - 07.2011
Clinical Psychologist/ Liaison Education Adolescent Project Coordinator/ Psychology Supervisor
ADHB Kari Centre (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service)
11.2010 - 01.2016
Associate Clinical Head
CDHB Whirinaki Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
01.2008 - 11.2010
Acting Clinical Head
CDHB Whirinaki Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
01.2006 - 01.2007
Consultant Psychologist/ Team Coordinator Child Team
CDHB Whirinaki Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
01.2005 - 01.2006
Consultant Psychologist
Consultant Psychologist, Pacifica Plus and Concussion Specialists
01.2004 - 11.2010
Contract Holder ACC
Sensitive Claims and Psychology Services
01.2002 - Current
Consultant Psychologist
Affinity Services
01.2001 - 01.2011
Senior Psychologist/ Team Coordinator Early Intervention Team
CDHB Whirinaki Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
01.1998 - 01.2005
Executive Leadership and Management Programme -
Blueprint/ University Of Waikato
PostGradDip Health Science - Child and Adolescent Mental Health
University of Auckland
PostGradDip Applied Psychology -
University of Auckland
MA (hons) -
University of Auckland
BA -
University of Auckland
PostGradDip Health Science - Advanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
University of Otago
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