This supervisor has been approved to provide supervision under the ACCESS TO SUPERVISION PROJECT.

I am enthusiastic about lived experience leadership, education and peer support. I believe that people with lived experience can radically help each other and transform the mental health system when provided with the right conditions and the power to do so.

My professional interests include family/carer lived experience supervision, training, coproduction and codesign, research, young carers and trauma-informed practice.

I've lived in Victoria, Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, New Zealand and England in metropolitan, rural and remote areas giving me insight into geographic and social isolation.

I love nature, reading, podcasts, snorkelling, crochet, and yoga.

This supervisor has been approved to provide supervision under the ACCESS TO SUPERVISION PROJECT. If you are a supervisee who has received an approval email/letter from the CMHL you may contact this supervisor for supervision for this project, then follow the stated processes for supervision payment.

I have 23 years working from a family/carer perspective in mental health services in roles such as:

Carer Peer Educator Carer Support and Advocacy Officer Trainer/Assessor Cert IV Mental Health Peer Work Family/Carer Workforce Development Coordinator Family/carer Perspective Supervisor Family/carer Researcher

Some of the projects I've worked on are: Beyond the Squeaky Wheel - The passion, precarity and potential of the Family/Carer Lived Experience Workforce in the QLD mental health system Not Before Time - Lived Experience-Led Justice and Repair Rising Together - Lifting the lid on the experiences of family/carer lived experience workers (Vic) Our Future - Developing introductory training for the lived and living experience workforces in Victoria. Victorian Family/carer Workforce Strategy

I have personal lived experience supporting family, friends and foster children experiencing trauma, mental health and substance use issues. I was a young carer and remain passionate about supporting children in families affected by trauma, mental distress and substance use.

I am a self-employed family/carer supervisor, consultant, mentor and educator.

I have completed the following relevant training:

Supervisor training Carer Perspective Supervision Training and Framework - codesign group member Group Reflective Practice, Bouverie Centre Trauma Informed Supervision Training, Foundation House Supervision, ACAP

Lived experience work Cert IV Mental Health Peer Work Intentional Peer Support (IPS) 5 day core skills, IPS Advanced Skills, and IPS Trainer Emotional CPR

Coproduction and codesign Codesign essentials and prototyping, TACSI Power and Coproduction, Athena Workforce Consulting

Training and group work Post-Grad Cert In Educational Design, Monash Online (Current) Cert IV Training and Assessment, MHCC, NSW Groupwork skills, Uniting Care Burnside Telegroup Counselling, Carers NSW

Leadership and Project management Project Management Fundamentals, CMHL Future Systems Leader, Safer Care Vic Leadership training, CCWT

Trauma Trauma Responsive Practice with Children, Australian Childhood Foundation Understanding and Responding to Trauma, MHCC Working with Survivors of Torture and Trauma, STARTT Narrative Therapy For Adult Survivors Of Child Sexual Abuse, CCWT

Advocacy and Communication skills Narrative Therapy and Community Work, The Dulwich Centre Non-violent Communication, Shari Elle Carer Advocacy, NSW Institute of Psychiatry Diploma Counselling and Communication, ACAP

I believe that the answers to most challenges are already within us. My approach to supervision is grounded in the values and perspective of family/carer lived experience work, Intentional Peer Support, Emotional CPR and narrative practices. Supervision provides a space to explore and reflect together in the spirit of mutual learning that allows for cocreation of new understandings, knowledge and possibilities.