Viktoria Schroedel-Rother
About me
Biography: 63yo CALD woman, bilingual. LLE of mental illness(s), intimate partner violence. Professional sticky-beak by inclination, education, and nature. Adore music; am a classically-trained pianist with catholic tastes in music. Bibliophile, wordsmith. Ailurophile, with many feathered and tree friends. Relish cooking my way around the world, despite a reduced appetite thanks to chemotherapy. Heterodox style of dressing, adornment, which suits my statuesque bearing. Black, desiccated sense of humour.
Education: BA; BSc; Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults; GradDipEd (Sec); MEnvScience; Intentional Peer Support (IPS) Certificate.
My experience
Ten (10)+ Years LLE (Lived, Living Experience): Consumer Advisor/Consumer Advocate/Consumer Consultant/Consumer Researcher/Freelance External Supervisor/SIR (Serious Incident Review) Investigator ⦁ Mercy Health ⦁ The RMH ⦁ St Vincent's Health ⦁ Department of Health (Victoria) ⦁ External Supervisor for four Peer Support Workers: Forensicare, Mentis Assist, Open Arms, Western Health ⦁ Mentor for the Health Issues Centre’s Group Program. ⦁ Pro bono mentor for people with a LLE seeking to join the LLE Workforce.
Presenter, various forums, myriad audiences, discussing my LLE, and how I got into this line of work. Educator, trainer, advising clinician colleagues re: LLE, co-design, co-production. Advocate for the voiceless. I get what that's like. Please ask me.
My current role/work
Solo LLE Worker
External Supervisor for LLEs (Peer Support Workers)
Projects, various, Department of Health, Lived Experience Australia, and similar
My training
Intentional Peer Support (IPS)
Certificate of Language Teaching To Adults (CELTA): that is, to people whose primary language is not English.
My approach to supervision
It's all about you.
I listen with my ears, head, heart, mind.
We co-reflect. Constantly. About anything and everything.
You direct our sessions.
You decide their frequency.
Confidentiality is utmost.
Anything you disclose is acknowledged, honoured, and stays with me.
I offer human rights-based and trauma-informed support.
And an intimate grasp of inter-generational trauma and intimate partner violence.