Profile Information
Location
Gloucester, NSW
Country
Australia
Postal Code
2357
What is it you do for a living? (Parenting, volunteering, CEO of social service organization, etc.)
Youth & Parenting Partner/AOD Connected Recovery Worker
What organization(s) do you volunteer or work for?
I work for CatholicCare Social Services Hunter-Manning in both their Targeted Earlier Intervention Program (providing case management and counselling services for young people and their families at no cost) and the AOD Connected Recovery Program (addressing the impact of alcohol and other drugs on individuals, their families and communities. I developed an interest in ACEs through one of the many online trauma and counselling courses I've taken.
What is your interest in PACEs and resilience science?
I have trained as a counsellor with a specific interest in trauma. I have a keen interest in helping children and other vulnerable communities affected by trauma, disasters and social injustice.
If you're part of a community-based PACEs initiative, which one?
ACEs is still a very new field in Australia and I'm not aware of any community-based ACEs initiatives in this country.