Hi,
I was tidying my Back-up files, and came accross the following piece of writing. I thought I would put it on my list groups, in case anybody feels they can offer me some sessional work after reading it. I am also attaching my Resume.
' PERSONAL STATEMENT. (Application for C.D. Diploma in 1997.)
I have been a psychotherapist for a number of years and a consultant for disability agencies in the last since 1992. During this time I have become increasingly interested in becoming a Community Development worker.
As a counsellor I am trained to assist individuals plan and implement changes which will empower them to reach their full potential; as a Welfare worker I will learn to understand and deal with the broader societal picture. I will learn to intervene at group and community levels on issues of social justice.
The disenfranchised, disempowered people I am working with at the moment (people with disabilities and their parents and/or carers), like other marginalised people, certainly need workers and other people skilled in helping them push for and organize change in the institutions with which they are in constant, often involuntary, contact.
It is relevant for workers in the human development field to be able to aid people to understand and change themselves.
However, without a knowledge of the legal systems and social policies of our Australian Society there will be times when a counsellor may just be "advising" her clients to adjust themselves to a system which pays lip-service only to issues of social justice and "fair play".
If I, as a counsellor, can help people deal with the injustices of the Australian milieu from a community, as well as a personal, level, those with whom I work will have a better chance of making substantial, far-reaching changes in their lives.
PS I don't know if you got the above e-mail. I always like to hear that my message has been received, having heard horror stories. So if you would confirm this, I would be most grateful. Just "Thanks" in the subject line would do until you get the time to answer more fully if you feel it is necessary/wish to...
RESUME.
Personal Particulars
Name: Ingrid Mary Hindell.
Address: 54 Slevin St., Geelong Nth., 3215.
Telephone: (03) - 52 72-1463.
Date of Birth: 11th July 1950.
Marital Status: Married.
Nationality: Australian Citizen.
Education
Tertiary
1997 - Diploma of Community Services (Community Development),
Current Gordon Institute of T.A.F.E., Geelong City, Vic.
1994 Bachelor of Social Work (part time).
Waun Ponds Campus, Deakin University, via Geelong, Vic. Aust. [Resigned].
1982 - 1990 Bachelor of Arts (part time).
Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria.
Uncompleted Major: Religious Studies.
Major: Social Science.
Secondary
1980 - 1982 Tertiary Orientation Program (part time).
Moorabbin College of T.A.F.E., Moorabbin.
Subjects: Sociology, Literature, Philosophy, Asian Studies, Politics.
1969 - 1970 Higher School Certificate (part time)
Yooralla Secondary School, Balwyn
Subjects: English, Literature, French, Indonesian
European Renaissance History
Professional Courses
February Participant in a "Customer Relations Course,
March 1999 Given by: Maximum Impact - Training & Development,
for - Rosewall Neighbourhood House, Corio, Geelong.
September - Courses in Microsoft Word, Desktop Publishing in December 1997 Microsoft Word, and Introduction to Statistics: Women's Access Department, Gordon T.A.F.E., Geelong.
January 1997 Course in Workplace Training (Category I)
The Centre (for Adult and Community Education,
Chisholm Street, Wangaratta.
October - Course in Microsoft Excel - Database Training,
December 1996 The Centre (for Adult and Community Education,
Chisholm Street, Wangaratta.
August 1994 Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR) Program for Professionals, (Endorsed by the Family Planning Victoria & the Whole Health Institute, Australasia).
April 1993 - Basic Counselling Skills
June 1993 Council of Adult Education, Melbourne
February 1993 - Technology (Computer) Studies
June 1993 Box Hill College of T.A.F.E., Box Hill
February 1992 - Psychotherapy and Counselling
November 1992 Cairnmillar School of Professional Psychology,
Camberwell
October 1991 Rehabilitation Counsellors Certificate Program
Australian Institute for Rational Emotive Therapy,
Melbourne
August 1991 Managing Conflict
Council of Adult Education, Melbourne
August 1991 Jung and Your Inner Journey
Council of Adult Education, Melbourne
February 1991 Volunteer Training Course in Counselling
May 1991 Cairnmillar School of Professional Psychology, Camberwell
February 1991 - Philosophies of Psychotherapy
December 1991 Council of Adult Education, Melbourne
January 1991 Communication: The Message
Council of Adult Education, Melbourne
September 1990 Marriage Guidance and Sex Therapy Certificate
Australian Institute for Rational Emotive Therapy,
Melbourne
August 1990 Paraprofessional Training Course in Rational Emotive Therapy and Techniques - Primary Certificate
Australian Institute for Rational Emotive Therapy,
Melbourne
Employment History
Agency Employment
March 2000 - Hired for Specified Time as Consultant to canvass the possibility
Nov. 2000 of starting an"Outsiders"Social Club for disabled and non- disabled people,
Leisure Networks, Little Malop St., Geelong. Not completed.
Jan. 2000 - Hired as paid & voluntary Consultant to research July 2000 Discrimination with regard to Friendship, Relationships and the Expression of Sexuality,
Disability Discrimination Law Advocacy Service, 11th. Floor 3 Little Collins St, Melbourne 3000
December 1999 Hired to collate consumers' questionnaires for Quality Assurance process,
Leisure Networks, Little Malop St., Geelong.
July 99 Hired to present paper to
Conference entitled "Who needs Friends",
Leisure Networks, Little Malop St., Geelong.
Aug. 1997 & Hired as Speaker - Attendant Care Class, Gordon T.A.F.E.
Aug. 1998 Geelong.
July 1993 - Hired as Casual Staff Member - Learning and Living
Dec. 1994 Dept., Yooralla Society, South Melbourne
Duties: Trainee co-facilitator of 3 hr-a-week, 3 month workshop on human relationships and sexuality.
Co-facilitator of one day workshops on depression, life skills, etc. Stand-in member for staff at the "Southern Action and Information on Disability" (S.A.I.D.) Network monthly Committee meetings.
June 1993 Hired to present paper on Disability, Sexuality, and "Inappropriate
Behaviour at A One Day Workshop titled Supportive Strategies for Carers, Volunteers And Workers -
Leisure Action (Spastic Citizens Society), Oakleigh.
April 1994 - Hired as Consultant Project Worker (72 hours) - December 1994 Leisure Action (Spastic Citizens Society), Oakleigh
Duties:- Introducing Mrs. Annie Muir to local traders, travel training with Annie Muir, making suggestions, if necessary, in weekly report on how Annie can best participate in community living and make friends in the local community.
January 1993 - Occasional Consultant for Disability Agencies (Yooralla Society, Spastic Citizens Society, DEAC, Interchange)
Duties - Organising and/or facilitating presenting at workshops for workers, volunteers, parents, addressing inappropriate behaviours and communication. Presenting to senior class students on attendant care management and life skills. Presenting workshop on Assertiveness. Interviewing staff.
Self Employment
1991 - Psychotherapist - Counsellor
Current Duties: Counselling people (including people with disabilities)
1996 - 1997 Convener & Coordinator of Wangaratta L.E.T.S.
Duties: Newsletter & Bookkeeping, Convening meetings. Public Relations.
1975 - 1990 Amway Distributor
Duties: Bookkeeping, Product demonstrations.
Obtaining phone orders.
Voluntary Employment
Nov. 2000 - Continuing to canvass the possibility of starting an Current "Ousiders" Social Club for disabled and non-disabled people.
Nov. 2000 Presentation of Paper: "Challenging Behaviours - Whose Virtue, Whose Vice? - to Conference of the Australian Cerebral Palsy Association - "Unlocking Potential"
Melbourne, Australia.
July. 2000 - Acting as Consultant to research Discrimination with regard to Dec.2000 Friendship, Relationships and the Expression of Sexuality Disability Discrimination Law Advocacy Service, 11th. Floor 343 Little Collins St, Melbourne 3000
May 2000 Presenter of Paper entitled "Where I may not be if I had had Cybersex or YOU CAN'T CUDDLE A COMPUTER" (2nd of three papers by a members' group of the Accsex Network) to Australian
Sex Therapists Conference - "From Virtue to Virtual Reality" - Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
September 1997- Committee Member, for
-June 1999 Rosewall Neighbourhood House, Corio, Geelong.
Duties:- Publicity Officer, Editor L.E.T. System.
- Team Work - Policy meetings, etc.
August 1997- Committee Member, for
-June 1999 "Barwon Independent Living, Inc.", now "Karingal" .
Duties:- Representative for people with disabilities,
Committee Rep. for visiting dignitaries, etc.
October 1997 Talk to young people at "First Base", Box Hill: on "Making Friends in the Community & Accessing Community Education.
February - Co-opted Committee Member, for
-Dec. 1996 The (Adult & Community Education) Centre, Wangaratta Duties: Public Relations, Consultant for Staff on Issues concerning people with Disabilities
September 1994 Participant in "Untold Desires" - S.B.S. Documentary.
August 1994 - Panel participant and also
Presenter of workshop on Cognitive Therapy to Medical, Naturopathic, Chiropractic, etc. students for
Student Conference of Whole Health Institute,
(W.H.I.) Australasia.
May 1994 - Co-convener and Co-organiser Sexuality Information Day
Disability Support Centre, Traveller's Aid Society of Victoria
Duties: - Finding Resources, Helping organise a speaker
Helping with workshop on sexuality
April 1994 - Member Friendship Project
Current Duties: Discovering reasons (in sharing setting) why people with disabilities, especially those multiple and severe disabilities in institutional settings or isolated at home, don't make friends easily. Planning strategies & recommendations to try to influence government policy concerning this issue; has to do with recreational funding.
January 1991 - Sexuality and Disability Project Convener
January 1993 Council of Adult Education, Melbourne
(First based at Learning and Living, Sth. Melb.)
Duties: Formulating a Committee of Management.
Obtaining funding ($17.000) for the stages of the project. Drafting project's aims and objectives. Interviewing and recruiting paid project worker. Networking with funding bodies and interest groups. Developing project's mailing list.
1992 - 1993 Sexuality and Disability Project, Committee of Management Member, Council of Adult Education Melbourne Duties: Responsible (with other members of this committee) for ongoing coordination and decision making concerning project.
1992 Facilitator of Weekly Eight Week Psychotherapy Course ,
for members of "New Thought Foundation" Melbourne.
1992 Facilitator of Weekly Six Week Psychotherapy Course,
for members of the "Avalon Centre", Caulfield.
Current Memberships
"Nurturing Our World" - Ocean Grove Environmental Group.
Disability Action on Rights & Equality (D.A.R.E.). Coalition.
Geelong Herb Society.
Geelong Organic Growers - Secretary, Aug.1997 - Aug. 1998.
Whole Health Institute.
Women with Disabilities, Australia.
Interests
Alternative Medicine and Health Issues.
"Aware" Program (Community Aid Abroad).
Comparative Religions.
Creative Writing.
Environmental and Permaculture Issues.
L.E.T.S.
People.
Reading.
Social-Justice Issues.
Referees
Ms. Nila Schweim
Manager, Learning and Living Department
Yooralla Society of Victoria, South Melbourne
Phone: 9254-5671 / 9254-5666, Ext.: 671 (B.H.)
Mr. Alan Blackwood
[Sexuality and Advocacy Worker
Learning and Living Department (until November 1992)]
Advocacy Worker
Headway, Fitzroy
Phone: 9416-2333 (B.H.)
Ms. Susie Smith
Educational Consultant
Centre for Social Research, Carlton
Phone: 9743-2022 (B.H.)
Mr. Ged Prescot
Southern Region Coordinator for Leisure Action [Spastic Citizens Society]
8 Johnson Street
Oakleigh, 3166.
Phone: 9563-1539 (B.H.)
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