Get to Know Amanda

Amanda grew up in the suburbs of Greater Western Sydney and spent much time in the Hawkesbury. She is now a Hawkesbury local, living and working across Western Sydney and the Hawkesbury districts.

Amanda is married and has close connection to her husband’s Aboriginal culture, family and community. Amanda’s great loves are family and friends, animals – big and small, and adventuring to the bush or ocean with the camper trailer in tow.

Amanda has always been passionate about helping people. She embodies the values of compassion, care and connection. Amanda has been practicing as a social worker since 2007 with broad experience working in clinical and non-clinical mental health with a diverse range of clients, local community and multidisciplinary teams. Amanda has over ten years of career experience in the tertiary education sector working directly with clients in welfare, advocacy and counselling roles. She also has team leadership and management experience geared toward systemic advocacy for positive change and social justice.

Amanda’s work is grounded in cultural humility with extensive experience working with a broad range of people, including Aboriginal people and community, people from diverse racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds, sexual and gender diverse people, and diversity relating to age, size, ability and socio-economic status. Amanda value’s the collective experience of people and, the uniqueness of each group, person, family system and life experience.

What Amanda loves most about social work is the richness that connection with others brings to the experience of being human. She holds gratitude for those who have significantly influenced and nurtured her journey and value base and brings this foundation to working with clients.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Social Work

University of Sydney

2006

Currently working towards completing Master of Counselling and Psychotherapy.