2014 to 2020

Sam was employed to work two days per week in community health centres in the inner-suburbs of Melbourne. In this role Sam provides support to adults & adolescents with a range of presentations.

He initially started in the Inner North West Melbourne Medicare Local, in Parkville from April 2014, and in 2015 moved across to the North Richmond Community Health Centre where he delivered Care in Mind Targeted Psychological Support until 2020.

Now Sam continues to deliver Care in Mind sessions remotely, by either telehealth or telephone.

For each client, Sam undertakes individual mental status assessments and devises treatment goals with clients, working to focused psychological strategies.

Due to care-team collaboration, Sam liaises with other health professionals (speech pathologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, AoD counsellors, social workers and GPs) on staff for practice issues and counselling support. Further, he liaises with external referrer’s (GPs and other referral services such as VOCAT) to complete assessments, undertake treatment and to uphold appropriate referrals.