Charlotte is a current PhD candidate at the University of Sydney School of Education and Social Work. She has a Bachelor of Social Work (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of Arts (Sociology and Socio-legal Studies) from the University of Sydney. Charlotte is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with experience working in community mental health, suicide prevention and counselling settings.
Charlotte has a special interest rural and remote mental health and in incorporating lived experience approaches into services responses to social and emotional distress. Her current research is focused on exploring experiences help-seeking for suicidal distress in rural and remote NSW.
Jenn, with her foundational background in general nursing, discovered her passion within Child & Adolescent Mental Health settings. Having provided clinical care to children, youth, and families across Vancouver, Canada, her expertise took her across the globe, from America to New Zealand, and finally to Australia.
In Western Australia, Jenn transitioned into Clinical Education and project roles, where she supported research, governance, risk management, and training initiatives across metropolitan Perth. Her relocation to Coffs Harbour, NSW, gives her real time insight to the challenges faced by regional communities and practitioners.
With clinical and research experience spanning numerous Primary Mental Health Care settings and a master’s degree in Public Health, Jenn is deeply committed to translating innovative practices and evidence into real-world applications. Her interests include digital mental health modalities, early intervention and prevention of mental illness, and empowering clinicians to deliver safe and effective clinical care.
Michelle is a social worker by background having worked in the government, non-government, charitable and academic sectors in NSW and Northern Territory. Michelle has worked in the complex and sensitive areas of domestic violence, grief and loss, elder abuse, sexual health, child sexual abuse and women in the criminal justice system, managing several challenging projects. She has an ongoing commitment and passion for human rights and social justice in Australia aiming to bridge the gap between the advantaged and less advantaged in society.
Previously she was a generalist social worker in Community Health in the Eurobodalla region and case manager with the Eurobodalla Bushfire Recovery Support Service . She has also worked at the Royal Commission Into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in their policy and community engagement teams. In her role at Dress for Success Sydney she managed Success Works, a program focused on supporting women with a criminal history into employment.