Annual Report 2012 - Lifeline Darling Downs

Lifeline Darling Downs & South West Queensland Ltd 2012 Annual Report
Family Therapy Program
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by Kath Corcoran, Senior Practitioner
& Kate Greener, Manager State Funding
The purpose of the Family Therapy Program is to provide counselling and other support
services to assist vulnerable individuals who are at risk of, or who are experiencing personal,
wellbeing and ability to participate positively in their community. This program offers
generalist counselling, practical support, advocacy, referral and linkage to other services as
required. This program is easily accessible and culturally appropriate. Service delivery may
be provided through a variety of modes, including but not limited to face-to-face, telephone,
physical service location, community meeting point, and outreach.
The Team
The membership of the team has remained constant over the last twelve months with only
the addition of a new Senior Practitioner who started with the team in March 2012. Each
team member works part-time and works with a collegiate approach to their framework,
systems and processes.
Senior Practitioner Kath Corcoran
Counsellors Kim Coleman
Andrew Nicholson
Denny Edwards
Rob Sandison
Manager Kate Greener
Achievements
The Family Therapy Team has consistently sought to develop their skills and
knowledge. During the year, the team has continued to reflect on their practice and
refine process and procedures to ensure that service delivery to clients is of a high
quality and delivered in a timely way.
The Family Therapy Team has been using two scales in their client sessions to assist
with therapy and also as an evaluation tool.
-being and
how things have been on entry to the session for example it measures personal
wellbeing, family and close relationships, work, school and friendships and a general
sense of well-being.
The Session Rating Scale (SRS) completed by the client at the end of the session
rates the union between the counselor and the client, for example it measures the
therapeutic relationship, goals and topics covered, approach and method and overall
outcome of the session.
Paul Jensen is presenting a paper at the FRSA (Family Relationships Services
ORS and SRS and looking at pre and post tests of individual clients.
Below is an example of the outcomes of a client once the scores have been entered
into the data system. This can then be used as a tool and shown to the client so they
can see their progress or help identify times when their situation may not be going
well.
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