Tom Darley

Psychosocial Recovery Practitioner (& Founder) at Chameleon Psychosocial Recovery

Greater Perth Area

About

I'm a firm believer in doing what you love, and my passion lies in helping people. As a psychosocial recovery coach, I assist people to identify their strengths and motivate them towards their goals in their recovery journey. Please feel free to send me a message if you have any questions, suggestions, or opportunities.

Experience

  • Psychosocial Recovery Coach & Founder at Chameleon Psychosocial Recovery
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Providing support to people with psychosocial disabilities to increase their independence and social & economic participation. Coaching & collaborating with other services to build capacity and to plan & implement a recovery plan.

  • Senior Service Coordinator at Inclusion WA
    Jan 2024 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Youth Peer Worker/Psychosocial Recovery Coach at Pillar Support Coordination
    May 2023 - Jan 2024 · 9 mos

    • Developing recovery-enabling relationships with people experiencing a psychosocial disability or other complex mental health issues. • Developing recovery planning documents and supporting people with their recovery planning. • Coaching people to build personal capacity, motivation, resilience & decision making. • Collaborating with broader system of supports to aid in a recovery-oriented approach. • Supporting engagement with NDIS, including Plan implementation. • Documenting & reporting progress, and developing systems to do so from scratch as a pioneer in this position at Pillar. • Coordinating the Youth Psychosocial Support Packages (YPSP) program, funded and overseen by the Mental Health Commission (MHC). • Processing YPSP applications & liaising with clinical referrers, young applicants, and parents to assist in navigating through the process. • Liaising with external stakeholders & MHC to process applications and ultimately issue packages for support; reporting feedback & application statistics to MHC. • Delivering information seminars in person & online to external stakeholders & potential referrers.

  • Inclusion WA (3 yrs 10 mos)
    • Service Coordinator
      Oct 2020 - Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Managing client relationships, budgets, funding utilisation and staffing for portfolio of clients and their support networks. • Liaising with client teams including support coordinators, recovery coaches, therapy providers, government representatives to collaborate towards client outcomes. • Completing NDIS plan reviews and service agreements for clients. • Providing leadership, coaching and support to team of line managed support workers (mentors). • End-to-end recruitment of mentors; from shortlisting and contacting applicants to induction and training. • Monitoring and approving staff timesheets and case notes. • Delivering (and attending) workshops for professional development. • Collaboration with coordinators and management team to continually reflect upon business processes and initiatives.

    • Mentor
      Jul 2019 - Oct 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Working alongside people, encouraging them to identify and reach their personal goals by connecting with their community.

  • Salesperson at GAZMAN
    Oct 2018 - Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo