Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certifications and Trainings
Referees
Timeline
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Hannah Prihanto

Social Worker

Summary

Dedicated social worker with experience working with families and children, excelling in crisis intervention and formulating psychosocial assessments. Utilises effective communication to foster collaborative relationships with stakeholders. Skilled in empowering families and enhancing the well-being of children through effective case management and tailored interventions.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

Social Worker

Boys' Town
07.2023 - Current
  • Provided case management and counselling services to ensure the safety and well-being of children in foster care.
  • Conduct regular home visits to monitor the welfare of foster children and to assess the quality and stability of the foster placement.
  • Guided foster parents in using positive parenting strategies to manage their foster child's behaviours.
  • Used narrative approaches to help foster children make sense of their transitions and life story.
  • Managed relationships between natural and foster families by ensuring clear communication, encouraging consistency, and advocating for the best interests of the child.
  • Supported the reintegration of foster children back to their natural families.
  • Conduct Foster Parent Assessment Reports (FAR) to assess the suitability of potential foster families to join the fostering scheme.
  • Supervised interns to promote their growth and development as social workers.


Social Worker

Methodist Welfare Services Family Service Centre
02.2020 - 07.2023
  • Conducted intake assessments to identify risks, needs and strengths of clients to refer them to appropriate community services.
  • As a member of the intake team, coordinated email referrals, clarified information with stakeholders, and assessed each case's suitability for FSC services.
  • Maintained regular contact with clients through face-to-face sessions, phone calls and home visits.
  • Built therapeutic relationships with individuals and families to motivate and facilitate change.
  • Held case conferences and liaised with external stakeholders to collaboratively formulate holistic assessments and suitable case plans for each client.
  • Participated in community work projects such as psycho-educating schools about family violence.
  • As a member of the stakeholder engagement team,
    represented the agency in networking sessions and
    participated in formal presentations to community
    stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work

Queensland University of Technology
04.2001 -

Diploma - Social Sciences (Social Work)

Nanyang Polytechnic
04.2001 -

Skills

  • Psychosocial assessments

  • Crisis intervention

  • Case management and counselling

  • Case documentation

  • Collaboration with stakeholders

  • Client advocacy

Certifications and Trainings

  • Family-based Casework Training for Family Service Centres Training
  • Management of Family Violence: Introduction
  • Management of Family Violence: Intervention in Family Violence Cases
  • Family and Adult Support Tool (FAST) - User Training
  • ASIST Training
  • A Therapeutic Treasure Box Training
  • Choices Matter: Using a Behavioral Focus for Work with Perpetrators as Parents Training
  • Safe and Together: An Introduction to the Model Training
  • Safe and Together: Working with Men as Parents Training
  • Developing Safer Trauma Informed Practice Training
  • Play Therapy Approaches With Children and Families with Attachment Difficulties Training
  • MSF Fostering Scheme: Foundation and Intermediate Course
  • Train-The-Trainer in Kinship Care - Tier 1 and 2
  • Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) - User
  • Trauma Systems Therapy (TST) Training
  • TIPS-FE (Trauma-Informed Practices -Fostering Edition) Training
  • No Child Is An Island: From Attachment Narratives Towards A Sense Of Belonging

Referees

Ng Koon Sing

Manager

Boys' Town Fostering Services

9858 5194


Dalina Binte Daud

Senior Social Worker

Boys' Town Fostering Services

8186 4415

Timeline

Social Worker

Boys' Town
07.2023 - Current

Social Worker

Methodist Welfare Services Family Service Centre
02.2020 - 07.2023

Bachelor of Arts - Social Work

Queensland University of Technology
04.2001 -

Diploma - Social Sciences (Social Work)

Nanyang Polytechnic
04.2001 -
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