Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW)

Bridging systems reform and compassionate care.

10 years of practice across diverse mental health programs. Specialist in strengthening organizational frameworks, clinical governance, and delivering values-driven care in Victoria, Australia.

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10+ Years Practice
10-Bed PARC Management
AASW AMHSW Accredited
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Quick Snapshot

  • Location Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Current Practice & Leadership Mental Health Social Worker @ Coburg Family Medical Centre & Program Manager @ Broadmeadows PARC (Wellways)
  • Education Master of Mental Health (La Trobe) | Bachelor of Social Work (VU)
  • Inquiries & Consultations Direct inquiries via the inquiry form below or via LinkedIn.
Professional Ethos

Committed to Justice & Equitable Access

As an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, I lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver excellence through a shared commitment to fairness, trauma-informed care, and measurable service improvement.

Clinical Governance

Directing day-to-day operations, sub-acute residential care, risk formulation, and stringent compliance under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022.

Multidisciplinary Leadership

Empowering nursing, allied health, and lived-experience workforces by embedding psychological safety, reflective practice, and shared leadership.

Systems Reform & Integration

Bridging macro systemic frameworks and values-driven frontline care. Harmonizing strategic multi-sector partnerships across Area Mental Health Services, Consultant Psychiatrists, General Practitioners, and NDIS housing networks to streamline integrated pathways and maximize measurable social impact.

Career Timeline

Professional Experience

Mental Health Social Worker

Coburg Family Medical Centre
Oct 2025 – Present · Coburg, VIC
  • Deliver high-level clinical assessments, risk formulations, and evidence-based Focused Psychological Strategies (FPS) for complex patient cohorts in a high-volume primary care setting.
  • Serve as a key clinical consultant to General Practitioners, driving integrated care pathways, streamlining referral networks, and optimizing consumer outcomes.

Program Manager

Broadmeadows PARC, Wellways
Oct 2022 – Present · Broadmeadows, VIC
  • Direct day-to-day operations and clinical governance for a 10-bed sub-acute residential service catering to consumers with severe, complex, and persistent mental illness.
  • Lead, mentor, and empower a diverse multidisciplinary team (nursing, allied health, and lived experience workforce), embedding a culture of psychological safety, shared leadership, and continuous reflective practice.
  • Operationalize clinical practice under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, ensuring strict alignment with trauma-informed, strengths-based, and human-rights-centered principles.
  • Oversee site financial administration, operational budgets, and workforce scheduling, ensuring full compliance with contractual obligations and legislative frameworks.
  • Manage sub-acute bed throughput, intake flow, and complex discharge planning in close partnership with Area Mental Health Services and community health networks.
  • Lead service-level Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives, OHS protocols, and Riskman incident investigations, translating audit findings into actionable clinical governance enhancements.
  • Cultivate strategic, multi-sector partnerships across Lead Consultant Psychiatrists, local health networks, NDIS providers, housing services, and specialist community agencies.

Team Leader

Narre Warren extended PARC, Wellways
Apr 2022 – Oct 2022 · Narre Warren, VIC
  • Spearheaded daily clinical operations and staff coordination within an extended sub-acute care model, promoting high-quality, consumer-centered recovery care.
  • Established strong collaborative ties with Monash Health clinical partnership, building mutual trust, operational cohesion, and joint clinical accountability.
  • Facilitated clinical supervision and professional development for staff, enhancing retention, workplace wellbeing, and compliance standards. Designed and executed evidence-based group therapeutic interventions.

Senior Recovery Worker (Acting Program Manager duties)

North Fitzroy PARC, Wellways
Jan 2020 – Apr 2022 · North Fitzroy, VIC
  • Stepped up into higher duties as Program Manager maintaining operational continuity, compliance, and clinical safety.
  • Applied advanced psychosocial assessment models, championing social work practice within an integrated clinical environment.
  • Embedded robust risk-informed frameworks and post-incident workflows, conducting Riskman reviews and root-cause analyses.

NDIS Support Coordinator / Social Worker / Psycho-social Worker

Opening Doors, Wellways & Forensicare (Ravenhall)
2016 – 2020 · Victoria
  • Managed high-acuity caseloads of up to 20 consumers within an acute forensic environment at Ravenhall Correctional Centre (Forensicare), performing comprehensive bio-psycho-social assessments.
  • Navigated complex NDIS funding packages for participants with psychosocial disabilities, securing community housing and clinical supports.
  • Provided direct psychosocial rehabilitation across multiple Wellways programs, stepping up as Acting Program Manager as required.
Academic Background

Education & Professional Credentials

Credential (2025)

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW)

AASW - Australian Association of Social Workers

Postgraduate (2022–2024)

Master of Mental Health

La Trobe University

Undergraduate (2012–2017)

Bachelor of Social Work

Victoria University

Vocational (2008–2012)

Diploma of Community Welfare Work

Holmesglen TAFE

Academic Contribution

10th International Conference on Social Work in Health & Mental Health (2024)

Co-Presenter (*Brasier, C., *Sandhu, A., Wynne, N.) in Melbourne, Australia.
“How can social workers ally with people who have Lived Experience of mental distress, carers and the community to create optimal services and supports?”

Professional Development

  • EMDR Training: Completed Part 1 (2026)
  • Fortnightly Clinical Supervision with John Belanti, AMHSW (2021–Present)
  • Delegate at TheMHS Conference, Brisbane (2025)
Clinical & Practice Capabilities

High-Level Strengths Summary

Clinical Integration

Blends EMDR, CBT, ACT, DBT, and supportive work within trauma-informed framework.

Complex Trauma

Competent with dissociation, DFS, childhood trauma, perinatal trauma.

Cultural Humility

Fluent incorporation of Islamic, Sikh, Catholic, Buddhist and migrant worldviews.

Systems Navigation

Strong Centrelink, legal, housing, medical, and workplace systems knowledge.

Documentation

Structured, MSE-complete, risk-attuned clinical notes.

Risk Management

Consistent suicide/self-harm/DFS risk assessment and safety planning.

Neurobiological Literacy

Translates trauma neuroscience into accessible client psychoeducation.

Therapeutic Alliance

Long-term engagement with complex, multi-need clients.

Peer Support

Documented capacity to provide supportive supervision and boundary guidance to colleagues.

Adaptability

Equally at home with refugee/migrant mental health, psychotic disorders, perinatal mental health, and workplace injury/insurance cases.

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Amanjot Sandhu

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW) & Program Manager

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Roles: Wellways & Coburg Family Medical Centre
Postgrad: Master of Mental Health (La Trobe)
Credentials: AMHSW Accredited (AASW)
Practice: 10+ Years Mental Health Leadership
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