Consultancy

Franceska has been working in the welfare, health and academic field for over 40 years as a social work clinician, educationalist, planner, administrator, advocate, researcher, trainer, psychotherapist and hypnotherapist. Franceska was Director of Social Work and Welfare Services for the Department of Veterans Affairs and Princess Alexandra Hospitals.

Franceska has conducted research into the needs of people with mental illness and dementia, their family caregivers and professional service providers.  Franceska was the creator and Director of the Golda Institute, an independent ‘Think Tank’ on aged care, mental health and disability.

Franceska has provided consultancy services to:

·      World Health Organization – Geneva and Brussels

·      International Psycho-Geriatric Association

·      Alzheimer’s Disease International

·      Australian Council on the Ageing

·      Belgian Ministry of Public Health and Environment

·      Geriatric Centre and Hospital del Mar and Neurological Service at the Clinical and Provincial Hospital, Barcelona Spain and Catalan Government Department of Services and Health and the Barcelona General Hospital and Geriatric Centre, Spain

·      National Council of Social Service Training and Development, Singapore

·      Tropical Health Foundation and Alzheimer’s Association of India

·      Adolfo Hirsch Nursing Home Buenos Aires, Argentina

·      University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology. Australia

·      Community Child Health Services, Australia

·      Mental Health Services, Australia

·      Visiting Scholar – University of Tasmania, School of Sociology and Social Work. Lecturing in Ageing and Aged Care

Education and development

Franceska has been and continues to excel as a highly respected authority in the realm of personal and organisational change, counselling, mental health and aged care.  She is an international speaker and facilitates workshops that focus on a variety of topics for personal and couples counselling, senior and middle managers, health, welfare and community workers, aged care services.

To view her areas of expertise and book Franceska as a speaker at your event, click HERE.

 
 
 

Topics covered in previous events

 

  • Strategic Planning and Organisational Change

  • Research Manager – Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods

  • Social Welfare - Administration, Planning and Practices

  • Aged Care and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders – Policy Development, Assessment and Review Legislative Amendments and Introductions – Enduring Power of Attorney.

  • Lecturer and Tutor in Human Development, Communication, Counselling, Group Work, Community Development and Mental Health

  • Trainer in Dementia Care – for medical , professional and family caregivers and administrators

  • Training for Trainers

  • Researcher and Consultant Social Worker with Families and Children Researching, Planning and Conducting Day Care for the aged

  • Researcher and Educator in Quality Care

  • Counselling and Psychotherapy

  • Group work facilitator/ therapist for people with mental illness and addictions and for personal growth

  • Principal Consultant – How to Set up a Clearing House and Resource Centre, as well as an Information and Training Centre for Care of People with Dementia in Europe. Ministry of Public Health and Environment Belgium and World Health Organisation Collaborating Centers for Health and Clinical and Psychobiological Factors