Tess Stewart

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About Tess Stewart

Professional Attributes: • Confidence in making decisions and encouraging a shared vision • Excellent communication skills with a notable empathy and respect for others' needs • Constructive Team worker • Fast effective learner & Self-Starter • Outstanding reflective, assessment & evaluation skills promoting responsible and safe clinical care and health systems & service management • Proficient & effective new projects' development, coordination & management to achieve outcomes in short timeframes ~ We are in a fast-growing information age, with an ease of access to a plethora of knowledge from the internet across a rapidly evolving world of IT systems and devices, coupled with a merging of cultures due to globalisation - It's exciting and challenging. I feel our minds and environments are evermore challenged trying to maintain calm, understanding and balance while undergoing rapid growth. Having grown up in the country, I like to stay in touch with the natural environment but the constant flow of new information and ideas from others around the world is inspiring! I'm passionate about good mental health, strength-based holistic health care and multidisciplinary community health models for positive emotional & social wellbeing. Combining creative engagement, early intervention & preventative evidence-based health care in order to achieve optimum wellness through a collaborative whole of community and client-driven approach. I strive for collective goals, harmonious relationships, community awareness and robust community partnerships. I value diversity, creativity, integrity, diligence, excellence, compassion, and social justice. My vision is to attain healthy minds & environments for all people through acceptance of what is, collaborative open communication, collective learning, shared understanding, inspiration & growth. If we can achieve calm amongst the tumultuous change, peace within constant growth, balance despite flux - I believe magical things can happen.~