Trish Tran

About me

This supervisor has been approved to provide supervision under the ACCESS TO SUPERVISION PROJECT.

My central belief: All people matter and are deserving of respect.
I was born in the QLD outback country and have five siblings. I see myself as a "city girl" but love the sounds of birds and cold brisk mornings. I am a mother of four adult children and a grandmother of two amazing little people I have ever met! I love learning and am constantly self-reflecting on my own behaviours as well as deconstructing the world around me. I notice little details and am a highly attuned and compassionate listener. I believe that words are our second language and we first communicate through feelings and non-verbal mechanisms, so it is important to listen with whole body - not just the ears.

This supervisor has been approved to provide supervision under the ACCESS TO SUPERVISION PROJECT. If you are a supervisee who has received an approval email/letter from the CMHL you may contact this supervisor for supervision for this project, then follow the stated processes for supervision payment.

My experience

Peer Support Worker within a public health setting (community as well as a tertiary hospital).
Peer Support Coordinator (tertiary hospital - Manager of peer staff and responsible for all departmental functioning. This role was also to support the Peer Work Coordinator in their functions - including providing Clinical Supervision to selected peer workers)
Peer Work Coordinator (Secondment. Executive level. Responsible for all peer support workers placed within community and hospital settings as well as Cert IV Peer Work Students on placement. This role also includes providing Clinical Supervision and debrief to Peer Support Workers ).
Volunteer Facilitator in Alternatives to Suicide Groups. This role is listening deeply to distress and thoughts of suicide. Participating in after group debrief and co-reflection with other facilitator. Providing on call Peer to Peer Supervision and Debrief to other facilitators as they needed it.
Lived Experience Educator
Consumer Consultant on PhD Paper: Examining the role of culture in mental health workplaces, in adapting Recovery Orientated Services

My current role/work

I currently hold four paid roles
1. NDIS Support Worker - Responsible for workign 1:1 with individuals in the community to progress their NDIS Goals.
2. Certified Personal Medicine Coach - Trainer (Certified by Dr Pat Deegan). Training coaches to understand how to hold space for and create curious questions which allows a person to tap into their own inner wisdom and healer within.
3. Sessional Lecturer - Curtin University (Lived Experience)
4. NEW West Australia Recovery College Alliance (WARCA) Educator (This is a dual role - where I am part of the team to Train new Educators as well as co-producing and co-facilitating courses for students of the College.

My training

Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work (TAFE)
Clinical Supervision Training (NMMHS Course)
Certified Personal Medicines Trainer (Pat Deegan and Associates)
Certified Personal Medicines Coach (Pat Deegan and Associates)
Lived Experience Educator (Curtin University - delivered by Lyn Mahboub and Robyn Martin)
WA Recovery College Alliance Educator
PAPERS / CONFERENCES
Service User’s Academic Symposium, NZ
- Developing a Peer Supervision Model that understands Lived Experience
- Transforming Trauma through Talking Together
Service User’s Academic Symposium, Melbourne
- Valuing Lived Experience Project: Lived experience involvement in teaching - challenges and transformations
- Valuing Lived Experience Project: Lived experience in teaching - looking back and moving forward
- Sick leave and workplace wellbeing for Peer Support Workers
Western Australian Association of Mental Health
- Making the Lived Experience Meaningful within Mental Health – The Peer Workforce
- Lived Experience in Education: Our “A-Ha!” Moment

NMHS COURSES
2017 C4 (Consumer, Carer, Clinician, Community) Engagement Training
2017 Predict and Respond to Aggression (PART) Training
2017 High-Middle-Low Performer Conversations
2017 Clinical Incident Management System (CIMS) Training
2016 Clinical Supervision Training
2016 Occupational Health and Safety for Managers
2016 Productive Mental Health Wards
2015 LIFT Learning Leaders
2015 Quality Improvement
2015 Predict and Respond to Aggression (PART) Training
2015 Psychiatric Services Online Information System (PSOLIS) Training
2003 The Open Patient Administration System (TOPAS) Training
2003 Medical Records Information Tracking System (MERITS) Training

E-LEARNING
2020 Infection Control Training – COVID 19
2020 Hand Hygiene
2020 Diverse WA Cultural Competency Training
2019 Quality, Safety and You – NDIS Worker Orientation Module
2019 Workplace Discrimination, Harassment and Bullying for Employees
2018 Cultural Diversity
2017 Hand Hygiene
2017 Australian Mental Health Care Classification (AMHCC)
2016 Workplace Bullying
2016 Disability Access and Inclusion
2016 Emergency Procedures
2015 Mental Health Act
2015 Activity Based Funding (ABF)
2015 Accountable and Ethical Decision Making
2015 Record Keeping Awareness
2015 Hand Hygiene
2015 Aboriginal & Cultural Diversity

VOLUNTEERING
2018 – 2020 DISCHARGED Alternatives to Suicide (Group Facilitator)
2018 – 2019 Recovery Rocks Community Incorporated (Newsletter and Event Planning)
2017 – 2019 Peer Tutor – Lived Experience
2017 – 2018 BPD Co-design Working Party – Safe Space Cafe

My approach to supervision

I come from a non-biomedical paradigm.
My approach is first understanding the communication styles and relational needs of the individual so we can create a brave space where we can explore together.
I will always question and reflect, rarely advise and never tell a person what to do. I believe that for meaningful self-reflection and performance improvement - the person has to find the answers themselves and have their "a-ha" moments. As a Supervisor, my role is to help the individual gain confidence and understanding their approach through active listening. Using a strengths based approach together we gently probe blind spots and reflect on relational spaces and what it means to be peer. There is no one way or one answer - each relationship is unique and each supervision will be tailored to what is needed on the day.