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Andrea Hilton

Andrea Hilton

Accredited Mental Health Social Worker

Healthcare

Brookfield, Melton

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Services offered

I am an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker, with a Medicare Provider Number and eligibility to work in Australia. I hold an Australian Birth Certificate. My specialisations include:

Single session, brief, solution-focused interventions:

  • Forensic - I have a Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice with 15+ years experience working in prisons and courts, completing individual assessment, case formulation, and treatment recommendations.
  • Alcohol and Other Drugs - I have Cert IV AOD - Dual Diagnosis, with core competenices for the assessment, case formulation, and treatment recommendations. I deliver focused psychological strategies to assist clients contemplating ceasing AOD use and those at risk of lapse/relapse.
  • Veterans - I worked briefly with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Australian Federal Police. I developed an understanding of the support needs of people who had been exposed to high-risk and violent incidents resulting in post traumatic stress, and unsustainable coping strategies.
  • Case Management - My solution-focused approach includes identifying and liaising with other services and supports to assist with complex case management and client recovery.
Mental health social worker
Alcohol and other drugs
Veterans support
Forensic mental health
Case management
Approximate rate: AUD$ 120 per hour

Experience

Prison Officer - I worked in a maximum security men's prison from 1999 to 2011, including as a case manager in accommodation units (specialist units for intellectual disdability and mental illness), suicide and self-harm, Aboriginal Liaison.

Offender Treastment - I worked for Corrections Victoria and provided case management and offender risk consultation with high risk violent offenders on parole.  

Court Services - I worked in an assessment and case management role at Melbourne Magistrates Court with people on bail. I also worked at Broadmeadows Childrens Court in he Family Drug Treatment Court Pilot, in a project role, and then in intake and assessment. 

Australian Federal Police - I worked in assessment and brief intervention with AFP members in high-profile teams.

Department of Veterans Affairs -  I worked with complex clients at risk of escalation, providing case management alongside DVA Client Officers.

headspace National - I worked as a mental health clinician on remote, digital mental health platforms.

Forensic Mental Health Social Worker - I work in a mens maximum security prison and provide assessment, case formulation, and brief interventions.

Education

Master of Forensic Mental Health -  The University of New South Wales (completion November 2025)

Master of Criminology and Criminal Justice - Griffith University - 2017

Certificate IV in Alcohol and Other Drugs - Dual Diagnosis - Victoria University - 2016

Bachelor of Social Work - Monash University - 2012

Bachelor of Arts (Indigenous Studies) - University of South Australia - 2010

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