Amanda MacRae
Orbit Outreach Brain Injury Team Southern Highlands
About Amanda
"Amanda provides case management for:
- Children and young people with: traumatic brain injury, spinal injury, amputations and vision impairment;
- Adults with traumatic brain injury, burns, spinal cord injury, amputations and vision impairment.
She has a psychology background and has been working as a rehabilitation case manager since 2012. In her early days as a case manager, Amanda was fortunate to learn and develop excellent case management skills working with adults, young people and children within multi-disciplinary teams in brain injury rehabilitation services across inpatient to community settings. She has since continued her role in private practice and have a strong understanding of the complex needs of people with severe injuries.
Amanda regularly case manages people with multiple orthopaedic injuries and pre-injury issues requiring strong, complex case management skills. She enjoys supporting people across all age groups and backgrounds to achieve their goals and engage in meaningful activities in life using a collaborative, goal-directed and person-centred approach.
Amanda brings a range of skills, knowledge and experience to her work including:
- Significant experience working with families and carers and a solid understanding of appropriate and timely referrals.
- Sound knowledge of the importance of community integration, vocational and attendant care programs.
- Strong coordination, organisational, problem solving and communication skills.
- A well-practiced understanding of metropolitan versus rural service provision regarding access to service barriers.
- A well-developed understanding of Lifetime Care and Workers Care guidelines, procedures and forms.
- Extensive experience in community education regarding road trauma and its consequences.
- Personal experience in rural and remote living and very happy to travel."