We have a small body of core paid staff who take on managerial and supervisory roles and a team of very skilled, part-time sessional workers and interpreters. We rely heavily on the skills, experience and generosity of our large number of volunteers who take on the role of clinicians, key workers, caseworkers and administrators. We require that all our clinical staff are very experienced. Each clinician who works at Baobab has at least five years’ experience of working in multi-disciplinary clinical contexts.
Our Clinical Team:
(* v denotes volunteer):
Teresa Bailey
Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Dr Tony Jaffa
(v), Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Akiko Kobayashi
Child and Adolescent Counsellor
Dr. Brigid MacCarthy
(v), Senior Clinical Psychologist
Bitenge Makuka
Bi-cultural Group and Support Worker
Claire Manson
(v), Senior Art Psychotherapist
Lorenza Manzoni
(v), Adolescent and Adult Counsellor
Sheila Melzak
Director and Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Philip Messent
(v), Volunteer Clinician
Kevin Perkins
(v), Senior Child and Adolescent Integrative Psychotherapist
Ferelyth Watt
Senior Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist
Our Social Casework team:
(* v denotes volunteer):
Jodie Bourke
Senior Social Worker
Mina Radev
Casework Coordinator
Thea Slotover
Casework Advocate
Our Administrative team:
(* v denotes volunteer):
Rosanna O'Keeffe
Head of Operations and Fundraising
Mark Andrews
Financial Admin
Rob Bending
Finance Manager
Fabrice Lyczba
Advocacy and Research Officer
Elisa O'Brien
Clinical Administrator
Our Fundraising team:
Isaiah DuPree
Fundraising Officer
Lesley Hynes
Fundraiser
Our Workshop Facilitators:
(* v denotes volunteer):
Miles Carabine
Philosophy
Guy Harries
Music
Tsivi Sharett
Music
Our Teaching volunteers:
Joanna Briscoe
English
Esther Freud
English
Paul Rogers
English
John Turner
English
[This page last updated 23/11/2022]