Amelia Slater
Amelia has started a new business in Numurkah called Community Wellbeing and she works out of Vive Hairdressing. Amelia's business focuses on youth work, social work and community connectedness. She has over 20 years' experience in the industry
* Amelia is currently offering Mental Health support, NDIS support, workshops for schools, event support, counselling, family services, education support, consultation and neurodivergence support
* People's wellbeing is linked to their environment, family relationships and community engagement
* Amelia's passion is youth work and is big on human rights, justice and advocacy for her clients
* Amelia is an accredited social worker with a master's degree, and she is accredited with Youth Workers Australia, NDIS and the Australian Social Worker Association
* Being in a rural area she needs to be across a broad range of things because of the lack of access
* Amelia attended RYLA in her 20's and went on to become a supporter of RYLA as a helper for 4 years.
In her spare time, she likes to be creative by painting, gardening and designing her own custom programs for her clients
* Amelia's future plans are to collaborate with other people in the community to improve the whole community by opening an Op Shop, cafe which includes employment and training opportunities and have a youth hub.
* This would also involve being able to provide services for those who cannot afford it
