Mrs Natasha Boots

Natasha is the Deputy Director: Student Engagement with responsibility for leading student wellbeing and safety services for the Student Engagement Unit (SEU), which include Academic Learning Support, Access & Inclusion, Counselling, International Student Support, Wirringka Student Services and other student wellbeing projects and initiatives. Natasha also has strategic oversight for the prevention and response to students who have experienced sexual assault or sexual harrassment (SASH), student critical incidents and is a member of the UniSA Students at Risk Group.

Natasha is an experienced Social Worker and Leader of multidisciplinary teams, with skill strengths in relationship management, design thinking, development of best practice frameworks and services, case management, clinical supervision, public speaking, and group facilitation. Natasha is passionate about achieving equity and positive outcomes for students through curiosity, collaboration and creativity. Natasha’s professional interests extend to service innovation, best practice methodologies and efficacy measurement. In her spare time, Natasha likes a good coffee and quality time with family and friends.

Natasha is a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)

Natasha is the Practitioner Coordinator for the International Association of University Health and Wellbeing (https://www.healthyuniversities.org/) 

Qualifications

• Graduate Certificate in Loss, Grief and Trauma Counselling Flinders University

• Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) Flinders University

• Bachelor of Social Work Flinders University

• Bachelor of Social Planning Flinders University