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Jacob F Baldwin’s Professional Qualifications |
- Cumberland College - Associate Diploma in Rehabilitation Counselling
- Macquarie University - completed two years of a B.A. course in Psychology & Education
- International Correspondence College - completed a four year course in Journalism
- Self-Transformation Centre Sydney - completed a 3 year course in personal development training
- Category 2 Certificate IV Trainer and Work Place Assessor - Byron Employment Training
- Certified Wheelchair Accessible Taxi (WAT.) Trainer.
List of Board and Organisational Membership as of 8th December 2006
- Founder, Life Member, past President of The Community Awareness Task Force
(CATF) for twenty six years [recent presidency for sixteen years.]
- Founder, Settler and Trustee of the Disability Research, Education, Access and Mobility [DREAM.] Trust for Ten years.
- Board Member of ON-Q Human Resources Ltd. (formerly Personnel Employment) and have been on the Board for five years.
- Vice President on the Board of the Byron Youth Services Inc. for four years (no longer involved).
- On the Board of Directors of Disability, Aged Information Service Inc. for nine years.
- Chairman/director/Executive Manager of Australian Company of Credited, Ethical, Network, Trainers [ACCENT] Pty Ltd. for five years.
- Executive Manager for the ADC Network – disability portal website for four years.
- Managing Director of UniCab Australia (part-time)
Jacob F Baldwin’s Skills and Abilities Audit
- communication skills – written reports, discussion papers, policy design, curriculum development, poetry, play writing, official letters oral and listening and interpreting difficult concepts. International public speaker
- radio programming – creating concepts, organising and scheduling interviews
- documentary production – script writing, camerawork [stills and video], editing and directing
- promotion – pr. media co-ordination, graphic design, presentation design, event planning and organising [includes staff management and strategic planning]
- counselling skills – bereavement, sexuality, conflict resolution, stress management, goal setting life development, risk management
- performance skills - speech delivery, (have spoken nationally and internationally], sit down comedy, master of ceremonies, poetry readings
- interviewing skills for employment and for radio and television
- assessing skills
- carrying out feasibility studies on projects
- motivational skills personal development, presentation performance
- training skills – facilitation and instruction
- leadership skills
- empathic ability – can talk to people/children at all levels and have the ability to make others feel good
- organisational skills – planning, delegating, management and networking
- resourcefulness - street wise, know how to use connections/networks
- problem solving ability – trouble shooting.
- analytical skills
- design – websites, brochures, logos, advertising copy, banners, corporate images, colour presentation, events, coarse design
- facilitation skills – including team work
- public relations skills – know how to manage people and difficult individuals in the best presentation
- chef - can instruct individuals to cook and prepare meals
- a creative thinker – can see macro as well as micro picture