Tara Hunter is the Director of Clinical and Client Services at Full Stop Australia. With a Master of Social Work and various certifications in workplace training and family dispute resolution, Tara brings a wealth of expertise to her role.
Tara provides leadership for all Full Stop Australia’s helplines and sexual abuse counselling services. She also oversees the national training and consulting practice and holds executive responsibility for Full Stop’s clinical Governance Framework.
As a member of the NSW Women’s Advisory Council, Tara also represents Full Stop Australia on various government and non-government advisory bodies, including contributing insights to NSW Police. Prior to her current role, Tara served as the Manager of the Northern Sydney Sexual Assault Service for Northern Sydney Area Health, where she led the 24/7 integrated sexual assault response and ongoing psychosocial care across the Northern Sydney Local Health District.
Tara’s extensive experience includes her previous role as the State Social Worker for Family Planning NSW, where she led clinical social work provision, service development, professional education, and call centre management. Her background in managing sexual assault support services within the public health network system, guiding teams through complex caseloads, and advocating on key law reform matters, such as sexual consent, positions her as a valuable contributor to the national conversation on ending violence and abuse.
Committed to a client-centred approach, Tara aims to build stable and reliable trauma-specialist systems that support clients and front-line workers. Simultaneously, she actively addresses the underlying systemic and social causes of gender-based violence.