| National MH Workforce Strategy |
Invitation: National consultation forums for development of National Mental Health Workforce Strategy: 30 November 2009This is to advise you of a number of consultation forums for a project commissioned by the National Mental Health Workforce Advisory Committee (MHWAC) to develop a National Mental Health Workforce Strategy and Plan. Siggins Miller, has been appointed to complete this task. The objectives of the project are these:
The Project Steering Committee has provided additional funding to convene consultation forums in three rural locations, to ensure that service providers working in these areas have the opportunity to provide input to the Strategy and Plan. These locations are: Orange, NSW (8th December), Broome, WA (10th December) and Cairns, Qld (16th December). Please note that the RSVP date for participation in the consultation forums is Friday 5 December, although because of the short notice of the additional consultations we are happy to extend the RSVP date to 5 days before the forum date in your area. Invitations have also been circulated to major academic and research institutions, education and training bodies, peak mental health bodies both nationally and in jurisdictions, members of key committees associated with the mental health workforce, key industrial organisations and nominated mental health service managers and senior clinicians in each jurisdiction. NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE STRATEGY AND PLAN PROJECTThe Mental Health Workforce Advisory Committee (MHWAC) has recently commissioned the development of a National Mental Health Workforce Strategy and Plan. After a competitive tender process, the contract has been awarded to Siggins Miller. A key part of the development of the strategy will be consultations with stakeholders in each State and Territory. The project will develop a national mental health workforce strategy and plan, linked to other relevant key policy documents. The focus is health & community mental health service professionals whose primary role involves treatment, care or support to people with a mental illness, in a mental health service or other health service environment. The scope includes mental health nurses, general registered nurses, medical practitioners, occupational therapists, social workers, psychologists, mental health workers, Aboriginal mental health workers, Aboriginal health workers, consumer workers and carer workers working in hospitals, healthcare and community mental health agencies across metropolitan, regional and remote areas of Australia. It includes health & community mental health service professionals working across the range of service types-for example, mental health services for adults, children and adolescents, and aged persons. It also includes staff working in non-government community mental health services; nurses working in the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program, and psychologists, occupational therapists and social workers providing services under the MBS Better Access to Mental Health Care program; General Practitioners as they intersect with the specialist mental health system and the forensic mental health workforce. People working in the housing and employment sectors are outside the scope of the project. The objectives of the project are these:
If you would like to have input into the development of the strategy you can:
23rd November Brisbane Quay West Suites, 132 Alice Street, Brisbane 25th November Melbourne The Hotel Windsor, 111 Spring Street, Melbourne 1 x half day session (morning)Individual interviews as arranged 1st December Sydney Quay Grand Hotel, 61 Macquarie Street, East Circular Quay, Sydney 2 x half day sessions (morning or afternoon) 3rd December Canberra Rydges Lakeside, 1 London Circuit, Canberra1 x half day session (morning)Individual interviews as arranged 8th December Adelaide Stamford Plaza, 150 North Terrace, Adelaide 8th December Orange*Caleula Heritage House 60 Summer Street, Orange 2 x half day sessions (morning or afternoon) 11th December Broome Cable Beach Resort, Cable Beach Rd, Broome 1 x half day session (morning)Individual interviews as arranged 16th December Cairns The Sebel, Cairns 17 Abbott Street, Cairns
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