Co-design of NSW ILC Community Engagement Education Package (CEEP) Project
Post | Last updated 26th March 2019
MHCC’s NSW ILC Community Engagement Education Package (CEEP) Project will develop learning opportunities for non-mental health specific community workers, volunteers and peers to help them better support people living with a mental health condition outside of a funded NDIS package. MHCC invites people with lived experience along with their supporters – both paid and family/friends […]
Mental Heath Rights Manual – New Section – your rights and the NDIS
Post | Last updated 22nd March 2019
MHCC is pleased to present a new addition to its widely recognised and regarded NSW Mental Health Rights Manual, which continues to empower and inform people looking to better navigate the mental health and related service systems in NSW. This new chapter focuses on the rights of people living with psychosocial disability in relation to […]
https://mhcc.org.au/2019/03/mental-heath-rights-manual-new-section-your-rights-and-the-ndis/
Prioritise Mental Health This Election: Responses
Post | Last updated 20th March 2019
The State election is on Saturday and MHCC has written to all major parties asking them to make community mental health a priority by committing to four investment priorities identified by MHCC. These priorities were developed in consultation with the sector, our members, people with lived experience, carers, families and service providers. Here we publish the […]
https://mhcc.org.au/2019/03/prioritise-mental-health-this-election-responses/
Safeguards & Monitoring: Summary Report and Landscape Review
Post | Last updated 8th March 2019
Mental health community-managed organisations (CMOs) play a crucial role in achieving the goals of the Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan and Living Well: A Strategic Plan for Mental Health in NSW. These plans both envision an expanded role for the community-managed mental health sector with an emphasis on strengthened safeguarding, monitoring and […]
https://mhcc.org.au/2019/03/safeguards-monitoring-summary-report-and-landscape-review/
Prioritise mental health this election
Post | Last updated 1st March 2019
The NSW Election is on the 23 March 2019. MHCC has written to the major political parties contesting the election asking them to prioritise mental health and support the following four priorities: Further detail is outlined in the MHCC Mental Health Priorities Snapshot. We encourage MHCC members to […]
Meet Your Neighbour – Mt Druitt
Post | Last updated 28th February 2019
MHCC’s networking event Meet Your Neighbour drew more than 40 people to headspace in Mount Druitt yesterday. Workers from organisations such as Neami and Flourish met up to share info about their programs and ways of supporting people living with mental health conditions in the Mt Druitt area. Our co-hosts were Likemind Penrith and headspace […]
View from the Peak – February 2019
Post | Last updated 18th February 2019
Check out the February interactive edition of View from the Peak available online now In this issue: From the CEO Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work Graduation day MHCC Members survey CMHDARN grant recipients MHCC community inclusion projects TICPOT launch Social benefit bonds feature Members profile: Sydney Drug Education & Counselling Centre New resources and […]
https://mhcc.org.au/2019/02/view-from-the-peak-february-2019/
NSW Needs to Lift Spending on Community Mental Health
Post | Last updated 30th January 2019
NSW again lags other states in spending on mental health services delivered by community managed organisations, revealed in Productivity Commission figures released today. The Productivity Commission Report on Government Services health chapter shows NSW spends less than 7 percent of its mental health budget on non-government organisations, lower than most other states. More than 55 […]
MHCC Graduates Celebrate and Speakers Praise Evolution of Peer Work
Post | Last updated 29th January 2019
It was a particularly special occasion at North Sydney Ministry of Health building in late January, when graduates of MHCCs Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work gathered to celebrate and receive their certificates. Families, friends and MHCC staff joined with graduates to mark the day with inspirational messages delivered by MHCC trainer Emma Paino […]
https://mhcc.org.au/2019/01/mhcc-graduates-celebrate-and-speakers-praise-evolution-of-peer-work/
Mental Health Matters: Future Investment Priorities for NSW
Post | Last updated 2nd December 2018
MHCC has released a significant new report that identifies key priorities for community mental health investment. The report, Mental Health Matters: Future Investment Priorities for NSW, calls for greater resources for mental health services and to shift the emphasis from hospital treatment towards prevention and community support. Compared to other states, NSW spends the lowest […]
MHCC AGM 2018
Post | Last updated 26th November 2018
MHCC held its 2018 Annual General Meeting in Sydney on 21 November during which a motion calling on the NSW Government to take action to address suicides in care and improve data collection was carried. This was also an opportunity to highlight the year’s activities to members and demonstrate accountability. We were pleased to welcome […]
Trauma-Informed Care and Practice Organisational Toolkit (TICPOT) – NEW EDITION
Post | Last updated 20th November 2018
TICPOT – your free guide to developing trauma-informed organisations MHCC is excited to release the TICPOT toolkit FREE to download until the end of July 2019, as a guide to developing trauma-informed organisations. Trauma is highly prevalent in mental health and human service settings and to be truly trauma-informed, organisations must be sensitive to the […]