View from the Peak – October 2018
Post | Last updated 10th November 2018
Check out the October interactive edition of View from the Peak available online now In this issue: MHCC CEO and Senior Managers Lunchtime Forum on Young People and Mental Health From the CEO Monitoring and Safeguards: Protecting the Rights of People Receiving Support from CMOs MHCC Activities At a Glance CMHDARN Symposium NDIS Challenges and […]
https://mhcc.org.au/2018/11/view-from-the-peak-october-2018/
MHCC Members Forum on Young People and Mental Health – Parliament House Sydney
Post | Last updated 26th September 2018
Speaking at MHCC’s Parliamentary Forum on 26th September 2018, Professor Patrick McGorry called for a people’s movement, Australians for Mental Health, to lift Australia’s under-investment in mental health and to fill the “missing middle” in mental health services between acute and primary care. Addressing state MP’s and community mental health organisations, Prof McGorry, Executive Director […]
Welcome Here Project
Post | Last updated 12th September 2018
MHCC is now a proud member of ACON’s Welcome Here Project. The Project supports organisations throughout NSW to create environments that are visibly welcoming and inclusive of LGBTIQ+ people, and to assist in creating positive change in local communities. Registered Welcoming Places also display a charter that brings to life their commitment to the project, and […]
Safeguards in NSW: Protecting the Rights of People Receiving Support from CMOs
Post | Last updated 28th August 2018
In NSW, community managed organisations provide a diversity of supports for people living with mental health conditions. Amid growing understanding that people can live well in the community with the right supports, government policy is focused on increasing community service options. MHCC has funding from the Ministry of Health to study the monitoring of mental […]
Help Shape Mental Health Training
Post | Last updated 1st August 2018
NSW Ministry of Health, Mental Health Branch is conducting a Mental Health Training Needs Analysis to prioritise training topics for the next five years. Workforce survey The survey will benefit health, education and social sector workforces under the draft NSW Strategic Framework for Mental Health and Workforce Plan 2018-2022. It will also assist agencies intending […]
https://mhcc.org.au/2018/08/help-shape-mental-health-training/
Ethical Guidance on Research
Post | Last updated 27th June 2018
The CMHDARN Research Ethics Consultation Committee can now offer guidance on research projects on mental health and alcohol and other drugs. The Community Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Research Network (CMHDARN) is a partnership between MHCC, the Network of Alcohol and other Drugs Agencies (NADA) and the Mental Health Commission of NSW. CMHDARN encourages researchers […]
National Psychosocial Support Measure
Post | Last updated 23rd June 2018
MHCC understands that Primary Health Networks (PHNs) are beginning a process of planning for implementation of the new National Psychosocial Support Measure with services to commence in 2019. The Commonwealth Government has committed $80 million over four years to fund the Support Measure, reaching an agreement with the NSW Government which will spend $25.3 million […]
https://mhcc.org.au/2018/06/national-psychosocial_support-mesaure/