Mental Health Rights Manual
An online guide to help explain your legal and human rights in the mental health and human services systems in New South Wales.
Read moreRecovery Oriented Language Guide
Words are important. The language we use and the stories we tell have great significance to all involved.
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Online via Zoom
Join the latest webinar in our Advocates & Allies series and hear how organisations and communities can meet the needs and aspirations of older people with lived experiences of mental health and disability through collaboration, capacity building, supported decision making and recovery.
Monday 5 December
2:00pm-3:15pm
Hear from the NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner, Robert Fitzgerald and Acting Director Older People’s Mental Health Policy Unit, NSW Ministry of Health, Elizabeth Abbott about engaging with older people and people with disability, promoting systemic reform and best practice, and how lived experience informs their work. You will hear about collaborations and the interface across the broader services system, including with community-mananged organisations.
There will also be an opportunity to engage in a Q&A session hosted by Mental Health Coordinating Council CEO, Carmel Tebbutt.
WEBINAR SPEAKERS
Robert Fitzgerald AM
Commissioner, NSW Ageing and Disability Commission
Elizabeth Abbott
Acting Director, Older People’s Mental Health Policy Unit, Mental Health Branch, NSW Ministry of Health
Bryan Hoolahan
Senior Policy Officer, Older Persons Mental Health Policy Unit, Mental Health Branch, NSW Ministry of Health
Book your place at this free sector development event.
