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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Explore our range of highly regarded training pathways for the mental health workforce.
Mental Health Coordinating Council takes COVID safety seriously. We are now delivering face-to-face training with arrangements to minimise the spread of COVID-19. Please see COVID-Safe Training for details.
Want to plan ahead? Take advantage of our 2023 training calendar with courses designed to meet the current needs of the community-based mental health workforce.
This online workshop is an introduction to the Hearing Voices Approach, a recovery model that aims to provide tools to assist people to alleviate the distress associated with voices.
3 hours
Members $120 | Non-members $150
This introductory course is a series of four half-day online sessions designed to develop core principles of Trauma Informed Practice.
Free
3 April 2023
FULL
13 April 2023
FULL
21 April 2023
FULL
28 April 2023
FULL
This two-day course is for managers, team leaders and HR professionals who support a peer workforce and wish to build their skills to create a supportive and safe workplace.
2 days
Members $475 | Non-members $570
This introductory course teaches the fundamentals of Motivational Interviewing for use in person-centred counselling.
1 day
Members $190 | Non-members $250
This course is designed to teach skills to support people through change using an effective person-centred approach used widely in therapeutic settings.
1 day
Members $190 | Non-members $250
This qualification provides an opportunity to develop your skills and receive a recognised qualification to advance your career in a mental health peer role.
6 days (across 3 months)
21-22 Feb, 21-22 Mar, 18-19 Apr
FULL
This online workshop will improve the skills of participants who use their lived experience in service provision.
Members $160 | Non-members $200
This highly popular qualification provides Peer Workers with an opportunity to build on their lived experience and on-the-job experience and receive a nationally recognised qualification in mental health.
Underpinned by the philosophy of recovery-oriented practice, this course aims to build understanding and practical skills in working with people with mental health problems.
Certificate IV in Mental Health provides an opportunity for participants to build their on-the-job experience and receive a nationally recognised qualification in mental health.
1 year
Practical tools and tips to help people who support others in their work manage personal and client wellbeing. Gain a renewed sense of energy and expertise in wellbeing and self-care.
3 hours
Members $160 | Non-members $192
Learn how mental and physical health interact, and strategies to improve the physical health of the people you work to support.
