December 13, 2022
VTMH’s Lived Experience Community of Practice
VTMH’s Education and Service Development Consultant Abie Jazi and Lived Experience Consultant Naomi Chapman have facilitated three further meetings of VTMH’s Lived Experience Community of Practice (VTMH’s LE CoP) since our last newsletter in July of this year. The objectives of the group are to explore and expand understandings of: 1. How lived experience practitioners… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Our work with Headspace
This year VTMH has worked alongside Headspace Dandenong/Hastings sites to pilot a brief and contained service development engagement to support their developing workforce in relation to culturally responsive practice. The complexities of current funding arrangements and capacity consideration from both organisations rendered a whole of organisational partnership (VTMH’s Partners in Diversity Program) not possible this… Read more »
December 12, 2022
Better Health Network ‘Train the Trainer’ program
Star Health have been engaged with VTMH as part of our Partners in Diversity Program since 2020. Recently Star Health, Central Bayside Community Health Services and Connect Health & Community amalgamated under the banner of Better Health Network (BHN). The BHN network have enthusiastically extended support to continue the VTMH – Star Health partnership to… Read more »
December 12, 2022
VTMH Rural and Regional Approach Implementation Project
Over the past 12 months, VTMH has been concentrating on strengthening our relationship with the rural and regional mental health sector through our VTMH Rural and Regional Approach Implementation Project. The main aim of this project is to ensure that VTMH’s programs and services take into account the unique needs of the rural and regional… Read more »
