November 2, 2022
VTMH is expanding!
We currently have a vacancy available for a part time Education & Service Development Consultant (30.4 hours per week). The successful candidate will be responsible for providing education and service development support to mental health services in Victoria’s public health system in order to improve quality of service delivery to people from diverse backgrounds. Please… Read more »
November 2, 2022
State-wide and National support for public mental health services
Dialogue between National and state-wide entities enables relevant alliances and ensures alignment between frameworks. In the context of cultural responsiveness, this dialogue allows possibilities for messages to be amplified, as an example, Embrace Australia and Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH) inform each other and consult with each other about cultural responsiveness strategies in the national and… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Introduction of new team members – Nivanka, Steph & Abie
Early in 2022, the VTMH team welcomed three new team members. Nivanka De Silva is our new Psychiatry Registrar for 2022 to 2023. Nivanka has a Doctor of Medicine from the University of New South Wales and is in the process of completing a Master of Psychiatry through the University of Melbourne. Nivanka is excited… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Spotlight on: VTMH Team Member – Shehani De Silva
This is a new section to our twice yearly e-newsletter. We realise that while many of you reading this do work with some members of our team, many of you don’t know who we are! We would like to be a little more personal and share some information about each of our team members in… Read more »