July 28, 2022
VTMH’s Lived Experience Community of Practice
On Monday, 6 December 2021 a small but committed group of people met to kick off VTMH’s Lived Experience Community of Practice (LE CoP). We discussed how to create a culturally safe space and identified our top three values – collaboration, diversity and advocacy. Our second meeting on Thursday, 7 April 2022 focused on a… Read more »
July 28, 2022
VTMH Rural and Regional Approach Implementation Project
As a state-wide unit, VTMH is committed to work with and support the mental health and wellbeing sector to enhance cultural responsiveness, across the state of Victoria. This includes the rural and regional areas. We recently developed a Rural and Regional Approach document which represents our commitment to strengthening the relationship between VTMH and mental health and wellbeing… Read more »
July 28, 2022
VTMH Psychiatry Registrar Group
The purpose of this monthly, one hour, online psychiatry registrar group is to promote culturally safe and responsive mental health care in clinical practice. This group provides an online space once a month for psychiatry registrars across Victoria to participate in discussions and reflections on cases involving transcultural themes. Meetings were held on Wednesday, 27 April… Read more »
July 28, 2022
Darebin and YCH Project
VTMH was invited to collaborate with Darebin Council and Your Community Health (YCH) to co-design a project with community members from East Preston and Reservoir. The goals of the project were to develop a neighbourhood program that strengthens emotional and social well-being of the two communities. VTMH’s involvement in this tri-partnership program was two fold:… Read more »
