About the workshop

This advanced workshop uses a diversity lens to explore contemporary approaches to recovery-oriented practice in mental health settings. It also introduces ways to conduct person-centred assessments that understand cultural and social context, and the powerful determinates of health and wellbeing.

Using a variety of facilitation modes, grounded in a reflective practice approach, the workshop is designed to stimulate the interest of participants in the range of issues related to transcultural mental health and recovery, and provide learners with the opportunity to explore the challenges and realities of assessment and recovery alongside diverse communities.

Learning outcomes

In this workshop, participants will: 

• Reflect on social and cultural models of health
• Explore ways to work with consumers to integrate social and cultural concerns into personal assessments and recovery plans
• Identify core components of Cultural Assessment Formulation (DSM), including the explanatory model approach
• Consider organisational approaches for working with consumers, families and carers to improve their sense of cultural safety in their recovery journeys.  

Prerequisite learning

This workshop uses a blended learning approach. Prior to the workshop, leaners are asked to complete a self-directed online module, which the workshop will build upon. Please see access details below:

Go to: https://vtmh.org.au/interactive-online-learning/

Select: Cultural Diversity & Assessment

*Please note the first time you access this resource, you will be prompted to create a free account, and then you need to enrol in the course. Please allow around 2 hours to review the course. You can log in and out as you like as you work your way through the curriculum. Please check your junk folder if you don’t receive an email confirming your account.

Dates, time and delivery

Date: Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Time: 9.30am – 4.00pm (with registrations open from 9.15am for a 9.30am sharp start)
Venue: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, 41 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, VIC 3065: Building C, Level 2, Education & Learning (Conference Room)

This is a face to face (in person) workshop. Online attendance is unavailable

Morning tea and lunch provided.

More Information about venue details will be provided to registrants closer to the workshop.

Target audience and eligibility

VTMH workshops are open to and provided free to staff working in Victoria’s state-funded mental health workforce. This includes public clinical and community mental health services, as well as state-funded mental health programs within community health and social services.

This workshop will interest staff working in a range of roles within this workforce, including but not limited to community rehabilitation and recovery workers, lived experience workers, mental health nursing, social work, occupational therapy, psychiatry, case management, community engagement roles, program leaders/project workers. Where possible, we endeavor to reserve a small number of places for students on clinical placement.

Due to funding arrangements, workshops are currently unavailable to those working solely in private practice/NDIS providers. If you register and it is not clear you are part of the intended audience, we may contact you to confirm your eligibility. We thank you for your understanding.

If you are unsure if this workshop might be relevant to your role please feel free to contact us via vtmh.learning@svha.org.au.

Registrations

Registrations are essential and close Friday, 6 June 2025.

Spaces in our workshops are limited to 25 spaces and provided free through state funding. Please use your work email address, and provide your manager’s email details, as part of the registration process.

If you are registering as part of a team, please limit registrations to 2-3 attendees per team, given the limited number of spaces available. Each individual attendee must register themselves.

Cancellation policy

We know circumstances change. If you register for a workshop and are unable to attend, please email us as soon as possible at vtmh.learning@svha.org.au to allow us to fill your place from our waiting lists. Whilst we do our very best to deliver our workshops as scheduled, unforeseen circumstances may require us to cancel or postpone events at short notice. 

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