Bringing ENs from across the state together to celebrate their workforce and connect with each other, showcasing presentations from ENs working in different areas of the mental health sector.
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
- Wayapa Wuurrk with Jacara Egan
- Kate Thwaites, Deputy Chief Mental Health Nurse
- Reece Jones, Consumer Peer Support Worker
- Jan Holt, Family/Carer Lived and Living Experience Workforce
This event is presented by the Centre for Mental Health Learning
ELIGIBILITY: This is a free event for enrolled nurses within the public clinical mental health workforce in Victoria ONLY.
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FORUM AGENDA
Thursday 7 September, 2023: 9.00am to 3.30pm
| Session Time: | Session Title: | Speaker: | |
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| 9.00am | ZOOM Doors Open | ||
| 9.15am - 9.30am | Welcome to Country | Wurundjeri Council | |
| 9.30am - 10.00am |
Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System: What it means for Mental Health Nurses Reflections from the Acting Chief Mental Health Nurse |
Kate Thwaites Safer Care Victoria |
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| 10.00am - 10.30am |
Wayapa Wuurrk Are you feeling disconnected from the world around you? Come and hear from Gunditjmara/Muthi Muthi woman Jacara Egan, as she shares wellness through Wayapa Wuurrk: An Earth Mindfulness Practice. |
Jacara Egan |
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| 10.30am - 10.40am | Meet & Greet | ||
| 10.40am - 11.00am |
SHORT MORNING TEA BREAK |
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| 11.00am - 11.10am |
Leadership as an EN A fireside chat about leadership as an EN. Discussing the historical changes to Enrolled Nurse scope of practice and subsequent opening up of career pathways. |
Derek McMahon Eastern Health |
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| 11.10am - 11.20am |
Reframing the Narrative: Shifting Perceptions of Enrolled Nurses in Mental Health Care Enrolled nurses play a crucial role in supporting individuals with mental health challenges, yet their contributions often go unnoticed. Along with a Melbourne-based RTO, Peninsula Health is developing an advanced diploma in nursing specifically for mental health care. |
Cat Drago, Enrolled Nurse Educator Peninsula Health |
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| 11.20am - 12.00pm |
Sharing the Consumer Lived Experience Framework: Intentional Peer Support An overview of the framework that Lived Experience Peer Support Workers use, and provide some education and understanding to why we are here. |
Reece Jones Inner West Area Mental Health |
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| 12.00pm - 1.00pm | LUNCH | ||
| 1.00pm - 1.30pm |
Laughter Yoga Lean into your inner silliness with Family/Carer Workforce Development Educator Jan through an experience that will definitely get your abs working. |
Jan Holt | |
| 1.30pm - 1.40pm |
CMHL EN Video Series The EN Educators at CMHL are developing bite size videos relevant to EN work. We will walk through the history, use, and future plans with this project. |
Oliver McDougall-Fisher CMHL |
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| 1.40pm - 1.50pm |
Level 3 EN Pathway |
Stacey Mortimer Peninsula Health |
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| 1.50pm - 2.00pm |
Parent and Infant Unit: Discover the Secrets of Being a Good Enough Parent Secure attachment relationships are a protective factor for infants and children and allows emotional regulation. Circle Of security focuses on helping caregivers reflect on their children’s attachment needs in or order to promote a secure attachment with their children. |
Carol Newman Cathy White Bendigo Health |
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| 2.00pm - 2.20pm | Meet & Greet | ||
| 2.20pm - 2.40pm | SHORT AFTERNOON TEA BREAK | ||
| 2.40pm - 3.00pm | Facilitating Groups as an EN |
Cally Robertson-Snow, Group Program Nurse St Vincent's Mental Health |
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| 3.00pm - 3.10pm |
A Day in the Life as an EN at Forensicare Hear from the experience of an Enrolled Nurse working in a unique and challenging area of mental health nursing |
Claire Jack Forensicare |
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| 3.10pm - 3.20pm | Mental Health EN, a crucial part of the workforce |
Jacinta Crofton ANMF |
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| 3.20pm - 3.30pm | Moving to the Next EBA & Beyond |
Paul Healey & Rebecca Sprekos HACSU |
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| 3.30pm |
Closing |
The Speakers
Further info to come.
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Cally Robertson-Snow
St Vincent's Mental Health
Claire Jack
Forensicare
Catherine Drago
Peninsula Health’s Mental Health Service
Derek McMahon
Eastern Health
Jan Holt
Tandem Carers
Jacara Egan
Jacquara Jean
Jacinta Crofton
ANMF
Paul Healey & Rebecca Sprekos
HACSU
Reece Jones
RMH Inner West AMHS