Upcoming events

Live stream via Zoom
09 May

This workshop focuses on working systemically with families (non-offending parent, children, grandparents, and so on) in the aftermath of domestic and...

Brunswick VIC 3056
21 May

Consolidate your self-paced online learning with a 4-day workshop. For several decades ‘Introduction to Family Therapy’ was our flagship 4-day...

Live stream via Zoom
06 Jun

With very few exceptions, the family therapy literature has not attended well to issues of loss and grief; the grief literature is, by and large...

Other learning opportunities

Online

This course explores mental health for children aged 0-12 years. It will help practitioners to identify the factors that support positive mental...

Online

When a person experiences mental illness, the care provided by family members, friends and other people often exceeds the usual expectations of a...

Online

This topic follows Carer Participation and explores the role of carers working as advocates in non-government organisations or in the mental health...

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  • Lived Experience Workforce
  • Lived Experience Research

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Toolkit to Authentically Embed Lived Experience Governance

The toolkit provides users with a selection of tools and resources to assist in exploring and assessing their own governance processes and formulate a pathway towards embedding lived experience governance across their systems, structures, policies, processes, practices, programs and services.

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LE Governance Framework: Centring People, Identity and Human Rights for the Benefit of All

‘the Framework’ responds to calls from the mental health and other sectors for changes in the way systems are governed to align them more strongly with human rights approaches and to meaningfully embrace lived experience. Its applicability and reach span a spectrum of settings and sectors.

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Scoping paper - Pathways for Supporting the 'Not Negotiable' Lived Experience Workforces to Thrive

The paper provides recommendations for improving existing training options, career opportunities and support structures to strengthen the lived experience (peer) workforces incl. key opportunities for growth, expansion, professionalisation and advocacy 

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