SHARC, CMHL, CentreMHN, Athena Consulting, Bouverie, and CLEW worked together to deliver this report on what training exists for new LLEW and what is recommended.
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National Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce Development Guidelines
Consumer perspective | Families & carers | Service development | Workplace wellbeing & practice support | 2022
The Guidelines are intended to inform employers and funding bodies and to support change across the mental health sector by improving understanding of the benefits of the Lived Experience workforce and by supporting employers to assess their local readiness and prioritise activities.
Mental Health Intensive Care Framework
Service development | Workplace wellbeing & practice support | 2020
Mental health intensive care is a specialist care type that provides supportive, therapeutic engagement to individuals experiencing increased vulnerability during an acute phase of mental illness.
The framework further identifies and highlights key contemporary and best practice principles.
Co-Design Resource Bank
Service development | 2022
Co-design is both a method and a mindset, underpinned by the belief that people are experts in their own lives. Here, you can download practical guides, toolkits and worksheets, as well as reports and white papers that put forward a vision for the future.
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The Mental Health Complaints Commissioner is an independent, specialist body established under the Mental Health Act 2014 to safeguard rights, resolve complaints about Victorian public mental health services and recommend improvements.
The VMHILN is a DHHS initiative that is a community of practice that unites existing and emerging leaders from Victorian Area Mental Health Services (AMHS) from lived experience workforce, nursing, allied health and medical.
The Safewards model and associated interventions, have been highly effective in reducing conflict and containment, and increasing a sense of safety and mutual support for staff and patients. This page includes resources related to the Victorian mental health implementation.