Every day people with ived experience are taking up leadership roles to address the unique needs, challenges and injustices their communities face. This report draws on findings from 30 in-depth interviews and surveys completed by Lived Experience Leaders.
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Improving sexual safety in mental health and wellbeing services
Diversity | MH policy, systems & legislation | Service development | 2023
This Chief Psychiatrist’s guideline sets out the relevant legislation and policy and establishes minimum standards for, promoting sexual safety, supporting human rights, assessing and managing risks, identifying and responding to incidents, and reporting sexual safety incidents.
Community Engagement with Purpose
Diversity | Service development | 2023
VTMH’s Community Engagement with Purpose resource is a comprehensive suite of resources to support mental health workers and mental health organisations undertake community engagement work.
Integration of Care in Practice
Alcohol and other drugs | Service development | 2023
This VDDILG and VAADA document highlights a number of models, tools and activities that capture the integration of alcohol and drug activities into the mental health community and bed-based services.
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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.