This report describes Victoria-specific findings from Writing Themselves In 4: a national survey of health and wellbeing among LGBTQA+ young people in Australia.
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A practical guide to working with children and families through Telehealth
Families & carers | Workplace wellbeing & practice support | Younger persons mental health | 2020
This resource from Emerging Minds aims to develop practitioners' knowledge and confidence in using Telehealth with children and families. It provides practical ideas on where to start, how to prepare and what to do during a session.
Keeping child mental health in mind
Younger persons mental health | 2019
This document outlines the National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health’s (NWC) strategy to support health, social and community professionals in identifying, assessing and supporting infants and children who are at risk of, or currently experiencing, mental health difficulties.
Supporting staff to work with children and families with complex needs
Families & carers | Younger persons mental health | 2019
This paper, written by AIFS and Emerging Minds, provides managers, practice leaders, and other decision-makers with practical guidance on supporting staff to work with children and families with complex needs.
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Emerging Minds: National Workforce Centre for Child Mental Health is a workforce development initiative funded by the Australian Government. The project focuses on building workforce capacity to better support children and parents/carers and improve the mental health outcomes of children aged 0 – 12 years.
The Berry Street Childhood Institute strives to enhance outcomes for children and young people who have experienced trauma and disadvantage by strengthening the capability of their practitioners, services, systems and communities.
Space4us is a peer-support program for 13-18 year-olds who live with - or have significant contact with - a parent and/or family member who has a mental illness. Space4Us gives these young people an opportunity to share their experiences and receive support from other young people in similar situations.
The authors of The Mental Health of Children and Adolescents (The University of Western Australia) have created an interactive website of the survey results to complement the report, allow people such as researchers, policy makers or advocates to have a wider choice in accessing the survey data.