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Chief Psychiatrist's Guideline: Working together with families and carers

Resource | 2018

This guideline provides specialist advice about involving family and carers in the treatment and care of individual consumers. Individual consumers include children and young people, adults and ageing consumers.

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Map of the NSQHS Standards second edition with the National Standards for Mental Health Services

Resource | 2018

This document maps the 2nd edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards with the National Standards for Mental Health Services (NSMHS). The purpose of the document is to demonstrate to mental health stakeholders the extent of alignment between the two sets of standards.

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Family Violence: Chief Psychiatrist's Guideline and Practice Resource

Resource | 2018

The guideline outlines expectations of mental health services managers and clinicians regarding their roles in responding to family violence.

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Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan

Resource | 2017

The Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan (Fifth Plan) is an integral part of the National Mental Health Strategy. Endorsed by the Australian Health Ministers’ Conference in 1992, the National Mental Health Strategy is formed by a suite of documents, each with a specific purpose.

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Fifth National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan

Resource | 2017

The Fifth Plan represents commitment from all governments to work together to achieve integrated planning and service delivery of mental health and suicide prevention related services.

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Korin Korin Balit-Djak: Aboriginal health, wellbeing and safety strategic plan 2017–2027

Resource | 2017

Korin Korin Balit-Djak means 'Growing very strong' in the Woi wurrung language. It provides an overarching framework for action to improve the health, wellbeing and safety of Aboriginal Victorians now and over the next 10 years.

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Equally Well Consensus Statement

Resource | 2017

Equally Well aims to improve the quality of life of people living with mental illness by providing equal access to quality health care. The Equally Well Consensus Statement outlines six essential elements that provide guidance to health services.

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The National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (second edition)

Resource | 2017

The primary aims of the NSQHS Standards are to protect the public from harm and to improve the quality of health service provision. The eight NSQHS Standards provide a nationally consistent statement about the level of care consumers can expect from health services.

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Integrated Trauma Recovery Service Model

Resource | 2016

This document is designed to orient readers to the specialist work done by the Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture. It describes the integrated nature of our approach to working with and for survivors of torture and other traumatic events who come from refugee backgrounds.

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Specialist Family Violence Advisor guidelines and reporting template

Resource | 2016

Safewards is a model developed for inpatient mental health units, aiming to improve safety for both consumers and staff, with a focus on reducing conflict (anything that could be harmful for a patient, other patients, or staff) and containment (restrictive interventions).

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