The Transforming Essence of Consumer Leadership

This is a free event designed for members of the public clinical mental health workforce in Victoria, (staff employed at Area Mental Health Services, Forensicare or mental health staff from RCH). For example, a social worker working in mental health at Austin Health. Staff from MHCSSs, ACCHOs, AOD or other partner organisations may also attend. Please note, if you do register for this event and it is not clear you are part of the intended audience, your registration will be confirmed two weeks prior to the event start date, or earlier.

This event is also designed for the consumer workforce working in public mental health in Victoria (eg. consumer lived experience staff employed at Area Mental Health Services, Forensicare or mental health staff from RCH).

Consumer workers outside of public clinical services (MHCSSs, AOD, ACCHOs etc.) or other partner organisations may also attend.

Note: speaker has lived experience, as well as the host of the session.

This event will cover:

Contacting your inner revolutionary: igniting courage, having influential conversations and bringing your idealist out for a stroll in the sun.

This is a one hour online presentation with Q&A. Participants are asked to contribute questions for a facilitated Q&A as part of their registration.

Presenter:

Cath Roper, Centre for Mental Health Nursing (CMHN)

Cath was one of the first four mental health consumer consultants in Victoria and went on to pioneer the multi-award winning cnsumer Academic program, at the Centre for Psychiatric Nursing, University of Melbourne. Cath is a consumer perspective educational specialist and is also highly regarded locally, nationally and internationally for her research scholarship. Cath was consumer advisor to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s mental health system CEO.

Host:

David Barclay, Consumer Workforce Development Coordinator - Centre for Mental Health Learning (CMHL)