The Mental Health Program holds a vision that all mental health services will constructively involve families in treatment and care through Family Sensitive Practice, evidence based family interventions and consumer and carer participation in services. The Program works together with public mental health services, families (including consumers and carers), government and other interested groups to realize this vision.
Our current focus is on implementing of a range of values and evidence based family practices and achieving sustainable practice change in Victorian Mental Health Services. This is enacted through implementation support, training, consultation, assistance with organizational change, practice model development, research and knowledge sharing & dissemination.
The Mental Health Program is currently involved in a range of projects, training programs and research activities including:
- Families where a Parent has a Mental Illness (FaPMI)
- The Carer Academic position
- 'Fostering Realistic Hope: A workshop series for families living with or supporting someone with Borderline Personality Disorder' & Facilitator Training (for the above workshop series)
- Building Family Skills Together (BfST) and BfST Mind
- Family Sensitive Training (FaST)
- Get Together FaST Training and Service Development
- Statewide Family Sensitive Practitioners Forum
- Annual FaST Mini Conference and Family Sensitive Practice Forums
- Aged Person Mental Health Projects
- Clinical Consultations in Aged, Adult and Child & Adolescent Mental Health
- Continuing Education Courses
- Mental Health Beacon Project
For more information about the Mental Health Team’s work and projects, please select an option from the menu on the left.
