This newsletter is filled with information about our work in 2022 as well as some more personal highlights from team members to help you get to know us better.
We hope you are all feeling well and ready for your end of year break after a very busy year.
We are fortunate that we have been able to expand our team in 2022, with two new important positions appointed; Ben Siveges as our new Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Consultant and Olivia Fletcher as our Carer Consultant. We look forward to properly introducing you to our new team members in our July 2023 e-newsletter although you may get to know them through work related activities sooner than that.
We are also continuing our work in relation to the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. VTMH remains committed to improving the quality of Victoria's mental health system and to creating healthy, connected communities, where no one is left behind.
We hope you enjoy this e-newsletter and we welcome opportunities to continue working with you.
We are fortunate that we have been able to expand our team in 2022, with two new important positions appointed; Ben Siveges as our new Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research Consultant and Olivia Fletcher as our Carer Consultant. We look forward to properly introducing you to our new team members in our July 2023 e-newsletter although you may get to know them through work related activities sooner than that.
We are also continuing our work in relation to the recommendations from the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. VTMH remains committed to improving the quality of Victoria's mental health system and to creating healthy, connected communities, where no one is left behind.
We hope you enjoy this e-newsletter and we welcome opportunities to continue working with you.
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Our new team photos on our website.
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To change this, we have decided to share with you an interview with one of our team members in each of these e-newsletters & this month Kimberley Wriedt has graciously agreed to be interviewed.
We held 8 seminars between March and November this year and were thrilled to have the speakers join us.
Spotlight on: VTMH Team Member – Kimberley Wriedt
This is a new section to our twice yearly e-newsletter. We realise that while many of you reading this do work with some members of our team, many of you don’t know who we are!To change this, we have decided to share with you an interview with one of our team members in each of these e-newsletters & this month Kimberley Wriedt has graciously agreed to be interviewed.
Another successful year of seminars for VTMH
VTMH continued our seminar schedule into 2022, with our seminars continuing to be held online via Zoom.We held 8 seminars between March and November this year and were thrilled to have the speakers join us.
Better Health Network ‘Train the Trainer’ program
VTMH is supporting BHN by delivering a ‘Train the Trainer’ (TtT) program as one mechanism to extend and embed cultural responsiveness practice within the broader BHN network.VTMH team retreat day at 'Free to Feed'
In October, the VTMH team came together with Education Changemakers for a team culture retreat day.Our work with Headspace
This year VTMH has worked alongside Headspace Dandenong/Hastings sites to pilot a brief and contained service development engagement to support their developing workforce in relation to culturally responsive practice.TheMHS 2022 Presentation
After having facilitated the MHCD CoP for almost three years, conveners Shehani De Silva and Kimberley Wriedt had the opportunity to share their learnings at the Mental Health Services Conference (TheMHS) in Sydney in October this year.Reflections from our Registrar Nivanka on her year at VTMH
'I began my work at VTMH in February 2022, but it was a role that I had dreamed of since I was a junior doctor fresh out of medical school. I knew I wanted to pursue a career in transcultural psychiatry and unfortunately such training roles are currently very limited in the public mental health sector. I was so happy when I found out that I got the job!'VTMH'S Lived Experience Community Of Practice
VTMH’s Education and Service Development Consultant Abie Jazi & Lived Experience Consultant Naomi Chapman have facilitated 3 more meetings since our last newsletter.Book Club Podcast
Radhika and Nivanka from VTMH recorded a session for the MHPN Book Club podcast in September 2022.Rural & Regional Approach Implementation Project
Over the past 12 months, VTMH has been concentrating on strengthening our relationship with the rural and regional mental health sector through our VTMH Rural and Regional Approach Implementation Project.MORE:
Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH)
Address: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Level 1, Bolte Wing, 14 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Address: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Level 1, Bolte Wing, 14 Nicholson Street, Fitzroy VIC 3065
Tel: (03) 9231 3300
Email vtmh@svha.org.au
Website: https://vtmh.org.au