We’ve put together a brand-new learning resource: Introduction to Community Engagement in Mental Health.
Available on our new, redesigned Learning Hub, this module is a starting point for mental health practitioners interested in exploring community engagement in mental health settings.
Through text, video, and infographics, we consider what taking a community focus could look like in mental health, highlight histories of community care, and explore what is meant by the notion of community.
We also explore types of engagement, when to engage, and practical tips that will help engagement. We highlight how community engagement is being considered in mental health at a system level, in keeping with the current mental health reform.
Some of the resources in this module were developed through VTMH’s Community Engagement with Purpose Resource Project and complements VTMH’s Community Engagement with Purpose: Approaches to Consider in Mental Health Settings workshop. We would like to acknowledge all those involved in the production of the Community Engagement with Purpose Resource project, as well as the generous feedback we have received from the sector which has informed the content of this online module.
In the spirit of lifelong learning, we hope this module adds value to your continued learning journey.
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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
VTMH acknowledges it is located on the traditional lands of the Boon Wurrung and Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri) peoples of the Kulin Nation. We know this land has history, custodians and stories spanning tens of thousands of years. We celebrate and recognise the First Peoples’ continuing connection to the land and water, and pay our respects to their Ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging.
In a spirit of reconciliation, we commit to walking the journey of learning and healing together.