New Career Opportunities at VMIAC!
We are excited to announce three new senior consumer leadership positions here at VMIAC. These roles will add depth and strength to our work. We are also looking to replace outgoing CEO, Maggie Toko. Applications close Monday 24th May. Find out more here!
CEO Update with Maggie Toko
Maggie is an amazing, boss, friend, advocate, and voice for consumers in her role as CEO of VMIAC and we are sad to announce her departure from this role. Watch our latest CEO update with Maggie, to find out what the future has in store for her, and for VMIAC.
Act on The Act!
A new Mental Health Act is coming, probably very quickly. Some big changes in the new Act have been set by the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health Services. We think some will come very quickly as a new Act, and others will come in a review in 5-7 years time. However, we might be
Act on the Act – New Survey
*URGENT NEWS* Fill out our survey now!http://bit.ly/ActOnTheAct The new Mental Health Act is coming in Victoria, following on from the Royal Commission. The big changes are already locked in by the Royal Commission, but this is a critical time to try and influence the details of the Act, to uphold and protect our rights as
COVID Wellbeing Survey
CentreMHN would like to hear about the impact of restrictions on us all, during COVID. People from many countries are taking part in a similar survey to see how restrictions are experienced in different countries. The survey is open to the Australian population in general and including healthcare workers as an important group. The survey will
Priority: Advance Statement Call Out
Have you done an advance statement in the past?VMIAC are running interviews with people who have previous experience with writing advance statements, in order to gain insight into the experience of using them within Victoria’s mental health system. Interviews will be run a law student who is doing work between Monash Uni Carstan Centre and
VMIAC Policy Position Paper #6: Police Misconduct and Accountability
Police officers are regularly required to respond to mental health crises – estimates suggest that police respond to a mental health call out approximately every 12 minutes. Victoria Police themselves have acknowledged that it is not appropriate for police officers to be acting as first responders in mental health crises. In spite of this, they
CEO Update | 08.04.2021
Watch our latest CEO Update with Maggie to find out more about how to register for our amazing in-person Just Saying Launch event. This and more announced in this weeks CEO Update.
VMIAC Response Summary to Royal Commission into Mental Health
We are proud to release our brief 4 page response summary to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System. This is an introduction to some of our findings from our review of the Royal Commission’s report. To delve deeper into our responses, feel free to join us for our Royal Commission Briefings taking place