Conference
Presentations
(click on name of presenter to view presentations)
Day 1: Wednesday 31 October 2018
9:00am - 9:10am
Official Welcome
Host
Health Report ABC Radio National
Tonic ABC News24
Cofounder
Tonic Health Media
9:15am - 9:20am
Welcome to Country
(Due to illness, the Welcome to Country was included in Official Welcome)
9:25am - 9:35am
Opening Address
Prof. Patrick McGorry AO
Executive Director
Orygen
Professor of Youth Mental Health
University of Melbourne
10:40am - 11:50am
Themed Presentations
Engagement
& Outreach
Mental Health
Reform
Service
Delivery
Lived Experience
& Co-Design
Symposium
‘Project reachABLE'
Supporting ‘Hard to Reach’ People with Psychosocial Disability to Engage with the NDIS.
Richmond Fellowship, Tasmania
'NDIS Engagement & CALD Perceptions & Experiences Accessing Mental Health Services in Australia: Implications for Practice.’
Monash University / St Vincent’s Hospital (Melbourne)
Mental Health
Program Coordinator
Partners in Recovery Program Eastern Melbourne
‘Simon Says:
Understanding Psycho-Social Disability & the Process needed to Navigate the NDIS'
Flourish Australia
‘Gateways and Gatekeepers: A Co-Design & Evidence-Based Investigation of the Experiences of People with Episodic Mental Illness During the Transition to the NDIS'
Elizabeth Hudson, Judith Drake & Ebony Rose Lyons
The Future Social Service Institute
(a partnership between
RMIT University &
Victorian Council of Social Service)
‘The Challenge of Choice for People with Psychosocial Disability in the NDIS.’
Sarah Pollock & Anthony Stratford
Mind Australia
Melbourne University
Deakin University
‘From Hope & Disruption to Where?'
The Importance of a Mental Health Sector that works for everyone
Mental Health
Community Coalition, ACT
‘The NDIS and Mental Health: A Game of Snakes & Ladders.'
Insight into the issues regarding the integration of the NDIS into the broader health system
Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council
‘Challenges in the Delivery of Mental Health Services in Rural and Remote Queensland and the Northern Territory'
Queensland Alliance for Mental Health
NT Mental Health Coalition
‘She’s a Legend! - How Multi-Service Cooperation Keeps the Legend Alive & Well'
How individualized care & connected approaches within an NDIS operational framework can optimise consumer recovery & quality of life
WA Health, Fremantle Hospital
1:35pm - 2:15pm
Q&A Panel
Independent Advisory Council
NDIA
Joint Winners Australian Mental Health Prize 2017
(moderated by Norman Swan)
2:20pm - 2:50pm
Keynote Address
‘Culture is Inclusion’
Research / Policy Director
First Peoples
Disability Network
Australia
(Onscreen Presentation Part A)
(Onscreen Presentation Part B)
(Onscreen Presentation Part C)
3:20pm - 4:30pm
Themed Presentations
Engagement
& Outreach
Mental Health
Reform
Service
Delivery
Lived Experience
& Co-Design
Symposium
‘Three Birds with One Stone: Building Workforce Capacity to Support Remote Aboriginal People Accessing the NDIS'
Merrilee Cox, Sarah Irwin & Amanda Russelhuber
Mental Health Association
of Central Australia
‘Out Together: Developing an LGBTIQ+ Peer Workforce Within the NDIS'
Wellways Australia
‘The NDIS, ILC & Mental Health Reform: Leading, Learning & Being Agile in Times of Change’
Mental Health Coordinating Council
NSW
Peer Leader
‘NDIS: The Neami / MeWell Journey to Date'
How a new organisation can be set up as fit for purpose for the NDIS environment & what has been learnt from this process
Neami National
‘Fostering Cross-Sector Networks & Collaboration'
The important function of cross - sector networking in improving the quality of services to highly vulnerable, isolated individuals
Jesuit Social Services
St. Vincent's Hospital
Melbourne
‘NDIS: Is the Scheme Learning From the Wisdom Gained Through Lived Experience?’
Dr Nicola Hancock & Assoc. Prof Jennifer Smith-Merry
University of Sydney
‘You Said: Innovating to Get Insights to Consumer Experience’
Understanding how consumer-reported experience and outcomes can be used to improve the quality of primary mental health services
North Western Melbourne PHN
‘Recovering the Recovery Model Under the NDIS'
A collaborative workforce development project exploring how recovery oriented practice could be reframed in the NDIS context & innovative ways of providing professional development for the new workforce
Mentis Assist
Mental Health Victoria
Murray PHN
4:35pm - 5:15pm
Joint Federal & Victorian Political Panel
(moderated by Dr. Norman Swan)
Shadow Minister
Mental Health
Australian Greens
Mental Health Spokesperson
Minister
Mental Health (Victoria)
Shadow Minister
Mental Health (Victoria)
Victoria Greens
Mental Health Spokesperson
5:15pm - 5:25pm
Close: Day 1
Dr. Norman Swan
Host
Health Report ABC Radio National
Tonic ABC News24
Cofounder
Tonic Health Media
Day 2: Thursday 1 November 2018
9:10am - 9:40am
Keynote Address
Assistant Minister
Social Services, Housing and Disability Services
9:00am - 9:05am
Official Welcome
Day 2
Dr. Norman Swan
Host
Health Report ABC Radio National
Tonic ABC News24
Cofounder
Tonic Health Media
9:45am - 10:25am
Keynote Address
Professor of User-Led Research, Service User Research Enterprise (SURE),
King's College London
11:00am - 11:30am
Panel: 'How Can the Different Parts of the Mental Health System Work Together?'
(moderated by Dr. Norman Swan)
CHAIR
Mental Health Victoria
CEO
Star Health
Chief Psychiatrist
NSW Ministry of Health
President
Australian Medical Association
Strategic Advisor
Mental Health & Psychosocial Disability
NDIA
Manager
Partners In Recovery
Adjunct Associate Professor Kim Ryan
CEO
Australian College of Mental Health Nurses
Founder and Executive Officer
Private Mental Health Consumer and Carer Network
11:40am - 12:50pm
Themed Presentations
Engagement
& Outreach
Mental Health
Reform
Service
Delivery
Lived Experience
& Co-Design
Symposium
‘Hard to Reach? People Living in Private Congregate Care Facilities – Learnings From the NDIS Experience in WA & Victoria’
RMIT
Future Social Services Institute
NDIS WA
SalvoCare Eastern
Office of the Public Advocate Victoria
‘The Specialist Clinical Mental Health & NDIS Collaboration Project'
Julia Colcott & Julie Skilbeck
Department of
Health and Human Services
‘Optimising Psychosocial Support in the NDIS: From a Welfare Oriented Model to a Recovery Oriented, Investment Driven Approach'
Mental Health Australia
Carer Representative
President
WA Association for Mental Health
Vice-President
CMHA
Consumer Representative
Optimizing Support for People with a Psycho-Social Disability Project
‘Maximising Opportunities with NDIS Funded Supports to Assist with Physical Health Needs'
Consumer
‘The Transition Experience: The Impact of the NDIS Rollout on Consumers, Carers & Workforce, and How Trauma Informed Principles Can Be Utilised To Navigate the Transition Experience'
Neami National
Consumer
‘Culture Clash? Recovery in Mental Health Under the NDIS'
Fellow
Learning and Development Unit
Centre for Mental Health Research
ANU College of Health and Medicine
‘A Carers Ordinary Life? Sustaining Mental Health Carers in the NDIS'
(A collaborative and co-designed inclusive practice in NDIS mental health service delivery providing positive outcomes for consumers while supporting carers)
Tandem
‘Life Without Respite: The Sequel'
Understanding the Struggle to Access Respite Services & Its Impact Upon Lives
Arafmi Queensland
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Keynote Address
Chair
National Mental Health Commission
2:35pm - 3:35pm
'What Have We Learnt Over the Last 2 Days
& What Do We Do Now To Make Those Changes Happen?'
(moderated by Dr. Norman Swan)
President
CMHA
CEO
Mental Health Australia
Carer Representative
President
WA Association for Mental Health
Vice-President
CMHA
Deputy CEO
National Mental Health Commission
Strategic Advisor
Mental Health & Psychosocial Disability
NDIA
Fellow
Learning and Development Unit
Centre for Mental Health Research
ANU College of Health and Medicine
Deputy Consumer Co-Chair
National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum
3:45pm - 4:00pm
Close: Conference
CEO
Mental Health Victoria
CHAIR
Mental Health Victoria
CEO
Star Health
