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FSSI LINK #11

A Focus on Mental Health

Welcome / Wominjeka

We acknowledge the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation and the other various Indigenous groups on whose unceded lands FSSI conduct their business. We respectfully acknowledge their Ancestors and Elders, past and present.
What are we doing?
 
Fireside chat on mental health

World Mental Health Day is observed on 10th October and this year comes at a time when our daily lives have changed considerably.

Our third Fireside Chat will focus on Mental Health and will be held this Friday 9th October at 10.00am.

Inspiring expert guest speakers, Katherine Boydell and Renata Kokanovic, and host Micaela Cronin will explore the issues that are facing organisations in addressing mental health concerns and discuss strategies to respond to staff mental health needs. We will discuss and share insights into how our mental health is connected to the way we lead, our team’s mental health and the performance of the organisation.
For more information and to register for the event, click here!
Our next Fireside Chat will be held in the first week of November. We will be sending the details about the next event out shortly.
What are we hearing?
 
An appetite for improving mental health services

FSSI Director, Micaela Cronin speaks to one of FSSI’s PhD scholars, Liz Hudson. With more than 15 years’ experience working in management roles in the community / employment sector, Liz has been a CEO of a specialised mental health employment service, and a Research Manager of a large not-for-profit human services organisation where she was responsible for a team whose role was to explore national and international best practice within the disability, community service and mental health sectors through partnered research with universities and other community based organisations.

Liz talks about why she chose her research topic, “Gateways and Gatekeepers: experiences of people with episodic mental illness during transition into the National Disability Insurance Scheme” and her motivation for doing the research project.

Liz also shares her findings from the study, including the implications for workforce.
Click here to view the vlog featuring Liz Hudson.
What are we seeing?
 
FSSI input to the Mental Health Royal Commission

Following a Roundtable convened by the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System in August, FSSI produced a submission with further insights into the pathways for mental health services workforce transformation.

FSSI works in partnership to pilot and evaluate new educational models and pathways, build leadership capability and develop evidence, data and insights to inform workforce development approaches. The submission draws on FSSI’s body of work to date providing an outline of the key challenges, barriers and opportunities in developing the mental health workforce.
Click here to view a copy of the submission.
FSSI LINK #11
Centre for Innovative Justice:
Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility 

In all Australian jurisdictions, the age of criminal responsibility is 10 years. It is one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility in the world. Last year there were 600 children aged 10-13 in detention in Australia, with 60% being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander children.

Raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 would mean that approximately 8,000 Australian young people a year would be spared from harmful and criminogenic experiences that often have life-long consequences.

Join CIJ for a panel discussion on what is an important issue now and for future generations.

Date: Thursday 22nd October
Time: 4:00 - 5:00pm

To find out more about the event and to register, please click here.
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