Your opportunity to contribute to an important new mental health service in Geelong
Through a series of upcoming workshops, service providers and people with lived experience, including carers, are encouraged to use your knowledge and experience on mental health services in Geelong to help piece together and design the new Adult Mental Health Centre in Corio.
Funded by the Commonwealth Government and to be opened in Corio in late 2021, the Adult Mental Health Centre will focus on local needs. It will not duplicate or replace existing services but will help fill the gaps.
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Your opportunity to contribute to an important new mental health service in Geelong
Through a series of upcoming workshops, service providers and people with lived experience, including carers, are encouraged to use your knowledge and experience on mental health services in Geelong to help piece together and design the new Adult Mental Health Centre in Corio.
Funded by the Commonwealth Government and to be opened in Corio in late 2021, the Adult Mental Health Centre will focus on local needs. It will not duplicate or replace existing services but will help fill the gaps.
Western Victoria PHN wants to work with people with lived experience; carers; and community and service providers to ensure everyone in the community has access to the right mental health support.
Phase 1 - Share your experience - Completed
The first phase, share your experience, has been completed. Thanks to everyone who generously shared their experience of adult mental health services in Geelong with us, it has helped us gain a better picture of what currently works and what needs improving. We will share a summary on Meeting Place soon.
Phase 2 - Development and Design - Completed
Co-design Workshops for Adult Mental Health Centre in Corio
During February, the Western Victorian PHN worked with the community and service providers separately as the first step to identify ideas for the types of services and support that the new service should deliver within the service model framework. In the final week of February, community and service providers came together to test and refine these ideas.
These sessions offered the opportunity to share insights into how services could better meet the needs of people living in the community with mental health challenges.
The scheduled co-design workshops are now complete.
When
Lived Experience Co-Design Workshops
These online workshops will provide an opportunity for people with lived experience and carers to contribute input into the new Adult Mental Health Centre in Corio
Date: Monday 8 February
Time: 10am - 11.15 am
or
Date: Thursday 18 February
Time: 5pm - 6.15pm
Service Provider Co-Design Workshops
These online workshops will provide an opportunity for service providers to contribute input into the new Adult Mental Health Centre in Corio
Date: Tuesday 9 February
Time: 7pm - 8.15pm
or
Date: Tuesday 16 February
Time: 12pm - 1.15pm
Lived Experience and Service Provider Co-Design Workshops
These online workshops will provide an overview of the main discussion points of the previous workshops and will give service providers and people with lived experience the chance to explore the ideas further.
Date: Tuesday 23 February
Time: 7pm - 8.15pm
or
Date: Wednesday 24 February
Time: 12pm - 1.15pm
Before participating
Please read the following documents and information
- Adult Mental Health Centre Summary here
- How will my information be used here
- What if my participation includes a difficult experience?
- Sharing a difficult experience can be upsetting. Before deciding to participate you may wish to read the following here. Help and support services are listed on the top right of this page.
What if I am unable to attend the online workshops?
- Submit your idea online here.
- Fill out our online survey here
- Register to participate in a short phone interview here
Please note
- You can edit your screen name here.
- The project is monitored and we will not publish material which breaks the Terms and Conditions.
- Inappropriate comments will be removed in line with the Moderation policy.
Phase 3 - Appoint a Service Provider
A tender process will be used to identify and contract an appropriate service provider for the Adult Mental Health Centre.
More Information
If you would like further information or have any questions, please complete and submit our 'Ask a question' form below.
If you wish to be informed on opportunities to participate and receive updates on this project, please register your interest with us by entering your email address or clicking subscribe under 'Stay Informed' on the right of this page.
