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Consumer and Carer Caucus

MHCC ACT has over 60 Consumer and Carer members who participate in Caucus and related activities.This includes monthly meetings, input into submissions and consultations, and general feedback on policy and service issues. 

The aim of a Caucus meeting is to provide support for Consumer and Carer Representatives and individuals that have a particular interest in systemic advocacy and influencing policy and service development. Consumers are supported by Mental Health Consumer Network, and Caucus provides a shared platform for both Consumer and Carer representatives to discuss and act upon identified and emerging issues. Caucus provides a continuing avenue for individual Mental Health Consumers and Carers to discuss policy and sector development issues in a neutral arena and also address issues of participation within the community sector more broadly. 

 

Disclaimer: This page contains links to external websites. MHCC ACT holds no responsibility for content on external websites. Views expressed in material from external websites do not necessarily reflect the views of MHCC ACT or the Consumer and Carer Caucus. This page may also contain documents in draft form. Such draft documents may not reflect the views of MHCC ACT or any individual Caucus members. Such documents will be clearly marked DRAFT.

 

Consumer and Carer Caucus Meetings

Caucus has produced a diagram, which attempts to provide a visual representation of where Caucus sits in the context of MHCC ACT and its key stakeholders. To access this diagram click here.

Caucus has developed a set of Guidelines for Conduct in Caucus meetings. To view the guidelines click here.

 

Next Caucus meeting

The next meeting of the Consumer and Carer Caucus will be held on Friday the 17th of September 2010, 12.00 - 2.00pm, in Room 13, (level 3) Griffin Centre, 20 Genge St, Canberra City. 

Papers for the meeting (uploaded as they become available):

 

For more information please contact Simon Viereck on 6249 7756 or simon.viereck@mhccact.org.au.  
 

Caucus Submissions and Papers

Caucus develops submissions and responses to key issues of interest as decided by Caucus and reflecting the capacity of Caucus at the given time.

Recent submissions:

 

Past Consumer and Carer Caucus Meetings (archiving in progress)

In this section you can find the agendas, minutes and other papers from past meetings of the Consumer and Carer Caucus.

Minutes of meetings will only be uploaded after they have been passed by Caucus at the next monthly Caucus meeting.

Records of meetings prior to this archive of Caucus papers can be obtained from MHCC ACT by request.

 

Friday 20 August 2010

 

Friday 16 July 2010

 

Friday 18 June 2010


Friday 28 May 2010:

Consumer and Carer Caucus Calendar 2010

To veiw the Consumer and Carer Caucus 2010 Calendar click here.

Quarterly Consumer, Carer and Community Forums

Next Quarterly Forum - Employment and Vocational Rehabilitation

The Mental Health Community Coalition ACT and the ACT Mental Health Consumer Network invite you to attend the Quarterly Forum.

View the Forum flyer here

Getting and maintaining employment is considered by many consumers as a key step in their recovery journey. Yet Australia has one of the lowest rates of employment for people affected by mental illness among the developed nations.
This Forum focuses on new initiatives promoting employment and vocational rehabilitation for mental health consumers in the ACT. The forum will also provide an overview of current supported employment services in the ACT.

Speakers include:
Melissa Lee & Steve Duffy, Vocational Support Project, MHACT.
Lisa McPherson, Nexus Human Services
and others still to be confirmed.

Feedback and questions from the audience are encouraged for all sessions.

Where:                Room 6, (Level 1) Griffin Centre, 20 Genge St, Canberra City
When:                 Thursday 9 September, 2010, 5.30 pm – 8.00 pm

For further information or to RSVP your attendance please contact MHCC ACT on (02) 6249 7756 or email admin@mhccact.org.au

Past Forums:

Quarterly Forum 28 June 2010 - Mental Health Consumers and the Judicial System

This Forum aimed to unpack some of the complex web of proceedings and interventions that happen when a person living with mental illness is accused of an offence. During the Forum speakers walked the audience through a possible path for such a person when entering the criminal justice system and described systems to ensure appropriate diversion, supports available, and where some of the gaps in the system may be.

See the flyer for the forum here.

Panel of speakers:

Quarterly Forum 7 December 2009 - Employment and the Recovery Journey

The focus of this Forum was Employment and the Recovery Journey. For more information see the notes on the forum, available here.

Speakers included:

 

Download Melissa Lee's 2008 paper: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Support Options for People Affected by Mental Illness and the Associated Barriers to Employment – The Picture in the ACT

 

Download the National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy from the Workplace.gov.au website.


Download the powerpoint presentation on the National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy here.

 

Download the powerpoint presentation on the Social Enterprises Hub here.