Building the Aboriginal Workforce in the Community Mental Health Sector

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Building the Aboriginal Workforce in the
Community Mental Health Sector

• Simone Montgomery Mental Health Coordinating
  Council

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ACIMH Purpose

• Increase Aboriginal employment in the community
  mental health sector
• Build the capacity of community mental health
  organisations to employ and support Aboriginal
  workers
• Build the capacity of community mental health
  organisations to engage with and better support
  Aboriginal communities and people
• Assist Aboriginal people to develop the skills
  and requirements to work in the community mental
  health sector
• Increase Aboriginal engagement with vocational
  training.

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AEU Aboriginal Employment Unit
DEC (funder)
Organisational level
Sector / System level
Government level
SF
Mission
MHCC
DEEWR (funder)
UCMH
Bensoc
Traineeship level
Richmond PRA
Neami
New horizon
Anglicare
Aftercare
Lyndon
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Mid Project Evaluation

• Increased Aboriginal employment
• Built capacity of participating organisations
• Assisted trainees to build skills and knowledge
  in mental health sector
• Increase trainee engagement with VET
• Starting to have impacts on engaging Aboriginal
  consumers and communities
• Challenges Momentum/ work study balance