Kathryn Buxton - Merri Community Health Services
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Volunteers & Consumer Leaders:
Strengthening & Supporting Mental
Health Sector change
Kathryn Buxton
Team Leader, Mental Health Support Services
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Core focus
Merri Health creates healthy, connectedcommunities through local health servicesfor people at every age and stage of life.
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Our services span across:
• Children & young people
• Carer support
• Chronic disease management
• Mental Health
• Disability support
• Population health
• Aged care
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Snapshot
• 165,463 people seen between 2014-2015
• 356 staff members
• 11 sites
• 156 active volunteers
• 40 + years serving the community
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Mental Health Support Services
• Strong history - 30+ years of community based support
• Currently has 2 Commonwealth Funded programs
• Personal Helpers and Mentors (PHaMs) and Day to Day Living (D2DL)
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Mental Health Sector
• Time of unprecedented change
• Opportunity for creativity and innovation
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Value of volunteers
• Skills, knowledge and expertise
• Relationships with consumers
• Energy and enthusiasm
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Practicalities
• Organisation-wide Volunteer Co-ordinator
• Supervision and Support
• Access to training
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2015 Premier’s Volunteer Champion
Awards
Most Outstanding Volunteer Team
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Consumer Leadership• Sharing of skills and knowledge
• Mutual support
• Increased confidence
• Enhanced ownership of the program
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Future
• Continued development and support
• Embracing the differing levels of involvement/leadership
• Certificate IV in Peer Work
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Looking beyond traditional support
• Complement and strengthen workforce
• Richness and depth added to service delivery
• Flexible and responsive to change
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Video
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Questions???
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