This keynote address was given at the CEPS (Centre of Excellence in Peer Support) Conference in 2013. Sandy Watson from inside out & associates, provides a unique critique of aspects of peer workforce development, arguing that there are two distinct disciplines, the discipline of consumer engagement and leadership, and the discipline of recovery-based peer work, that have different needs for…
The Moving From Engagement to Partnership Project arose from The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System Report call for a more powerful role for people with lived experience in the reformed mental health system, including that ‘people with lived experience will have an enduring and influential role in government decision making, with an equal seat at the table, working in partnership…
Perspectives of people with lived experience of CTOs, families/carers/kin, and public mental health staff This project explored people’s experiences with Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) in New South Wales. The purpose was to identify the key themes and issues that arise for people affected by CTOs. (A CTO authorises compulsory care for a person living in the community.) This project sought…
This video features some highlights from the Making Sense Forums that were held by inside out & associates and VMIAC in July 2017. We were fortunate to have wonderful speakers – Daniel Fisher as our international guest, Julie Jones-Webb and Max Simensen in Sydney and Indigo Daya and John Watkins in Melbourne, and feedback confirmed that the conversations generated were…
