Connecting evidence, people, and practice across Victoria's mental health system

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Collaborative Centre

The Collaborative Centre supports a learning mental health and wellbeing system across Victoria.

We bring together research evidence, clinical wisdom, Lived and Living Experience expertise, and workforce capability to strengthen how the system learns, connects and improves.

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Training Opportunity
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9 – 10 September  |  9:30 AM – 4:30 PM ADHD in YP with MH Difficulties: Understanding & Adapting Practice

This workshop explores the aetiology, screening, assessment, diagnosis & intervention strategies for ADHD.

Parkville
Hosted by Parkville Youth Mental Health & Wellbeing Service
In Person Paid Practitioners
Training Opportunity
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10 September  |  9:00 AM – 2:30 PM Mindful - Autism, Attachment & Trauma (Sept)

This 5.5-hour live webinar looks at attachment theory, and current knowledge about attachment in autistic children and youth.

Hosted by Mindful
Online Paid Practitioners
Training Opportunity
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10 September  |  1:00 PM – 3:00 PM The Collective - Strengths-based support — it’s what we do

People always talk about strength-based support, but do we ever talk about what that actually means in practice?

Hosted by The Collective
Online Free Family Carer Lived Experience Workforce Consumer Lived Experience Workforce
In Conversation
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10 September  |  2:00 PM – 3:00 PM World Suicide Prevention Day Panel - Exploring tailored suicide prevention and response approaches in Victoria

To mark World Suicide Prevention Day, the Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing invites you to join an important conversation about suicide prevention and response.

Hosted by Collaborative Centre
Online Free Practitioners Consumer Lived Experience Workforce Family Carer Lived Experience Workforce Policymakers Researchers Service Leaders Service Commissioners

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Lived and Living Experience Partnerships Officer, Sector Partnerships

We're seeking a Lived and Living Experience Partnerships Officer to help deliver the Lived and Living Experience Workforce Development Program through project coordination, stakeholder engagement and governance support. Apply by 23 September 2026.
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Manager, Research Translation and Practice Innovation

We're seeking a Manager, Research Translation and Practice Innovation to lead multi-agency research and clinical partnerships, translating evidence into practical tools and resources that shape mental health policy and workforce development. Apply by 27 September 2026.
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SCALE projects rolling out

The first projects funded through the Collaborative Centre's SCALE initiative are now available to Victorian mental health practitioners, including a new bicultural workers podcast and a Lived and Living Experience Workforce (LLEW) community of practice, with registrations now open.
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Leading with Lived Experience

How can researchers and people with Lived Experience expertise effectively and authentically work together in Lived-Experience-centred research?
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Thanking our outgoing Board and welcoming our new Board

Yesterday, the Minister for Mental Health, Ingrid Stitt, announced the appointment of the new Board for the Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing.
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Building digital capability across Victoria's mental health workforce

The Centre's first Digital Health for Mental Health webinar series brought together 526 practitioners across four sessions to explore digital tools, evaluation and emerging developments in mental health care.