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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Workforce

Discover how capability, connection and Lived and Living Experience leadership are strengthened across Victoria's mental health and wellbeing workforce.

Training and events calendar

Find training, workshops, webinars and events from the Collaborative Centre and Victoria’s mental health and wellbeing sector.

Our projects

Explore how research, workforce and knowledge sharing projects are building a stronger, more connected mental health and wellbeing system across Victoria.

Resources

A hub for Victoria's mental health and wellbeing community, connecting people to the information, toolkits, and research evidence they need.

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SCALE: culturally responsive practice

Discover two new SCALE-funded projects to help Victoria's mental health and wellbeing workforce strengthen culturally safe, bicultural and faith-attuned practice. Register today!

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.

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.

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.

Leading with Lived Experience

How can researchers and people with Lived Experience expertise effectively and authentically work together in Lived-Experience-centred research?

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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7 – 8 October | 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM Cultural intelligence in mental health (level 1) - online - Oct

Grounded in the evidence-based Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Model, this clinician-focused training develops practitioners’ capacity for clinical cultural responsiveness.

Hosted by Collaborative Centre

Online Free Practitioners Consumer Lived Experience Workforce Family Carer Lived Experience Workforce Service Leaders

8 October | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM The Collective - Understanding, valuing & supporting Lived Experience Workforces (Melbourne)

Designed for non-LEWs, this session explores LEW disciplines, scope and ways of working, including how workplace processes and power dynamics can either enable or impede effective collaboration.

Melbourne

Hosted by The Collective

In Person Free Practitioners Service Leaders

8 – 9 October | 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Mindful - Autism Assessment Fundamentals and Co-Occurring Conditions - (Oct)

This online training aims to provide a comprehensive grounding in the complexities of autism assessment for children and adolescents.

Hosted by Mindful

Online Paid Practitioners

8 October | 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM Hamilton Centre - The relational effect: relationality as the strongest predictor of treatment outcomes (In-person)

This workshop will explore what relational practice looks like in integrated care and how it supports therapeutic relationships.

Shepparton

Hosted by Hamilton Centre

In Person Free Practitioners Service Leaders

8 October | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Spectrum & RANZCP Vic Branch's Annual Jo Beatson Lecture Series - Online

Robert Dudas, Affiliated Assistant Professor, University of Cambridge & Honorary Associate Professor, University of East Anglia, will give the Jo Beatson lecture in 2026.

Hosted by Spectrum

Online Paid Practitioners Researchers Service Leaders Service Commissioners Policymakers

9 October | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM The Collective - Language – not being the language police and yet staying true to our values

How does the language we use shape the way LLEW is understood? Explore how stepping away from clinical language and acronyms can help create change.