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.

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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.

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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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28 October | 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM Foundation House - Incidental Counselling 2-day workshop

Learn skills for responding to distress in people from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds.

Brunswick

Hosted by Foundation House

In Person Paid Practitioners

19 – 21 October | 8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Mindful - ADI-R - (Oct)

The ADI-R is a semi-structured diagnostic interview to assess behaviours related to autism.

Travancore

Hosted by Mindful

In Person Paid Practitioners

20 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.

Richmond

Hosted by Hamilton Centre

In Person Free Practitioners Service Leaders

20 October | 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Open Dialogue and Narrative Therapy principles in action: learning from a headspace project with the Australian Youth Orchestra

In this 60 minute, online presentation, we step outside the box of “business-as-usual” social work in mental health services.

Hosted by Collaborative Centre

Online Free Social Workers

21 October | 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM Family Work Skills

A family-inclusive practice capability building program for the Victorian AOD Workforce

Brunswick

Hosted by The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University

In Person Free Practitioners Service Leaders Social Workers Occupational Therapists

21 October | 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM The Collective - Carer Consultant Training (FCLEW)

What does the Carer Consultant role really look like in practice? This session explores the differences across roles and services, helping to unpack what may be in scope, what sits outside the role, and where the grey areas remain.

Hosted by The Collective