What is the Development Needs Analysis (DNA)
With the Department of Health’s support, the Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing (VCCMHW) is undertaking a development needs analysis of the Victorian mental health and wellbeing workforce. This analysis will directly inform the Collaborative Centre’s workforce development planning and priorities. It will also support the Department of Health to refresh the Mental Health and Wellbeing Workforce Strategy.
Design phase complete!
We heard advice on project and research design from representatives from more than 40 organisations including
- Statewide training providers
- Peak organisations, including Lived and Living Experience peaks
- Area Mental Health and Wellbeing services
- Community mental health organisations
- Local mental health and wellbeing services
- Unions and professional associations
- The Department of Health
Based on your feedback, we've developed a mixed methods sequential design. In simple terms, this means we'll have two phases of data collection, with the results of the first phase informing the design of the second, allowing us to deep dive into emerging themes. Learn more about the design here:
We hope to hear from as many people across the workforce as we can. If you’re interested to learn more about participation opportunities, please subscribe here.
Summer learning series
During the first stage of data collection, we’d locating relevant existing research and data on mental health workforce needs and gaps in Victoria, and conducting a survey. We are pairing the launch the survey and data collection phase with a Summer Learning Series. Sign up and find out more here.