e-learning

E-learning offers flexible, self-paced access to the latest evidence-based knowledge. This page brings together online learning modules that support capability development across Victoria’s mental health and wellbeing workforce.

Where to find e-learning?

The Collaborative Centre e-Learning Portal

In collaboration with our partner organisations we develop and share e-learning resources of value to the Victorian mental health workforce. Content is freely available and allows staff to undertake professional development at a time of their choosing.

Our list of current titles is below. First time users will be asked to sign up and create a login and password.

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Mental Health Professional Online Development (MHPOD) Program

The Collaborative Centre works closely with MHPOD to support and complement its suite of training resources available to the Victorian mental health workforce.

MHPOD is a free national e-learning platform, funded by the Australian Government and all state and territory governments.

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Collaborative Centre's e-learning portal.

The portal includes a range of self-paced learning modules, including content that:

supports workforce capability development across roles and settings
is informed by Lived and Living Experience
links learning to everyday practice
reflects current priorities across the mental health and wellbeing system

Content will continue to be reviewed and added over time.

During the transition from the Centre for Mental Health Learning to the Collaborative Centre website, some modules and links may still reference CMHL. These will be updated over time as part of the transfer and refresh process.

How to use the learning management system.

Our e-learning portal is hosted on a learning management system (LMS). You can access modules at a time that suits you, return to content as needed, and track your progress over time.

You can:

browse available modules
enrol in learning that fits your role and interests
complete modules at your own pace
return to content when you need a refresher

Some modules may include certificates of completion or learning records. Details are provided within each module.

Discoverability and access

Because the LMS is password-protected, this page provides a public entry point to online learning. Below is a list of current titles. Over time, we will continue to improve how learning is described and made easier to find from the website.

Available titles on our e-learning portal.

Title and Summary	Audience	Time	Theme
Learn at your own pace, our e-learning modules can be found on our learning management portal — sign up at www.vccmhw.scodle.com.
Employing and Supporting Lived Experience Workforces — for Managers, Leaders and HR Staff This course is for individuals who manage or lead Lived Experience Workforces (LEWs), or support LEWs in a human resources capacity. It explores considerations for employing LEWs, power in the workplace and ways to create respectful working environments.	People managers	45–60 min	LLEW
Forensic Foundations Foundational knowledge to support the provision of AOD treatment of forensic clients, aimed at new entrants into the AOD workforce.	AOD workforce	60 min	Alcohol & Other Drug
Introduction to Consumer and Family/Carer Perspective Supervision A self-paced e-learning module providing an introduction to Consumer and Family/Carer Perspective Supervision for non-LEW managers, coordinators and team leaders who manage and support the lived experience workforces. May also be helpful to those new to the LEWs or who work alongside them.	People managers	45 min	Supervision
Introduction to Clinical Supervision for Mental Health Clinicians Designed for supervisees, this package provides information on clinical supervision for mental health clinicians. Clinicians wanting to provide supervision would be expected to undertake further training.	Clinicians	120 min	Supervision
Introduction to Lived Experience Workforces This course introduces the Consumer and Family/Carer Lived Experience Workforces in the mental health sector, their perspectives and ways of working. It encourages learners to consider how they can support LEWs in their workplace. Intended for non-Lived Experience Workers.	Mental health workforce	45 min	LLEW
Introduction to the Victorian Mental Health Intensive Care Framework Specifically developed for clinicians employed within area mental health services across Victoria. Introduces the key concepts and practices within the Mental Health Intensive Care Framework (OCMHN, 2019).	Clinicians	60 min	Policy and Practice
Mental Health Policy & Consumer Perspectives What is mental health policy? How does it work, or not work? This course provides people with a lived experience foundational knowledge about mental health policy.	Lived experience practitioners	60 min	Policy and Practice
Thinking about Psychosis — Understandings that Support Recovery-Oriented Practices Introduces several contemporary explanatory models of psychosis that are supportive of meaning-making and personal recovery. Written for novice clinicians but available for all. Delivered across four modules: Introducing Explanatory Frameworks & The Hearing Voices Movement; Trauma Neurology and Psychosis; Psychological Understandings; and Dissociachotic & Final Reflections.	Clinicians	45 min (each module)	Policy and Practice
Orientation to Victoria's Mental Health System Provides a broad overview of Victoria's mental health system, including services, roles, peak bodies and key documents that guide ways of working.	Health workforce	45–60 min	Policy and Practice
Preceptorship in Mental Health An overview of what preceptorship is and why it matters, leading to more effective practice and meaningful impact.	Mental health workforce	25 min	Supervision
Sensory Modulation in Mental Health Settings A short introduction to using sensory modulation in inpatient mental health settings. Designed for mental health nurses, but may be helpful for anyone working in an inpatient setting.	Health workforce; Mental health nurses	60 min	Policy and Practice