MHV's Psychosocial Supports Network
MHV's Psychosocial Supports Network provides expertise, advice and coordinated activity as well as advocacy related to psychosocial and foundational supports, under MHV’s leadership.
MHV's Psychosocial Supports Advocacy
Open Letter to the Victorian Government: Need for investment in psychosocial supports
October 2024
On behalf of our Associates, Mental Health Victoria has written an open letter to the Victorian Government about the need for investment in psychosocial supports. We urge the Victorian Government to ensure it is meaningfully considering the perspectives and expertise of the mental health sector, consumers and carers as it progresses negotiations about policy and funding for the disability reforms underway. Recent national analysis shows us that 263,100 people with moderate mental illness are missing out on psychosocial support, and with upcoming changes to the NDIS, this number is set to rise.
On behalf of our Associates, Mental Health Victoria calls on the Victorian Government:
- to consider and elevate the perspectives of those living with the need for psychosocial supports, as well as their carers, families, and kin, and the sector that supports them, as you progress negotiations with the Commonwealth Government on these important reforms;
- to enhance engagement and consultation with the community mental health sector by providing timely updates when making policy and funding decisions related to psychosocial supports;
- to carefully consider the positioning of psychosocial supports as part of the Victorian Government’s decisions on program commissioning and investment. This includes policy responses to NDIS changes and the rollout of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System’s recommendations
Psychosocial and Foundational Supports Forum
September 2024
On Thursday, 12 September, Mental Health Victoria hosted the 'Victorian Sector Advocacy: Funding Arrangements for Psychosocial and Foundational Supports' online forum for our Associates. The Psychosocial Supports Network is in response to the outcomes and continued Advocacy.
Read more about the forum and access the key takeaways here.
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