Southern Synergy

Training Activities

• The MAP Program
  
• Graduate Diploma in Community Mental Health
  
• Registrar Training
  
• South East Education and Training Cluster
  
• Textbook ‘Mental Health in Australia; Collaborative Community Practice’
  
• Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) Training for Clinicians
  

Southern Synergy: South East Education and Training Cluster

In Mid 2004 the Victorian DHS Mental Health Branch initiated projects across the State to explore potential advantages in collaborations across broad working groups of mental health services. Southern Synergy carried out the first round of consultation and needs assessment in this cluster leading to a report to DHS in July 2004. This initial needs assessment process has developed into the current workforce development initiative called South East Education and Training Cluster. The Southern Education and Training Cluster includes Southern Health, Alfred Psychiatry at Bayside Health, Peninsula Health Psychiatric Services and Latrobe Regional Hospital Mental Health Services.

Activities of the cluster vary from year to year. The cluster has taken a project and developmental perspective in most years. Throughout the development of the cluster work plan there has been continued commitment for the establishment of balanced and equitable partnerships between participating agencies. Within the cluster Steering Group, it is acknowledged, that participating health services each have particular strengths to contribute to the cluster and that all services have something to gain by this involvement. As a tangible commitment to this principle, leadership of projects is shared across the cluster with each member taking various lead roles.

For further information on activities of the Cluster please contact John Julian on John.Julian@med.monash.edu.au.

Key Centre Staff: Graham Meadows, John Julian, Sue Shaw, Debbie Lang and Bernadette O'Grady.
Key Collaborators: Southern Health Bayside Health, Peninsula Health and Latrobe Regional Hospital.

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