Hilton Gruis
BSW BA Psych/Humas Grad. Dip. Bus. MBMSc. (Part 1) PhD Candidate
Indigenous Health Unit Coordinator
Telephone: +61 3 5128 1002
Facsimile: +61 3 5128 1080
Email: Hilton.Gruis@monash.edu
Hilton has completed Bachelor Social Welfare; Bachelor of Arts Psych/Humas; Grad. Dip. Business (Human Service Management) and a Master of Biomedical Science (Part 1) which has been converted into a PhD by Research candidature.
Hilton has previously been employed as the Gippsland Regional Social Emotional Wellbeing and Stolen Generations coordinator for Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation and more recently, as the Latrobe Site coordinator responsible for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander services within the Central, West, South and South Eastern areas under the management of that same organisation.
Hilton is also a trained instructor of both Mental Health First Aid and Aboriginal Mental Health First Aid and continues to provide education and training to members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and support agency personnel throughout Gippsland. Acting in collaboration with Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation based in Sale and servicing the communities in Wellington, Latrobe, Baw Baw and Bass Coast Shires, Hilton is providing Cultural Safety Education and Training to welfare and medical service providers to maximise Aboriginal participation in health and wellbeing services and programs throughout the greater Gippsland region.
With his vast experience of a broad spectrum of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander support services together with an extensive personal knowledge of the local communities and their representative bodies at local, state and national levels, Hilton provides a valuable contribution to the MUDRIH team in his role as the Indigenous Health Unit Coordinator operating under the guidance and direction of the Monash University Harvest Alliance School for Indigenous Health.
Publications
Isaacs, A., Pyett, P., Oakley Browne, M., Gruis, H., Waples-Crowe, P., (2010). "Barriers and Facilitators to the utilization of adult mental health services by Australia's Indigenous people: Seeking a way forward." International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 19(2): 75-82.
Isaacs, A., Pepper, H., Pyett, P., Gruis, H., Waples-Crowe, P., Oakley Browne, M., (2011).'What You Do is Important but How You Do It is More Important'. Qualitative Research Journal 11(1): 51-61
