- Published:
- Friday, 16 June 2023 at 4:03 am
The Victorian Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing (the Collaborative Centre) is looking for its inaugural Co-CEOs, a ‘dynamic duo’, who will drive meaningful reform.
A critical element of the roles will be to build and foster robust, trusted relationships across the community.
The Collaborative Centre was a key recommendation of the Royal Commission into Mental Health and Wellbeing and came into operation on 1 September 2022.
It is the first of its kind in Australia and brings together people with lived experience, researchers, and mental health practitioners, to provide care, treatment, and support for adults and older adults. It will also conduct interdisciplinary research; and translate findings into practice across all forms of treatment.
Ultimately, our mission is to improve outcomes for people who use the mental health and wellbeing system in Victoria.
The Board
The Collaborative Centre Board is comprised of ten dedicated people who together have a broad range of relevant experience and skills. At least four Board members identify as having a lived experience of mental illness or psychological distress, including two people who bring a consumer perspective, and two with experience as a family member, carer, or supporter. There are also two mental health professionals on the Board, and people with experience in government and non-government mental health services.
The Royal Commission recommended a joint executive leadership model for the Collaborative Centre to best execute its functions. This is why we are seeking two innovative leaders as our inaugural Co-CEOs who offer significant experience and skills: a lived experience leader and someone with clinical/academic experience.
Co-Chief Executive Officers
The Co-CEOs will play central roles in the establishment and development of the Collaborative Centre and its vision through setting early strategic directions on a strong foundational base.
In accordance with the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, the Board will appoint two Co-CEOs who meet the following criteria:
- one who has worked or is working in academia in the field of mental health and has worked, and/or is working in clinical practice as a practitioner.
- one who identifies as experiencing or as having experience mental ill health or psychological distress and has demonstrated the ability to apply their lived experience to improve systems that deliver health or human services or to develop policy.
To understand more about the Centre, please watch the video message below from Terry Laidler, Chair of the Board.
Read the position descriptions.
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