About Us

Board

As at 27 October 2011

Chair

Claire Vissenga - Sage Hill Family & Friends

Deputy Chair

Wendy Groot - ARAFMI Tas

Secretary

Jane Carlson - Anglicare

Board Member

Sean Robinson - Club Haven

Board Member

Miranda Ashby - Flourish

Board Member

Beth Smith - Cornerstone Youth Servces

Board Member

Gillian Long - Migrant Resource Centre / Phoenix Centre

Board Member

Lucy Henry - Individual Representative

Board Member

Brendan Charles - Individual Representative

 

Staff

Chief Executive Officer
Darren Carr

Policy and Research Officer
Toni Law

Workforce Development Officer

Kris McCracken
                      

Project Officer

Jesse Shipway
          

Office Manager

Nancy Hoskinson      

 

Members

Consumer Organisations

Club Haven

Eureka Clubhouse

GROW

Flourish

Tasmania Recovery from Eating Disorders

Carer Organisations

ARAFMI Tas Inc

Carers Tasmania

Sage Hill Family & Friends

Service Providers

Advocacy Tasmania

Anglicare Tasmania

Aspire

Bethlehem House

Brain Injury Association of Tasmania

Caroline House

Centacare

Choose Life Services

Colony 47

Cornerstone Youth Services (Headspace)

Family Based Care North

Headspace Hobart

Langford Support Services

Lifeline Hobart

Migrant Resource Centre

Mission Australia

OzHelp Foundation

Red Cross

Relationships Australia

Richmond Fellowship

Rural Alive & Well

Salvation Army Bridge Program

TCSGDP Inc

The Hobart Clinic

Working it Out

Youth & Family Focus

Individuals

Brendan Charles

Lucy Henry

Therese Ryan

Robin Wilkinson

Rebecca Moles

Patrick Carlisle

Barry Lange

Harold Dunbavan

 

Strategic Plan

 

Our Mission

 

The Mental Health Council of Tasmania (MHCT) is the peak body representing the interests of the community mental health sector including consumer, carer and service provider organisations. 

We provide a public voice for people affected by mental illness and interested organisations and individuals.

We advocate for and influence effective public policy on mental health for the benefit of the Tasmanian community.

 

Our Vision

 

A vibrant and effective community mental health sector in Tasmania

We will achieve this by contributing to a community based on human rights principles in which mental health and wellbeing are supported.

 We do this by:

  • Building capacity within the sector.
  • Educating the community about health and wellbeing
  • Advocating a population health approach
  • Providing leadership in public mental health policy

 

Values and Beliefs

 

Our actions are based on these values:

  • Optimism and empowerment
  • Participation, collaboration and partnerships
  • Autonomy, responsibility and accountability

The following important beliefs underpin our work:

  • Every person has the right to achieve their full potential and be able to participate meaningfully in their community.
  • The collective efforts of individuals and organisations working together to improve mental health across the whole community are more effective than isolated efforts.
  • All people have the right to make decisions about their health and wellbeing.
  • Recovery of mental health is possible.  This is assisted by a positive recovery-focused approach by all those involved.
  • Effective public policy and its implementation will foster pathways to social inclusion for those living with mental illness.

Key Strategic Areas

 

Ensuring the Sustainability of the MHCT

Influencing Relevant Social Policy

Strengthening the Sector

 

Measures of Success

 

  • Adequate funding for current operation and future growth.
  • A diverse, skilled and representative board.
  • A representative and engaged membership.
  • Effective stakeholder management.
  • An adequately resourced, skilled and motivated workforce.
  • Partnerships and collaborations that support the strategic objectives of MHCT.
  • Submissions and/or recommendations initiated by the MHCT that influence social policy.
  • Participation on committees and working groups.
  • An engaged membership who participate in the policy process.
  • Promotion and adoption of recovery oriented culture and practice.
  • Increased opportunity for workforce development.
  • Community awareness campaign to reduce mental illness stigma and discrimination.
  • Increased consumer and carer participation.

 

Major Strategies

 

Major strategies related to ensuring sustainability, responding to social policy and strengthening

the sector;

  • Maintain a dynamic stakeholder management strategy.
  • Identify, develop and maintain collaboration and partnership opportunities.
  • To achieve the MHCT’s objectives, develop and sustain an adequately resourced competent board and workforce.
  • Identify and pursue funding for social inclusion, promotion, prevention and early intervention and workforce development.
  • Develop and maintain a broad membership.
  • Lobby government to gain and maintain adequate peak body funding.
  • Consult with stakeholders and conduct research to inform and influence public policy.
  • Adopt a population health and wellbeing approach to guide lobbying and contribution to policy development.
  • Advocate for and contribute to the reduction of stigma within the community and promotion of social inclusion.
  • Promote and support opportunities for networking and partnership development.
  • Reorientate the sector to a recovery focus and whole of population health and wellbeing approach.
  • Encourage contemporary best practice in the community mental health sector.
  • Advocate for opportunities for consumer, family and carer participation.
  • Advocate for and support a workforce development strategy for the community mental health sector.
  • Advocate for and facilitate the implementation of the promotion, prevention and early intervention framework.

 

 

 


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