NDIS Mental Health Network Update – November 2016
In this NDIS Mental Health Network update you’ll find information about:
- An NDIS information session for mental health service providers in Tasmania
- A new national webinar for mental health service providers on marketing and sales planning processes
- Recently held webinars on NDIS marketing, and costing and pricing (now available to replay)
- A recently held webinar providing information for mental health carers on the NDIS (now available to replay)
- The latest National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) mental health sector reference group meeting
- NDIS in the Fifth National Mental Health Plan
- The NDIA 2015-16 Annual Report.
NDIS Information Session for Mental Health Service Providers in Tasmania
Mental Health Australia and the Mental Health Council of Tasmania invite mental health service providers in Tasmania to attend an information session on NDIS training and resources.
Both Mental Health Australia and the Mental Health Council of Tasmania will be talking about their capacity building work in relation to psychosocial disability and the NDIS, including resources developed to help mental health consumers, carers and service providers to engage with the NDIS.
The key details for the information session are:
Date: Monday 14 November 2016
Time: 10.30am – 11.30am
Venue: Federation Room, Rydges Hobart, 393 Argyle Street, Hobart
Registration: Please click here to register. If you have any problems with the registration page please email info@mhaustralia.org.
This information session has been funded by the NDIS Sector Development Fund.
New NDIS organisational readiness webinar on marketing and sales planning processes
As a part of our NDIS Capacity Building Project, Mental Health Australia partnered with National Disability Services, the Mental Health Coordinating Council of New South Wales, the Queensland Alliance for Mental Health and the Northern Territory Mental Health Coalition to deliver a suite of training, including national webinars. We’re pleased to let you know that one additional webinar is now open for registration on the topic of marketing. This webinar will focus more specifically on sales planning processes.
Please click here to register.
This webinar has been funded by the NDIS Sector Development Fund.
Webinars on NDIS marketing and costing and pricing available to replay
If you missed out on our recently-run webinars on NDIS marketing and costing and pricing, they’re now available to replay on the Mental Health Australia website (please click here).
These webinars were funded by the NDIS Sector Development Fund.
Webinar – Introduction to the NDIS for mental health carers
On 21 October 2016, Mental Health Australia and Carers Australia broadcast a national webinar to help mental health carers understand the NDIS and provide them with information and resources to help them to support the person they care for to engage with the NDIS.
If you didn’t manage to catch the webinar at the time, it’s now available to be replayed online (please click here).
This webinar was funded by the NDIS Sector Development Fund.
NDIA Mental Health Sector Reference Group Meeting
In late October, Mental Health Australia attended the National Mental Health Sector Reference Group Meeting in Melbourne. This group was established to develop a strong working relationship between the mental health sector and the NDIA. It is chaired by Strategic Adviser to the NDIA, Mr Eddie Bartnik. Membership consists of consumers, carers, peak associations, NDIS Independent Advisory Council members and key government representatives, including Mental Health Commissions.
At the most recent meeting, the group heard updates on the NDIA’s mental health work plan as well as reports relating to NDIS data and the Agency’s approach to engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The group also heard an update from Richmond Wellbeing who discussed the recently completed workshops, delivered under Mental Health Australia’s NDIS Capacity Building project to build the capacity of mental health consumers and carers to engage with the NDIS.
A communique will be provided in the near future, which will be circulated via this update and published on the NDIS website.
New NDIS psychosocial resource online
The NDIA and the Mental Health Coordinating Council of NSW (MHCC) have established a partnership to develop an online resource to support people with a primary psychosocial disability (or mental health condition) to better understand the NDIS and how it relates to a person’s recovery journey.
Whether you are a person living with a mental health condition, a family member, carer or worker they are looking for your input to help them design this resource to make sure it meets the needs of people affected by mental health problems.
The survey is available online (please click here) and closes on Tuesday 15 November 2016.
NDIS in the Fifth National Mental Health Plan
The Federal Department of Health recently released a consultation draft of the Fifth National Mental Health Plan. Mental Health Australia is assisting the Department to conduct face-to-face consultation workshops about the plan across the country between now and early December 2016. The Department has also initiated an online survey for those who cannot attend a face to face workshop. You can find the consultation draft and information about how to get involved in the consultation on the Department of Health’s website (please click here).
The draft plan acknowledges the importance of monitoring NDIS transition (particularly mental health consumer and carer experience) and considering the community mental health support needs of people who are ineligible for an individually funded package.
The Plan’s Action 3 includes development of national guidelines with an aim of clarifying roles and responsibilities across health and community support services. This includes ensuring the NDIS responds to changes on the ground relating to the Fifth National Mental Health Plan and and simultaneous roll out of the NDIS. The plan’s Action 4 proposes that the Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Principal Committee will report to Health Ministers on NDIS and mental health reform policy implementation issues for people with mental illness. The plan also notes that regions should develop opportunities to obtain consumer and carer feedback on service quality and planning.
Mental Health Australia recently consulted with its members on the draft plan and is developing a submission in response to the consultation process. To keep up to date with this, please sign up to receive Mental Health Australia’s CEO updates (please click here).
NDIA releases 2015-16 Annual Report
The NDIA has released its 2015-16 Annual Report, which is available on the NDIS website (please click here). The report covers the operations of the NDIA during the last 12 months of the NDIS trial stage.
Please share your NDIS story
Mental Health Australia is very interested in hearing about your experiences with the NDIS, whether you are a person experiencing psychosocial disability, a carer of someone with a psychosocial disability or a service provider. Your experiences help us to understand how the NDIS rollout is working on the ground, and provide informed and timely feedback to government. So please share your story with us by emailing info@mhaustralia.org.
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