Statewide education and training providers
There are a number of providers that deliver a range of education and training opportunities to the specialist mental health workforce and others who have a role in responding to mental health issues.
These include:
- The Bouverie
- The Centre for
- Orygen Youth
- Victorian Centre of Excellence in Eating
- Victorian Dual Disability
- Victorian Transcultural Mental
Our workforce, our future pathways tool
The Our workforce, our future pathways tool has been developed to help the mental health workforce explore and deepen their understanding of the 15 capabilities outlined in the Our workforce, our future capability framework. It’s been designed to assist workers in the mental health sector to assess their capabilities in delivering mental health and wellbeing services, identify areas for growth, and uplift your workforce to deliver better outcomes for consumers, carers, families and supporters.
The learning journey for each capability incorporates three components:
- A series of micro learning videos where people can learn more and hear from practitioners, mental health professionals, Lived and Living Experience workers and consumers and carers.
- A skills-gap analysis to rate their level of confidence in a capability or skill, and the level they would like to reach.
- Access to curated resources to further develop their knowledge and skills of each capability.
The tool can be accessed on the MHPOD Learning .
Mental Health Professional Online Development
The Mental Health Professional Online Development (MHPOD) Learning Portal is a free, online professional development resource for Australia’s health workforce.
The platform caters to different learning styles, including self-directed learning, micro-learning, pathways and self-assessment tools to help people learn on the go. Topics are delivered in digestible sections, with each one taking approximately one hour.
Strategic Goal
Funded by all Australian jurisdictions and managed on their behalf by the Victorian Department of Health, MHPOD provides access to various learning and development resources through the MHPOD Website and the MHPOD Learning Portal.
Its goal is to build on the capacity of Australia’s health and interrelating workforce to continue delivering high-quality, evidence-based care to Australians and improve their health and wellbeing in a supportive, safe and collaborative environment.
All the content is evidence-based and developed by frontline subject matter experts working in acute and community-based mental health settings.
Target audience
MHPOD’s target audience is diverse with content developed to address clinical knowledge and skills relevant staff working across Australia’s health system with a focus on improving mental health literacy and skills.
In addition, content is also applicable to other workers whose role includes addressing the mental health needs of individuals such as community-based mental health workers, lived experience workforce, other allied health workers and Aboriginal Health Workers.
Accessing MHPOD
Access to the MHPOD Learning Portal is free through a self-registration process via the MHPOD Learning Portal login .
Access the MHPOD for further information including about the MHPOD Learning Portal.
The Centre for Mental Health Learning Victoria
The Centre for Mental Health Learning (CMHL) is the central agency for public mental health workforce development, including lived-experience workforce, in Victoria.
Designed by training providers, mental health services and workers, the CMHL provides the information, tools, training, resources and expertise the sector needs to ensure access to quality, contemporary learning and development.
CMHL has been established to ensure skills and knowledge are shared widely, and mental health workers at every stage of their career have opportunities to grow their leadership capabilities. CMHL identifies and supports sharing of mental health learning and development resources across Victoria, allowing the sector to cut down on duplication and promote high quality resources within a culture of information sharing. Relevant training opportunities can be found in one, easy to find space on the CMHL website.
As CMHL expands activity around building mental health workforce capability, practice supports, knowledge translation and innovation will increase.
You can find all the latest listings of upcoming training opportunities on the CMHL .
Reviewed 18 December 2024