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Agency Commissioning Plan released
The recently released State Commissioning Strategy will transform the way community services are commissioned and delivered.
World Kindness Day - 13 November 2022
World Kindness Day is celebrated annually on 13 November and provides us with the opportunity to reflect on, celebrate and promote the positive actions all around us that contribute to a culture of kindness.
Release of the Western Australian Lived Experience (Peer) Workforces Framework
The Minister for Mental Health and the Mental Health Commission are pleased to release the Western Australian Lived Experience (Peer) Workforces Framework.
EOI: Lived Experience member for the Mental Health Executive Committee and Community Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drug Council
The Mental Health Commission is seeking to appoint a consumer member, with a lived or living experience of mental health and/or alcohol or other drug use.
Opioids. Pain and Problems: Now and the Future
The Western Australian Addictions Symposium, presented by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) WA Faculty of Addiction Psychiatry, is on Saturday 29 October 2022.
New Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisory Board Chair to inform Mental Health Commission services
Professor Steve Allsop has been appointed Chairperson of the Western Australian Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisory Board (AODAB).
Can you provide hope and support to other families?
We’re looking for Parent Peer Volunteers, who have supported a child of any age through drug and alcohol use to help provide hope and support to other parents and families struggling with a loved one’s alcohol and other drug use. Your Lived Experience can help facilitate family support groups in the Bunbury / South West region.
Have your say - draft Model of Service for the Youth Long-term Housing and Support Program
The draft model of service for the Youth Long-term Housing and Support Program is now available for public comment.
International Overdose Awareness Day
International Overdose Awareness Day spreads the important message that overdose is preventable and to remember families and friends who have been impacted by overdose.
EOI: Lived Experience consumer representative wanted to support the implementation of the WA Bilateral Schedule on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention
The Mental Health Commission is seeking expressions of interest to appoint one consumer representative to the Western Australian Joint Service Planning and Governance Committee