Darwin Community Legal Service (DCLS) is seeking two new Directors to join their Board. DCLS provides free and confidential legal advice, advocacy and support. Their work includes civil legal assistance, tenancy advice, disability and aged care advocacy, support for older people experiencing abuse, NDIS appeals and community legal & advocacy education. They also advocate for fairer laws, policies and services. About the role The DCLS Board provides governance and strategic ov

Expressions of Interest are now open for the Northern Territory Lived Experience Advisory Group (LEAG). The LEAG is a key initiative of the NT Homelessness Strategy 2025–2030 and will ensure that the voices of people with lived experience of homelessness help shape homelessness policy, programs, and service responses across the Northern Territory. The LEAG will be delivered in partnership by YWCA and Anglicare NT. YWCA are seeking people who: Represent all 6 regions of the NT

Expressions of interest are currently being sought by The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (DHDA) for representatives with lived experiences of suicide to support the work of the Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Senior Officials (MHSPO) Group, the Data Governance Forum (DGF), and the National Mental Health Workforce Working Group under the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement (National Agreement). There are five positions available across the

Lived Experience NT has been engaged by NT Health to facilitate a series of forums to help inform how care is delivered in the new Mental Health Inpatient Unit at Royal Darwin Hospital. Input is being sought from people with lived experience of mental health challenges, as well as families, carers and supporters who have experience with inpatient mental health services. The forums will give participants the opportunity to share: what helped during their inpatient experience.

Nominations are now open! The Australian Mental Health Prize was established in 2016 by UNSW Medicine and Health through its School of Psychiatry, Australia’s pre-eminent psychiatric research department. It recognises Australians who have made outstanding contributions to either the promotion of mental health, or the prevention and treatment of mental illness. The Australian Mental Health Prize aims to: Acknowledge and recognise the important and ground-breaking work that man

Finding North is a national mental health information website. It hosts stories from people with lived experience, plain-language information about mental health and wellbeing, guidance for navigating the mental health system, and a directory of services.  They are seeking six people who are keen to help shape new mental health content on the Finding North website for First Nations communities. Opportunity details Payment: $60/hr Contract length: 13 months Location: Aust

New research shows psychosocial mental health supports deliver strong value and significant cost savings, but Australia has barely scratched the surface of measuring their true economic worth. Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) engaged the Centre for Social Impact at the University of Western Australia (CSI UWA) to examine the economic evidence behind psychosocial support, the non-clinical, community-based programs that help people experiencing mental distress build the

ermha365 works with people with complex needs across the disability, mental health and justice sectors. They provide compassionate, trauma-informed wraparound NDIS Supported Independent Living services to some of our community’s most vulnerable people as they work their way through life’s challenges. Their teams are known for their experience working with people experiencing psychosocial disability, mental health conditions, social isolation, and transitioning through the jus

Meeting the complex needs of NT youth presenting to the Emergency Department. The Adolescent Patient Navigator program (ADNAV-ED) is a new enhanced model of care offered to young people in the Emergency Department (ED) at Royal Darwin Hospital. This is a pilot research project that is supported by the NT Government and Menzies School of Health Research. The project is a co-designed model of care (co-designed by young people) and is funded by a National Health and Medical Res

Media release prepared by Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA). The decisions in this budget about housing, employment, bulk billing, hospital funding and community infrastructure are mental health decisions, whether they are framed that way or not. A government that understands this is one we can work with. “Good economic policy is good mental health policy,” said Kerry Hawkins CEO of Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA). “When people have safe housing, economic

Saltbush Low intensity Mental Health Services (LIMHS) provides free counselling and psychosocial education to people in Darwin, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs. This support is available to people aged 15 and over with telehealth options also available to remote communities. LIMHS can support people who may be experiencing mild to moderate mental health concerns, which may include: life stressors grief and loss relationship challenges social isolation low mood anxiety other