Workforce Development
MHCC works to improve services by promoting and developing the skills and capacity of the non government mental health workforce.Much of the work of the workforce development strategy is about making working within the mental health NGO sector more rewarding. A key aim is to raise the sector’s profile, addressing issues concerning career pathways, skills recognition and development and industry standards.
To assist NGOs to attract and retain staff and help individuals in their career development we are:
- Producing materials to promote work in the sector to the general public
- Producing a Staff Development Guide for organisations
- Providing connections to new mental health sector jobs
- Promoting professional development, standards and qualifications through encouraging and promoting relevant sector wide training opportunities and participating in and facilitating sector Training Package Reviews
- Developing our own courses through our Learning & Development Unit, including the Certificate IV in Mental Health Work
- Promoting quality and outcomes with resources and specific training to develop staff in outcome monitoring skills
- Identifying opportunities for qualification pathways in VET and Higher Education
Our work in workforce development is informed by The Workforce Development Reference Group which provides MHCC with advice and knowledge of the NGO mental health workforce sector’s training and workforce development needs. Click here for more information on the Workforce Development Reference Group, including how you can be involved and records of meetings.
Our overall strategy in workforce development aims to ensure that:
- service delivery is characterised by quality, innovation, and evidence based practice;
- service delivery involves a continuous process of enhancing the workforce to ensure it is capable of delivering organisational objectives into the future; and
- necessary steps are taken to improve the skills and capacity of the mental health workforce
- This includes addressing career development, workforce expansion, organisational governance and management.