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Chief Psychiatrist’s Mental Health Community of Practice

The Office of the Chief Psychiatrist is hosting online forums to support best practice and problem-solving between mental health services.

The purpose of the sessions is to share learning, ideas and practice-based evidence in adapting to changing demands.  Responding through collaboration and sharing-up-to date state, national and local guidelines and strategies will support sustaining high quality mental health care.

The sessions are open to all mental health service staff and provide an opportunity to collaborate, learn and support each other.

The next sessions will be announced in early April 2024.

Please email communityofpractice@ocp.wa.gov.au if you would like to be put on the distribution list to be notified of future Community of Practice sessions.


Format:

  • Session are short, informal 30-45 minute online sharing and discussion sessions.
  • Summaries and resources will be made available on this page.
  • Operational or governance issues will be escalated via health service and/or system-wide governance processes by the Chief Psychiatrist.  See the Terms of Reference.

Discussion topics will be decided by participants as sessions progress depending on emerging needs and questions.   Problem-solving with other services is encouraged and if your service would like to contribute – please contact communityofpractice@ocp.wa.gov.au.


Previous sessions:

Confidentiality and Information Sharing – Part 2: Guardianship, Responsible Persons, Cultural and Clinical Scenarios (6/3/24)

Confidentiality and Information Sharing – Part 1: legal and clinical perspective (28/2/24)

Waalbirnininy Wirran Healing Spirits: Co-designing a culturally secure Child Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) (09/11/23)


Addiction Prevention and Treatment Service – Presentation by Fiona Stanley Hospital Addiction Prevention and Treatment Service Team (03/08/23)


Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC): Recent sexual assault disclosures within mental health facilities – Call SARC early (20/07/23)


Duty of Care and Restraint in Mental Health and Emergency – legal and clinical perspectives from OCP and Royal Perth Hospital Emergency Department (30/03/23)

Note: the information from this session has been updated for North Metropolitan Health Service’s Grand Round series, delivered on 20 June 2023:


Developing an Aboriginal culturally secure service: how Aboriginal referrals went up 40% – Presentation by Geraldton CAMHS (03/02/23)


Eating disorders sessions with Shannon Calvert, Lived Experience Educator & Advisor and WA Eating Disorders Outreach and Consultation Service (WAEDOCS)

Part 1: Eating disorders and decision making: legal, clinical and lived-experience perspectives – Presentation by Shannon Calvert, Lived Experience Advisor & Educator, OCP General Counsel and WAEDOCS (12/10/22)

Part 2: Understanding risk in co-occurring needs and complexity – Presentation by Shannon Calvert, Lived Experience Advisor & Educator and Fintan O’Looney, WAEDOCS (26/10/22)

Part 3:  Q&A Session with Shannon Calvert, Lived Experience Advisor & Educator, and Dr Lisa Miller and Fintan O’Looney (WAEDOCS) (16/11/22)


Working with imminent risk in a non-authorised setting – the legal context with OCP General Counsel (03/08/22 and 10/08/22)


Meeting the needs of ethnoculturally and linguistically diverse (ELD) communities – Talking with the Multicultural Sub-Network (13/07/22)


Wungen Kartup – Overview, Accessing us and our Cultural Approach (30/05/22)


Mental Health Act 2014 Q&A (26/05/22)


Coping with Staff Shortages in CMHS (21/04/22)


Inpatient Care in COVID-19 (23/03/22)


Please email queries or suggestions to communityofpractice@ocp.wa.gov.au.  Sign up for further updates on the home page of the website.

 

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