Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Workforce
The Mental Health Industry Connector pilot project aims to create a strong pipeline of well-prepared workers into our sector by assisting students of the TAFE Certificate IV in Mental Health (CHC43315) to successfully complete the course and graduate with an understanding of the Community and Mental Health and Wellbeing sector. QAMH Is funded to deliver this project by Jobs Queensland under the Queensland Care Consortium.
PATHS – Psychosocial Approaches to Thriving Health Systems
QAMH was engaged by Community Mental Health Australia (CMHA) to deliver the Psychosocial Approaches to Thriving Health Systems (PATHS) Project from September 2024 to May 2025. Building on insights from the Assisting Communities through Direct Connection (ACDC) Project which highlighted the diverse needs and inequities in accessing mental health support, particularly among groups facing systemic barriers, PATHS was designed to respond to the growing gap in psychosocial supports for people who are not eligible for the NDIS.
Peer Work Scholarship Program
The Peer Work Scholarship Program, funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care and commissioned by the Queensland Mental Health Commission, was administered by QAMH from March 2023 to January 2025.
Mental Health Industry Connector Project
The Mental Health Industry Connector pilot project aims to create a strong pipeline of well-prepared workers into our sector by assisting students of the TAFE Certificate IV in Mental Health (CHC43315) to successfully complete the course and graduate with an understanding of the Community and Mental Health and Wellbeing sector. QAMH Is funded to deliver this project by Jobs Queensland under the Queensland Care Consortium.
Psychosocial Disability Workforce Micro-Credential
The Community Mental Health Workforce Project identified a range of priority skill gaps and training needs that would assist and prepare the workforce to operate in the sector. QAMH collaborated with Workability Queensland and TAFE Queensland to develop a specific training package – this is now…
Peer Workforce Student Mentoring Program
The Peer Workforce Student Mentoring Program is a collaboration between Queensland Alliance for Mental Health (QAMH), Queensland Lived Experience Workforce Network (QLEWN), TAFE Queensland (TAFE QLD) and WorkAbility Queensland, through Community Services Industry Alliance (CSIA). The project is funded by Department Employment Small Business and Training (DESBT) under the (National Disability Insurance Scheme) NDIS training and Skills Support Strategy (NTSSS), an initiative delivered on behalf of WorkAbility Qld.
QMHC Systematic Analysis
The Queensland Mental Health Commission, working in partnership with QAMH is funding an analysis of the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Sectors to understand how we can grow and strengthen the sector. A Project Reference Network including…
Wellbeing First Campaign Update
Throughout the year QAMH has been meeting with our member organisations, mental health colleagues and other stakeholders including both state and federal ministers to explore the concepts presented in our Wellbeing First report. Recently we laun…
Mental Health and Housing Position Statement
According to the Productivity Commission’s Mental Health Report, “suitable housing — that is secure, affordable, of reasonable quality and of enduring tenure — is a particularly important factor in preventing mental..
A Service Model to Improve the Physical Health and Wellbeing of Consumers
Closing the life expectancy gap between people living with mental illness and the general population is of vital importance. In this project, QAMH worked with the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute to co-design a service model to impr…