NSW Aboriginal Mental Health and Wellbeing Workforce Forum - Program DAY 1 – 22 June 2016 Time Presentation Room 8:00am Registrations 9:00am Welcome and forum opening - Lillian Gordon MC - Director, Aboriginal Learning Circle Hunter Shiraz Lawn 9:05am Welcome to Country - TBC Shiraz Lawn 9:15am Cultural performance and smoking ceremony - Wakagetti Shiraz Lawn 9:40am Opening address - Leanne Johnson, General Manager, Mental Health Services HNELHD Semillon Ballroom 9:50am Keynote address: What is happening at the national level on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health,

Suicide Prevention and Social and Emotional Well Being– Professor Tom Calma Semillon Ballroom

10:40am Morning Tea Concurrent Sessions 1 (20 minutes, 10 minutes Q&A, 5 minutes change over) THEME WORKFORCE

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HOLISTIC HEALTH Semillon 3

EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION Semillon 1 & 2

WORKSHOP SESSION Chardonnay Room

CHAIR Chryne Griffiths Joe Miller Nathan Sadler Felicity Paulson

 

 

NOTE TAKER

Simone Owen Christine Flynn Alana Rossmann Jasmine Day

11:10am 1. The Aboriginal Grief and Loss Training Project: Translating lived experience into future practice – Donna Stanley & Thomas Brideson

2. A New Model of Holistic Healthcare for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples in Northern Sydney – Paul Weir & Leanne Frizzel

3. Aboriginal mum and bub mental health – Beth Mah

4. A Kinship Group with DEADLY Outcomes for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Kids! – Charlie Faulkner, Joh Bartley, Todd Heard, Jude Payling, Natalie Kentish & Mary Watson 11:45am 5. Developing implementation

guidelines for Aboriginal mental health and wellbeing workforce programs: celebrating success – Len Kanowski

6. Waminda Healing House - Healing Journeys – Maiki Blakeney & Debra Bowman

7. Young and Well in Rural Towns: Two Stories of Partnerships in Action – Bruce Winter

12:20pm 8. The Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Declaration and the Importance of Indigenous Leadership in the Mental Health System – Thomas Brideson

9. What is Infant Mental Health? – Martha Birch

10. Leaving Healthy Footprints - a model for building healthy communities – Stephen Ainsworth & Sonia Cox

12:50 pm LUNCH 1:50 pm Keynote presentation: Local Legend - Raylene Gordon, Chief Executive Officer Awabakal Newcastle Aboriginal Co Operative Ltd 2:40pm Befriending the black dog consumer story - Paul Callaghan 3:10pm AFTERNOON TEA Concurrent Sessions 2 (20 minutes, 10 minutes Q&A, 5 minutes change over) THEME WORKFORCE

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HOLISTIC HEALTH Semillon 3

EARLY INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION Semillon 1 & 2

WORKSHOP SESSION Chardonnay Room

CHAIR Neil Kinchella Anthony Paulson Belinda Lees Karen Winters NOTE TAKER

Lawrence Dadd

Frederick Graham Bruce Cohen Rachel Campbell

 

 

3:40pm 11. Aboriginal Workforce Program - how we make it work for Murrumbidgee – Laura Ross & Alison Thorne

12. Local solutions: Improving Aboriginal mental health through innovation and collaboration - Matthew Trindall

13. Were U Appy? The Successes and Challenges in Providing Culturally-Sensitive Skills-based Supervision to Acquire e-Social and Emotional Wellbeing skills – Darlene Rotumah, Judy Singer & Jenny Bird

14. The AH&MRC of NSW -Sharing our success in building a strong & deadly workforce. Best practice models of Motivational Interviewing & Peer Supervision – Gina  O'Neill,  Lucy  McGarry  &  Jasmine  Day

4:15pm 15. Is good policy critical to successful programs and practice in Aboriginal Mental Health and Wellbeing? – Christine Flynn & Thomas Brideson

16. Biripi Aboriginal Corporation Medical Centre - celebrating 35 years of health care services – Elizabeth McEntyre & Leonie Morcome

17. Yarn Safe - mental health campaign for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young People – Nathan Bramston

4:50pm 18. Good Health - Great Jobs Aboriginal Workforce Strategic Framework 2016 – 2020 and NSW Health ‘Stepping Up’ Aboriginal Recruitment Resource -Charles Davison

19. The evolution of the Aboriginal Linkages Program within the Western Area Local Health District – Emma Nolan & Alex Carr

20. Tackling Traineeships - totally worth it! – Amy Ware & Bronwynn Rose Pascoe

5:20pm Forum Close 6:30pm Yarn up…Feel Deadly Gala Dinner, Sponsored by The Centre of Rural and Remote Mental Health

DAY 2 – 23 June 2016 Time Presentation Concurrent Sessions 3 (20 minutes, 10 minutes Q&A, 5 minutes change over) THEME WORKFORCE

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WORKSHOP SESSION Semillon 1 & 2

WORKSHOP SESSION Chardonnay Room

CHAIR Jason Brown Elizabeth McEntyre Ann Baker Bronwynn Rose Pascoe NOTE TAKER

Lucy McGarry Gina O’Neill Tiana Pitman

 

 

9:00am 21. Enhancing the Skill set of a specialised workforce - Supporting members of the Stolen Generation – Alana Rossmann

22. Family Tribes - an Innovative program for Young Aboriginal Carers – Suwana Combo & Tracey Brown

23. Building Tomorrow’s Aboriginal Mental Health Leaders, Today – Thomas Brideson, Donna Stanley, Laura Ross, Kristen Ella & Steve Stanton

24. How working from a strength and respect base perspective can support Aboriginal families to work towards a brighter future and working towards closing the gap in Aboriginal life expectancy – Chryne Griffiths

9:35am 25. Opportunities for population health interventions with Aboriginal consumers of mental health services which contribute to their holistic health outcomes– Victor Tawil

26. Salt Water Healing & Health – Daniel James & Barry Fernando

10:05am MORNING TEA 10:50am Panel – “Celebrating success - celebrating life” – Thomas Brideson, Donna Stanley and Rachel Green 11:50pm Final closing and reflection – Thomas Brideson & Ann Baker 12:05pm End of day corroboree - Wakagetti 12:35pm TAKE AWAY LUNCH