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Expression of Interest for Committee members

ARE YOU PASSIONATE ABOUT THE NEEDS OF MENTAL HEALTH CARERS?

We are seeking nominations for the Loddon Mallee Mental Health Carers Network (LMMHCN) Committee of Management!!

The Loddon Mallee Mental Health Carers Network (LMMHCN) was founded in 2010 to support carers within the Loddon Mallee Region to establish their own regional voice.

Network Aim: To provide a strong, independent and collective mental health carer voice for the Loddon Mallee Region.

Objectives:

  • To listen to carers of people with a mental illness to identify systematic areas of concern
  • To influence and inform mental health service provision at a local level; and
  • To advocate and represent to regional, state and federal government and peak carer bodies on behalf of carers in the Loddon Mallee Region.

The Committee of Management meet 4-5 times a year at locations throughout the Loddon Mallee.  Two meetings a year will occur via video conferencing technology.

Carer participation in mental health services is vital in providing successful programs and services to improve the wellbeing of carers and maintain and improve the mental health of people with a mental illness. It is crucial that the LMMHCN Committee of Management (CoM) has a good balance of mental health carer representation to ensure that lived experience always informs the committee's thinking. In addition it is desirable that committee members reside in the Loddon Mallee region and that external expertise compliment the CoM so that there is a balanced repertoire of skills to lead the work of the LMMHCN.

The following skill sets would assist in creating a good balance for the Committee of Management:

  • Carer Skills
  • PR/Marketing Skills
  • Financial Skills
  • IT/Computer Skills
  • Mental Health Skills (formally trained)
  • Medical Skills (formally trained); 
  • Other skills as identified.
  • Indigenous representatives
  • Young carers

For further information and expression of interest in being a member of LMMHCN Committee of Management please contact:

 Andrea Smith (Chair) 0428 935 275 E. mailto: or Mark Boyce (Secretary) E. mailto: or contact us via this website.