Committee

Headspace Midland Consortium Group

Description

The Consortium is a collaborative advisory group made up of local service providers and organisations that work with a Lead Agency to provide partnership opportunities, strategic direction, and resources to enhance the headspace service’s capacity to meet local community needs. Headspace services also form partnerships in their community beyond the Consortium to further enhance the wellbeing of young people in their communities.

The purpose of the Consortium is to ensure an integrated, holistic approach to local service delivery. The Consortium plays an important role in ensuring the specific needs of their community are met. For this reason, it is important to consider the participation of young people and family and friends in the Consortium.

The Consortium is important to the development and establishment of a headspace service as it provides opportunities to develop a collaborative network of services in the local community. The engagement of local community organisation leaders across service types ensures the breadth of expertise, knowledge and perspectives that will support a headspace service. By fostering collaboration among stakeholders, the headspace service and its Lead Agency can use available skills and resources effectively and efficiently.

Lived experience required:

Headspace Midland is looking for a parent or carer with a lived experience of providing care to a young person with mental health challenges to participate in the Consortium. Headspace Midland understands the importance of young people and carers being actively involved in all areas of their organisation. They want to learn from people with lived experience, to help shape areas of focus and improvement.

The role will require the successful applicant to:

• Read meeting agendas and accompanying documents (they will be sent via email).
• Clarify any queries and contribute to the agenda development.
• Attend the Consortium meetings, ask meaningful questions, and take part in discussion and decision making.
• Optional: Opportunities to be part of smaller projects that come from the work of the Consortium.

 

 

Applications from carers with an interest in improving the quality and safety of services are welcome. Headspace values diversity of experience, knowledge, and background. The successful applicants will:

• have lived experience as a carer of someone experiencing mental distress and recovery,
• have an interest in improving the quality and safety of mental health services,
• have good communication skills and can confidently express themselves,
• have experience working as part of a team in meetings or working groups,
• have experience sharing ideas and offering feedback within a team setting, and
• have access to a computer and the internet and can use common computer applications such as email, word processing and electronic calendars.

Desirable: Experience speaking as a representative or advocate as part of a committee. This is not compulsory.

 

 

Location of Meetings

64 Morrison Rd Midland OR MS Teams option

Frequency

Thursday, bi-monthly for a 2-year term

Time and Duration of Meetings

1 hour 9.30am - 10.10am

Category

Community Based Organisations