Summary of Consultancies 1998-2008

National Developing Capacity in Community Mental Health family and Carer Support and Respite 2008-2009, Community Mental Health Australia (Project Consultant ACT, Mental Health Community Coalition of the ACT)

Convenor, Mental Health Consumer, Carer and Community Quarterly Forum 2007-ongoing, ACT (Mental Health Community Coalition of the ACT)

Policy Consultant 2006-ongoing, Review of the ACT Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994, Mental Health Community Coalition ACT

‘A framework for the development of the Community Mental Health Sector in the ACT’ 2007, Report, Mental Health Community Coalition of the ACT

‘Telling it like it is – communication and mental illness’, a course developed and conducted throughout the ACT 2005-2007, Mental Health Community Coalition of the ACT with funding from HealthPACT (Health Promotions Grant) and Adult Community Education ACT

‘Putting the Case – Home in Queanbeyan’ 2006, a community’s response to the needs of homeless people with mental illness, Home in Queanbeyan Inc, Report, www.homeinqueanbeyan.com/businessplan.html

Discussion Paper for the Review of the ACT Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994 2006, ACT Health, Canberra, Publication

‘Homelessness and Mental Illness’, A review of research and literature 2006, with Professor Helen Hermann, St Vincents Mental Health Services Melbourne for Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing and Commonwealth Department of Community Services, Publication

Establishment and management of the Southern Area Health Service Family and Carers Support Program 2002-2005 to present, Southern Area Health Service, NSW Health

Professional advice and assistance to Mallee Root Productions with the production of ‘Pictures tell you nothing’: Mental illness and relationships 2005, a film funded by NSW Health Centre for Mental Health by a grant to SAHS Family and Carers Support Program, Southern Area Health Service, NSW Health

Consultancy Services to the Commonwealth Department of Employment, Science and Training, Facilitation of the National ELICOS Workshop 2004, Canberra, Report

Consultancy Services to the National Consumer and Carer Forum 2004 -2005, Mental Health Council of Australia

Secretariat Services to the ACT Mental Health Consumer and Carer Caucus 2004/2005, the Mental Health Coalition of the ACT

Community Involvement Project 2003, (with Australian Mental Health Consumer Network), Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry

National Evaluation of the SAAP 2003 (with Success Works), Commonwealth Department of Community and Family Services

Development of Measures for Client Satisfaction in the SAAP, (with the Australian Federation of Homelessness Organisations 2001-2002), Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care

Project to Explore Funding Strategies for Indigenous Service Development, Training and Employment 2002, Department of Emergency Services QLD

Provision of National Secretariat Services 2001- 2004, for the Australian Mental Health Consumer Network

Literature Review: Health Equity 2001, (with Centre for Applied Nursing Research,) Centre for Health Equity Evaluation Training Research and Education,

Diabetes Eye Care: A Health Equity Project 2001, NSW Department of Health

National SAAP and Mental Health Linkages Project 2000, (with St Vincent's Mental Health Services Melbourne), Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services and Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care

Queensland Ambulance Service 2001, Service Plan: Enhancing the capacity of Torres Strait Islander Communities to Prevent and Respond to Health Care Emergencies and injuries, Report

Five Year Service Plan for Pre-Hospital Care Responses in Indigenous Communities in the Torres Strait Region 2000, Queensland Ambulance Service, Islander Coordinating Council and QLD Health

Five Year Service Plan for Pre-Hospital Care Responses in Indigenous Communities in Cape York 1999-2000, Queensland Ambulance Service

National Dementia Care Training, Victorian Aged Care Assessment Research: Client Participation in Child and Family Care Decision Making for Professor Jan Mason, Child Policy and Research Centre, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur Campus. 1999-Ongoing provision of research services

Research Consultant, Mental Health Care Needs of Homeless Young People, National Youth Housing Coalition 1999, Commonwealth Funded Project, Report

Consultancy: Commonwealth Ministerial Advisory Council, Commonwealth Department of Community Services 1998, Consultancy: Preventing Homelessness Among People with Mental Disturbance, Workshop design and facilitation, Report and Ministerial Briefing Paper

Consultancy: Information Sharing in Mental Health Crisis Situations, Commonwealth Mental Health Branch 1999, Advice, research and report writing for the National Expert Advisory Committee on Information Sharing in Mental Health Crises, Report

Consultancy: Future Directions for the Non-Government Mental Health Sector, Australian Psychiatric Disability Sector 1998, Workshop design & facilitation, Report

National Intersectoral Linkages Project, with David Plant (lead) 1998, A research grant to the Australian Psychiatric Disability Coalition under the National Mental Health Strategy, Report

With Vivienne Tippett (lead), David Plant & Pat Jones 1998, Consultancy: Evaluation of the National Action Plan for Dementia Care, Office for the Aged, Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care, Report

Consultancy: Feasibility Study into the Establishment of Psycho-Social Rehabilitation and Support Programs in the Australian Capital Territory 1998, ACT Department of Health and Community Care (with assistance from David Plant), Report

Consultancy: Consultation on the Establishment of the National Prescribing Service 1997-1998, Pharmaceutical Benefits Branch, Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services, Interim Report & Final Report

Consultancy: Evaluation of the Adolescent Pregnancy and Early Parenthood Program of the Nepean Division of General Practice 1998, Interim and Final Reports