The Greater South Joint Mental Health Collaborative Strategic Plan 2014-2015

and associated Working Parties with Lead and Co-Lead Agencies Identified

Strategic Priority Area / Actions Required / By Whom / By When
  1. Develop and implement an amalgamated mental health Strategic Plan for the JMHC
/ Collate workgroups responses from 12th June Workshop to form basis of JMHC Strategic MH Plan. / Project Lead Connecting the Sector – A Shared Way Forward Project. / 30 June 2014
Once JMHC Strategic MH Plan collated, formatted and approved by Leadership Group then placement on Website and distribution to agencies as identified in the Communication Plan – Attachment 2 of the Greater South JMHC Charter. / Leadership Group to nominate / August 2014
Implementation and monitoring of JMHC Strategic MH Plan / Chair and Co-Chair Leadership Group / Quarterly (Sept, December, March, June)
  1. Determine the changing role of the Joint MH Collaborative and its capacity to influence the working relationship with Metro South Hospital and Health Services
/ Establish and conduct a meeting with the Executive of the MSHHS MH Division
Establish the Clinical Sector Working Party with MSHHS MH as Lead Agency and Open Minds, After Care and RFQ as Co-Leads / Chair and Co-Chair
Secretariat / August 2014
As determined
  1. Further partnerships/ relationships with Queensland Alliance for Mental Health (QAMH), Queensland Voice and the Greater Metro South Brisbane Medicare Local
/ Establish meetings with these three entities CEO’s following Charter signature and Strategic Plan finalised.
Propose six monthly meetings to update on the progress of the Strategic Plan and to maintain key relationships / Chair and Co-Chair / August 2014
  1. Engage consumers, carers and families to determine what they need from/through the Collaborative
/ Explore training opportunities to build up consumers, carers and families capacity to participate at all levels in the JMHC structure / Consumer Participation Working Party and
Carer and Family Engagement Working Party / Report back at each JMHC meeting
Explore opportunities for consumers and/or carer networks, ie resources, role descriptions and expectations, skills training and knowledge
Investigate funding opportunities to support consumers, carers and families to engage in JMHC meetings and activities
  1. Establish academic input into regional research and evaluation opportunities and set the regional training agenda
/ Scope (at state, national or international levels) and map research landscape as to what research is already being conducted / Research, evaluation and training and development working group to be established / November 2014
Identify what partnerships with academic and training institutions, community agencies and MSHHS currently exist and identify further partners where required
Identify target groups/practices that this strategic area focuses on such as staff, community, service users, specific service delivery
Identify one KPI : wellness indicator to evaluate across Charter signatory agencies in 2014 - 2015
Seek academic input into the development/adoption of a shared evaluation tool for the Charter signatory agencies
Identify who is going to set the agenda for research/evaluation projects - Leadership Group or regional networks
Identify shared training agenda based on national and international trends.
  1. Service mapping across the greater region including access and pathway issues
/ Review what has already been developed either online and in hard copy (library, community centres) to determine whether further service mapping is required. / Website Project Officer / September to December 2014
Where required present options for further service mapping to Leadership Group for determination on further progress / Website Project Officer
Inclusion onto website that is currently subject of funding proposal by GMSBML and Open Minds – to include calendar functions, weekly emails with reminders – comparable to what SICs currently manually do with weekly MH updates / Website Project Officer
To support the outcomes of the Out of Sector Working Party to ensure out of sector services are accessible and support community inclusion of people living with a mental illness / Out of Sector Working Party (Nextt – Lead Agency) / First meeting held June 2104, to meet monthly
  1. Establish an annual day of collaboration for all members of the Joint Mental Health Collaborative to enable celebration of the current year’s work and plan forward priorities and consider funding opportunities to support these priorities
/ Call for nominees to establish and a small group from JMHC Leadership Group to work with the Secretariat to plan, conduct and formally report on collaborative outcomes / Planning Meetings with Secretariat / Inaugral Day February 2015
  1. Seek funding for regional projects/service improvements that improve community connections and the mental health and wellbeing of people with a serious mental illness living in the Bayside, Logan and Southside regions
/ Seek Innovation funding for JMHC Secretariat position and sustainability strategies for JMHC (Continue to use the Secretariat support from the MSHHS MH until the outcomes of this PIR funding is known or alternate resourcing for a Secretariat role can be confirmed)
Seek funding for Phase 2 of Carer and Family Engagement Project / Project Lead and Open Minds
Kyabra / August 2014
August 2014

Working Parties to Support Strategic Plan and broader work of JMHC

Working Party and Strategic Priority Area Link / Lead Agency / Co Lead Agencies / Reports To / Duration of WP
Clinical Sector Working Party
Strategic Priority Area 2 / MSHHS MH / Aftercare
Open Minds
RFQ / JMHC Leadership Group / To be determined
Carer and Family Engagement Working Party
Strategic Priority Area 4 / Kyabra / The Benevolent Society / JMHC Leadership Group / Operational
Consumer Participation Working Party
(incorporates Peer Workers)
Strategic Priority Area 4 / The Brook RED Centre / Canefields Clubhouse
Bayside Initiative Group / JMHC Leadership Group / To be determined
Research, Evaluation and Training and Development Working Party
Strategic Priority Area 5 / Centacare–Anam Cara / YFS
Healthy Options / JMHC Leadership Group / To be determined
In Sector Service Mapping Working Party
Strategic Priority Area 6 / Open Minds
(Website Project Officer) / The Benevolent Society / JMHC Leadership Group / September to December 2014
Out of Sector Working Party
Strategic Priority Area 6 / Nextt / The Benevolent Society / JMHC Leadership Group / Operational
Region specific Mental Health Week Working Parties / Mental Health Networks / Community members and agencies / Regional MH Network to
JMHC Leadership Group / April to October annually

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