The framework has been developed following the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System and the many contributions received through the course of its inquiry undertaken between 2019–2021.
This includes thousands of submissions and witness statements, a wide range of sector and community consultations and a frontline mental health and wellbeing workforce survey.
The Victorian Department of Health then undertook a series of targeted consultations with frontline professionals from diverse backgrounds, roles and settings, as well as lived experience representatives, subject-matter experts, service leaders and professional bodies to test and refine the framework.
The Department’s Workforce Technical Advisory Group and Lived Experience Advisory Group supported this engagement. The framework is the result of all these efforts, and the many valuable contributions from individuals and organisations.
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