December eNews

In this issue

  • From our Chair
  • From our Chief Executive Officer
  • In the Spotlight: Dean Johnson
  • Consumer opportunities
  • Speaker Bureaus

And more….

Barrett Implementation Project December Updates

Barrett Implementation Project December Updates

December 2016

EOI Alert – seeking representatives for Recommendation 2 Implementation oversight group. Please click link for details. www.hcq.org.au/consumer-representative-barrett-centre-recommendation-2-implementation-oversight-group/

balloon-912805_1280Do you have a story to tell about your experience with youth mental health services? Our Consumer Reference Group has developed resources to help you share your experiences and to tell your story.

If you’re a young person with lived experience of mental health services, click here to go to the consumer snapshot questions.

If you’re a family member or carer of a young person with a mental health issue, click here to go to the family/carer snapshot questions.

We’ve also prepared a storytelling template that helps you to tell your story. You can access it here.

The Draft Model of Service workshops and the Infrastructure Co-Design workshops are now complete. Over 10 consumers and carers participated in each series of workshops, providing input and views. The preliminary Model of Service should be available on the Queensland Health website shortly, for further consultation. This will also be complemented by face to face consultation in the first part of 2017. Look out for dates and locations to be announced here.

In other good news, the survey has attracted over 120 responses so far. We’ll be sharing interim results from the survey soon. Don’t forget you can share the link with others – please encourage anyone who’s had contact with the youth mental health system to hop on and complete the questions – it takes less than 10 minutes.

We have now held a total of 3 Consumer Reference Group meetings. These meetings are held monthly in Brisbane and we can also telelink people in via phone if necessary. The next meeting will be held on  If you are interested in connecting with other consumers and carers who have an interest in the implementation of this project, please email Leonie on leonie.sanderson@hcq.org,au