Strategies (how to)

Consumers and Carers Speak Out

• Video and checklists for participation developed by consumers and carers
  

Stories

• Stories of Consumer and Carer Participation (Where the outcome is improved mental health for children of parents with a mental illness)

Articles

• Building a ‘user driven’ mental health system (Lei Ning, Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council)

• Commentary on consumer and carer participation in a national mental health promotion initiative (COPMI national initiative)

• The inevitable loneliness of personal advocacy (Michael J. Kendrick PhD, Kendrick Consulting International)

Guidelines

• Consulting with Children and Young People (Family Friendly Initiative)

• Our Consumer Place Starter Kit

• National Youth Participation in Mental Health Scoping Project Report (AICAFMHA)
  
  
• Factsheet 1: Benefits of Youth Participation
• Factsheet 2: Challenges of Youth Participation
• Factsheet 3: A-Z of encouraging youth participation
• Factsheet 4: Guiding Charter
• Factsheet 5: Supports required for Youth Participation
• Factsheet 6: Models & Methods - how to involve young people
  
  
• Resources Specifically on Young Children’s Participation (NSW Commission for Children and Young People)
  
  
• The Kit: a guide to the advocacy we choose to do (Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services)

 

• Tips for working with the media (SANE)

Policy and Standards

 

• Consumer and Carer Participation Policy: a framework for the mental health sector (MHCA, National Consumer and Carer Forum)

 

• National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce, Standard 2: Consumer and Carer Participation (Department of Health and Ageing)

• National Standards for Mental Health Services, Standard 3: Consumer and Carer Participation (Australian Government)