Living Well Facilitator Development Workshop (Nov)
Description
This workshop is designed for Champions, educators, clinicians, and other health and community service professionals who wish to design, adapt, and deliver a Living Well workshop within their own service setting using the principles of the Equally Well Framework.
Please note, if you do register for an event and it is not clear you are part of the intended audience, your registration will be confirmed two weeks prior to the event start date, or earlier.
This training aligns to Capability 9 - Delivering holistic and collaborative assessment and care planning.
Become a Living Well Facilitator
People living with mental illness experience poorer physical health outcomes and a significantly reduced life expectancy compared with the general population. The Equally Well Framework calls on mental health services to address this disparity by integrating physical health assessment, monitoring and intervention into routine mental health care.
The Living Well Facilitator Development Workshop (1 day) is designed to equip local champions, educators and clinicians with the skills, knowledge and resources to deliver a Living Well education program within their own services. Participants will explore practical strategies for translating Equally Well principles into everyday practice, supporting both individual clinicians and broader service improvement initiatives.
Join us to build confidence in facilitating the Living Well program and help drive meaningful change in the physical health outcomes of people receiving mental health care.
Who provides the training?
Interprofessional Allied Health Mental Health Education Team, Practice Capability, Eastern Health Institute
Champions of Living Well initiatives including lived and living experiences, Mental Health & Wellbeing program, Eastern Health.
Facilitators
Cathy Senserrick
Cathy is a physiotherapist with 35 years of experience in various public and private health services in Victoria. She is passionate about treating both mental and physical health together to facilitate recovery. She provides education to staff in her educator role, as well as clinically supporting physiotherapists working in EH mental health services. Cathy also has an interest in driving and supporting quality improvement and research in this space and has been involved in many initiatives. She has presented at conferences and published and co-published in peer reviewed journals.
Amanda Anderson
Amanda is a senior educator with 25 years of experience in clinical practice, research, academia, and health professional education. She currently leads dietetic workforce development initiatives within Allied Health Mental Health and Wellbeing at Eastern Health, including the implementation of mental health dietetic services, competency frameworks, capability development, and supervision programs. Amanda also shapes education design, delivery, and evaluation for the Allied Health Mental Health Education team, with a focus on quality improvement, learner engagement, and workforce capability. She is passionate about advancing dietetic practice and strengthening the mental health workforce through innovative and evidence-informed education.
Cathy Ngo
Cathy is a senior pharmacy educator with 20+ years professional experience in Australian and UK mental health services. She actively supports the learning and professional development needs of mental health clinicians around medication management and quality use of medicines, whilst prioritising consumer experience and applying a recovery focused lens. Cathy has lead many interdisciplinary collaborations in research, clinical education and service improvement, focused on improving patient outcomes and experiences through system level change. She holds an MPH (Research Methods) and has co-published several peer reviewed articles including a focus on physical health priorities for mental health service users.
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