[FOCUS GROUP - Morning]: Consultation on the Review of the Mental Health Act 2009 in South Australia

Name: [FOCUS GROUP - Morning]: Consultation on the Review of the Mental Health Act 2009 in South Australia
Start: 2023-12-12T10:00:00+1030
End: 2023-12-12T12:30:00+1030
Location: Aspire Recovery Connection

Tue, 12 Dec 2023, 10am - 12:30pm ACDT

Aspire Recovery Connection

mile end, australia

LELAN

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Due to demand, there is currently a waitlist for the morning session. An afternoon focus group is also being held 1-4.30pm on December 12th. Please register here to attend the afternoon session.

About the Review of the Mental Health Act in South Australia:

In 2022 the SA Law Reform Institute (SALRI) consulted widely to review the Mental Health Act in South Australia. They released a large report in 2023 (available here) that the Office of the Chief Psychiatrist (OCP) has some extra questions about.

This is the last stage of review before a draft Bill to change the Mental Health Act 2009 will be recommended to and voted on by Parliament in 2024.

LELAN is asking people with lived experience to contribute to our final submission and make sure that people who are most impacted by the threat and use of the Mental Health Act are heard and able to influence the recommendations.

How you can get involved:

Register for and attend this focus group on Tuesday December 12th and/or book in for a one-to-one zoom or phone conversation with a LELAN team member here.

You can also complete our online survey here.

Additional background information:

Additional information about the review and the specific questions the OCP have, as well as a background discussion paper, can be accessed via the YourSAy website here.

LELAN will use these as a guide for the conversations we will have with people with lived experience.

A media release by the government has also been circulated, available here, that includes the below quote from Mental Health Commissioner Taimi Allan:

This law reform may be the most important legislation for human rights in a generation and the decisions cannot be left to bureaucrats and clinicians, but must be led by the community.

Contact person at LELAN for this work:

The person leading the focus group and one-to-one conversations for LELAN will be Anna Leditschke (she/her), Projects & People Lead. You can read more about the LELAN team at www.lelan.org.au/our-people.

If you have further questions please contact us via info@lelan.org.au or 0431 953 526.

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LELAN is the independent peak body in South Australia by, for and with people with lived experience of mental distress, social issues or injustice. Our purpose is to amplify the voice, influence and leadership of people with lived experience to drive systemic change. LELAN has led philanthropic, state and federally funded projects as well as completed commissioned and fee-for-service pieces of work.

By centering the experiences, collective insights and solution ideas of people with lived experience in all of our work, as well as being immersed in the lived experience community from grassroots to strategic levels, LELAN demonstrates the principles, practices and change dynamics that the social sector is calling for and desperately needs. Because of our strong and trusted relationships with people in the lived experience community we are able to have deeper conversations about things that matter, drawing our collective experiences and action together in purposeful ways.

LELAN has extensive experience and a proven methodology for leading lived experience-led and/or co-creation initiatives, frequently with a focus on sensitive issues and including groups that bring divergent perspectives to the conversation.

The organisation has three areas of focus:

Developing the capability and influence of people with lived experience.
Nurturing organisational and sector capacity for partnering with people with lived experience.
Impacting system improvement agendas to benefit people with lived experience.

Key published pieces of work by LELAN, including those completed in partnership, can be accessed via our shared resources page. This includes the pivotal Model of Lived Experience Leadership and Roadmap for Strengthening Lived Experience Leadership for Transformative Systems Change in South Australia, as well as the Lived Experience Governance Framework and
Lived Experience Governance Toolkit launched in mid-2023.

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