Invitation: Multicultural Mental Health Workforce Group Discussions

We invite Queenslanders from multicultural backgrounds working in community mental health and wellbeing to join our upcoming discussions. This includes multicultural mental health workers, community leaders, community members, carers, and lived experience workers. Your insights will help shape strategies to build a culturally responsive workforce that supports the mental health and wellbeing needs of multicultural communities.

Along with group discussions, one-on-one interviews are also available for participants who prefer a more in-depth, individual conversation.

Face-to-Face Group Discussion

Date: Thursday, 23 October 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: World Wellness Group, 182 Logan road, Woolloongabba, QLD, 4102
Catering: A light lunch will be provided

Online Group Discussions

Group A

Date: Thursday, 16 October 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Microsoft Teams (access link provided one day prior)

Group B

Date: Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Location: Microsoft Teams (access link provided one day prior)

Agenda

Discussions will focus on:

Cultural Responsiveness – Addressing the unique needs of the multicultural workforce and communities.
Challenges and Opportunities – Exploring better support for the multicultural community mental health workforce.
Essential Skills – Defining core capabilities for supporting multicultural communities.

Who Should Attend

Team leaders and frontline workers, including peer workers, from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds or those supporting CALD communities’ mental health and wellbeing.
Service Managers in community mental health organisations serving multicultural communities.
HR, People & Culture Managers and Officers supporting diverse workforces.
Multicultural community leaders and members passionate about mental health and wellbeing.
Carers and individuals with lived experience of accessing mental health services in multicultural contexts.
Stakeholders committed to building a culturally responsive mental health workforce.

Additional Information

A light lunch will be provided for face-to-face participants.
Don’t miss this opportunity to share your expertise and contribute to building a thriving, culturally responsive workforce!
If your time is not supported by your employer or organisation, we will compensate you in line with Health Consumers Queensland’s guidelines.

To register or for questions, contact:

QAMH Workforce Team: workforce@qamh.org.au
Multicultural Workforce Project Officer, Jun Song: jsong@qamh.org.au

In partnership with World Wellness Group (WWG), some group discussions will be co-facilitated by QAMH and WWG.