Please bring along a short de-identified Case Study (along with about 5 photocopies) to discuss in order to gain optimum CPD points Meeting

Agenda

• Welcome and meeting purpose

• Participant introduction and dinner

• Small group case study presentations

• Next meeting date and topic

Objectives of a MHPN peer consultation group network

• Facilitate consultation of interdisciplinary peers, often with differing levels of qualifications, experience and therapeutic orientation, to work collaboratively in a non-hierarchical fashion.

• Encourage discussion of professional practice issues in order to promote best practice.

• Provide opportunities for individual practitioners to present professional cases, to assist in meeting registration requirements for peer supervision.

• Acquire mental health competence and confidence through sharing, reflecting and supporting the clinical experiences and issues faced by members of the network.

• Describe current and potential local referral pathways.

Benefits to participation in an interdisciplinary mental health network

• Improved understanding of the roles and treatment frameworks of other mental health professionals in the local mental health landscape.

• Improved understanding of a collaborative approach to mental health treatment.

• Strengthened professional relationships between local mental health practitioners and mental health services.

• Opportunity to receive and seek collegial support around experiences and issues in delivering mental health treatment and support.

Values held by a peer consultation group network

• The importance of practitioner self care.

• Commitment to professional and ethical best practice.

• Appreciation of the relevance of a collaborative interdisciplinary approach to mental health treatment and professional development.

Benefits of belonging to the network

Contribute, influence and improve your local mental health landscape by joining your interdisciplinary network and benefit through:

• a collaborative care approach to mental health treatment
• local collegial support
• the strengthening of professional relationships between local practitioners and services
• new opportunities for ongoing professional development.
  

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