News and Events
Tuesdays with Nexus 2024
13 December 2023
Tuesdays with Nexus will return on 20 February 2024 at 9.15am. Join us for our monthly interactive online community of practice to share and learn. Visit the Tuesdays with Nexus webpage to register and view past session resources. Topic and speaker details are distributed to registered participants and via St Vincent's MH Broadcast each month.
Lived & Living Experience workforce cross sector network launched
13 September 2023
In September 2023, a ground breaking Cross Sectoral Collaborative Network emerged for the Lived and Living Experience Workforce in the Cities of Yarra and Boroondara. This network is the fruit of a co-design, co-production process driven by NEXUS Dual Diagnosis Services, symbolising a commitment to amplifying the voices and experiences of the Lived and Living Experience Workforce. For further information and the benefits of becoming a member read more here
Tuesdays with Nexus 2023
14 December 2022
Tuesdays with Nexus will return on 7 February 2023 at 9.30am. Join us for our fortnightly interactive online community of practice to share and learn. Visit the Tuesdays with Nexus webpage to register and view past session resources. Topic and speaker details are distributed to registered participants and via St Vincent's MH Broadcast each month.
Nexus 2022 Training Calendar
14 December 2022
View the Nexus Training Calendar for 2022.
Tuesdays with Nexus 2022
07 January 2022
Tuesdays with Nexus will return on 8 February 2022 at 9.30am. Join us for our fortnightly interactive online community of practice to share and learn. Visit the Tuesdays with Nexus webpage to register and view past session resources. Topic and speaker details are distributed each fortnight via MH Broadcasts.
Nexus 2021 Training Calendar
10 February 2021
The Nexus 2021 training calendar is now available
Webinar - Relapse Prevention
10 October 2020
Relapse prevention planning is an important element of mental health care and recovery. But how do you do it? This webinar will demonstrate a simple to use relapse prevention planning tool known as the Back in the Saddle (BITS) model. The webinar will be followed by a live Q&A and is open to the public. Upon registration you will receive links to the Relapse Prevention cards and link to the journal article. This webinar is a collaboration with Monash University, Nexus Dual Diagnosis Consultation service and NEMHSCA.
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YMHA Information Sharing & Confidentiality resource
17 June 2020
Nexus team members were part of the Yarra Mental Health Alliance (YMHA) collaboration that produced the Information Sharing & Confidentiality resource. Merissa van Setten & Kevan Myers were active in the working party which included writing the document and Lynne Ruggiero is one of the recorded speakers available in the youtube link.
Dual Diagnosis Ireland
5 March 2020
Carol Moore, from Dual Diagnosis Ireland, joined Nexus and Emma Cadogan, DHHS, to share Dual Diagnosis experiences. Carol shared a publication they were involved in producing in 2019 with Dublin City University. The document outlines the current state of play around Dual Diagnosis in the Irish context. Photo.
Switch Research Group
8 January 2020
Nexus is a partner of the SWITCH Research Group of Monash University, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. An example of the collaborative work in which Nexus engages.
Switch Research Group
Lived Experience Strategies
8 January 2020
The Lived Experience Workforce Stewardship Group released three workforce strategies in June 2019. The stewardship of the strategies is held collectively by the Centre for Mental Health Learning (CMHL); The Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC); Tandem; the Carer Lived Experience Workforce Network (CLEW); the Self Help Addiction Resource Centre (SHARC); The Bouverie Centre; the Centre for Psychiatric Nursing (Melbourne University); Mental Health Victoria; Victorian Dual Diagnosis Initiative (VDDI) and the Department of Health and Human Services Victoria.
Strategy for the Alcohol and Other Drug Peer Workforce in Victoria
Strategy for the Consumer Mental Health Workforce in Victoria
Strategy for the Family Carer Mental Health Workforce in Victoria