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Mental Health Drug & Alcohol

15 April 2019

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World Delirium Day Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Mental Health Service—Page 6

Specialist Rehabilitation Service’s Let Talk About Voices Project awarded Innovation Program Grant—Page 2

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The services of Mental Health Drug and Alcohol are certainly a hive of activity. Reviewing this newsletter continually provides a point of reflection and amazement at the breadth and quality of work that our services undertake, and with that, we have much to be proud of. It is with great pleasure that I announce the establishment of a casual pool of eight Carer Peer Worker

positions in NSLHD MHDA. Developed by Angela Hunter, MHDA Family and Carer Program Manager, the Carer Peer Worker roles provide MHDA services with the opportunity to more widely partner with carers in service development. This workforce initiative is the first of its kind in mental health services in NSW. Well done to Angela in pioneering this invaluable contribution to mental health service delivery and development. Congratulations to Valencia Taljaard, Kirralee Hall, Dr. Stephanie Bradstock and the Specialist Rehabilitation Service on their winning pitch to the NSLHD Innovations Program. Their innovation to develop a skills based digital learning package for consumers and clinicians on the Hearing Voices Recovery Support Group, aims to bring the benefits of the Hearing Voices Group to consumers and clinicians who are not able to access it. We commend the team for their ‘thinking outside of the square’ and continued commitment to bringing innovative practice to consumers. Consumers and staff of Macquarie Hospital were treated to a powerful and poignant talk by Joel Thompson from the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles on his journey with mental health challenges. Joel captivated the audience with his storytelling and insights. Thank you to Bridie Campbell who organised this worthwhile opportunity. Joel donated a Manly Warringah Sea Eagles jersey to the Macquarie Hospital Fundraising Committee. Joel, we thank you for your generosity and courage in sharing and shedding light on your journey. I would like to invite all our community members, particularly consumers and carers, to the Mental Health Commission of NSW’s Living Well Strategic Plan Mid-Term Review consultation on Wednesday 8th May 2019. This is an opportunity for our community to showcase the extraordinary work being undertaken to support people with lived experience and their families, along with having your say with what works well with mental health services, and what the opportunities are for improvement in our area. A range of innovative initiatives will be presented on the day, and the Commission will be visiting with consumer and carer groups and organisations in the week.

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Invitation: Living Well Mid-Term Review

You are invited to participate in a consultation with the Mental Health Commission of NSW to talk about what is working well, where things could be improved, and to tell us what your priorities for change are. The Commission is undertaking a mid-term review of Living Well: A Strategic Plan for Mental Health in NSW 2014-2024, the 10 year plan for mental

health reform in NSW. These consultations will inform advice to Government on where the future priorities lie for ongoing improvements in mental health services and supports to improve the lives and outcomes for people with mental health issues. The Commission welcomes people with a lived experience of mental health issues and caring, families and kinship groups, community members and representatives from primary health networks, local health districts, community managed organisations, local government and local organisations and other services to attend the consultation. Wednesday 8 May 2019—9am to 4.30pm The Concourse Chatswood—409 Victoria Ave Chatswood Light refreshments will be provided. Register your attendance by visiting MHCLWNSYD.eventbrite.com.au


Let’s Talk about Voices - Innovation Program Win

The Specialist Rehabilitation Service (SRS) is a small team that packs a punch. The team works across the Northern Beaches, Macquarie and Hornsby sectors providing individual and group based rehabilitation interventions to adult mental health consumers. One of these groups, the Hearing Voices Recovery Support Group (HVRSG) has been running for more than 6 years, with overwhelmingly positive feedback from participants. The only challenge with the group was that it could only reach a limited number of consumers due to location and resourcing. The Specialist Rehabilitation Service and Dr Stephanie Bradstock from the Northern Beaches Assertive Outreach Team, saw an opportunity when the Innovation Grant program was released. The Northern Beaches Assertive Outreach Team and SRS teams put their heads and hearts together and pitched their idea in the NSLHD Innovation Program on 14 March… and won! The project aims to design a digital package including videos and worksheets that follows the structure of the existing HVRSG which will allow access to a wider group of consumers, carers and families, and clinicians, that are currently not able to attend the HVRSG. The format also supports better learning as it presents information in audio and visual format. The win on the night is a celebration of many years of work by the Specialist Rehabilitation Service team members and all the consumers of the service that informed the shape and content of the HVRSG.

Valencia Taljaard

Above: Deborah Willcox, Dr. Stephanie Bradstock, Kirralee Hall,

Valencia Taljaard, and Judges of the Innovation Program

MHDA Carer Peer Workforce

We are pleased to welcome eight new carer peer worker casual positions to Mental Health Drug and Alcohol over the coming weeks. The establishment of a Mental Health Drug and Alcohol casual pool of carer peer workers provides a unique opportunity for clinicians, consumers and carers to collaborate and work together, and for the first time carers will be able to do this from paid positions. These positions add to the growing peer workforce in MHDA. A carer peer worker and two consumer peer workers have recently begun working in Child and Youth Mental Health Service, adding to the recent engagement of a casual consumer peer workforce across MHDA and the longer term established consumer peer worker positions in each sector. The carer peer workers will be able to provide expert opinion based on the carer lived experience, to embed lived experience across all mental health services and systems. The carer peer workers will be involved in, but not limited to, quality improvement projects, planning, research, participation in committees and working parties, in a non-clinical role, to promote positive change in mental health services, as well as the opportunity to co-design and co-deliver education and training to clinicians. Carers working with MHDA and members of the Carer Network, have been strong advocates for the establishment of carer peer worker positions, and MHDA has welcomed this opportunity to respond to family and carer needs. Particular thanks and gratitude to the Carer Network for their unwavering support for the development of these positions and their continuing contribution to numerous projects and committees during this time and going forward. We look forward to introducing you to the new Carer Peer Workers as they start in their new roles very soon.

Angela Hunter


Joel Thompson’s Mindset Project Talk

On 21 February 2019, Macquarie Hospital consumers and staff congregated in the Northern Sydney Education Centre (NSEC) to listen to stories of lived experience, recovery, strength and hope. We all left inspired, thanks to Joel Thompson who came for the morning to share with us his motivating workshop, ‘The Mindset Project’. Many in the room recognised Joel as a prominent NRL player for the Manly Sea Eagles. However, Joel contributes much more to society than his sporting prowess. Since its inception in 2017, Joel has delivered ‘The Mindset Project’ far and wide across Australia to different audiences. After sharing his experiences with us, Joel discussed a number of tips and tricks that he employs to manage his mental health. Joel reflected on the valuable role that medication and seeking assistance from professionals has played in his recovery since being diagnosed with Bipolar Affective Disorder a number of years ago. Joel discussed mindfulness and meditation that takes practice to build, and is useful to maintain his focus, gratitude and sense of control. He pointed us to a number of useful meditation apps that he uses: ‘calm’, ‘headspace’, and ‘Smiling Mind’.

Joel’s presentation captivated us all. After a number of insightful questions from audience members, we all took the opportunity to get photos with him before excitedly debriefing over morning tea. He also donated a team playing shirt that had been signed by his team to raise money for the Macquarie Hospital Fundraising Committee. Some feedback from the presentation: “Thanks Joel for sharing – personal stories are strong – Personal meaning of recovery & the motivation it has for recovery.” “This has been the best day I have had here and you spoke really confidently and flowed my way. To talk about mental illness openly makes me happier so thank you for making my day.” “Thank you for all you have done with breaking down the stigma of mental illness. You are very inspiring and a great role

Bridie Campbell & Gemma-Lee McMahon

Above: Joel Thompson speaking

Above: Sue Donnelley & Joel Thompson

World Hand Hygiene Day

5th May is World Hand Hygiene Day: Clean care for all – it's in your hands WHO calls on everyone to be inspired by the global movement to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), i.e. achieving better health and well-being for all people at all ages, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all. Infection Prevention and Control, including hand hygiene, is critical to achieve UHC as it is a practical and evidence-based approach with demonstrated impact on quality of care and patient safety across all levels of the health system.

Rochelle Barker


Harmony Day - Eastwood Community Info Expo

MHDA participated in the celebration of Harmony Day on 21 March 2019 at the Eastwood Community Info Expo at Eastwood Plaza. This annual event was organised jointly by the Community Migrant Resource Centre and the City of Ryde. Armed with 2 small suitcases of multi-lingual brochures and information on mental illness and mental wellbeing, MHDA representatives from Child & Youth Mental Health, Older People’s Mental Health, Ryde Community Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Service, as well as the Community Engagement Facilitator from NSLHD (who brought in Mandarin-speaking reinforcement) hosted an information stall to engage with the culturally and linguistically diverse community in Eastwood.

The rain did not dampen the participation and enthusiasm of stallholders and people who attended. There was a great sense of community with a variety of performances on stage throughout the event. Our stall attracted a good level of interest from the general community as well as other fellow stallholders, asking questions and seeking resources on mental wellbeing and services. We had a meaningful and fun morning.

New Release: My Sexual Health & Safety Matters

The NSLHD MHDA Sexual Safety committee is very proud to have produced an updated version of the original 2007 “My Sexual Health and Safety Matters” booklet. This booklet is a resource for adults with a lived experience of mental

illness and/or substance abuse and those who care for them. It is designed to complement the mandatory Sexual Safety training in helping clinicians have these important, but often awkward conversations with those to whom they provide care. It also provides education and information for consumers and carers about what sexual safety and health is, and therefore play an active role in protecting themselves and others. A small team from the committee including peer workers worked over 18 months to update information for the booklet and work on a contemporary design with the Design and Print team. It was important that as much as possible was incorporated from the 2007 version, particularly the direct quotes from consumers. All drafts were put out for review to the consumer and carer peer workforces and the committee itself, for a collaborative effort. Each comment was carefully considered and a final consensus reached to produce this colourful and contemporary resource. The Sexual Safety committee and the MHDA Project Officer are now planning how to effectively launch this resource, evaluate its uptake and effectiveness and ensure it becomes embedded in our services. Keep an eye out for its colourful cover!

Libby Waugh

Above: Jiefan Wu, Nora Zhong, Lauren McGrath, Grace Ng, Chheng Hoang, Marianna Wong

Above: Oisin Friel & Marianna Wong

Marianna Wong


Meals Matter Project Jan Plain

Consumers, carers and staff universally agree that meals matter. Meals Matter is a recently commenced project with the Agency for Clinical Innovation’s Clinical Redesign Program and a joint initiative with NSW HealthShare and MHDA. The Meals Matter Project arose from NSW HealthShare’s plan to design a model of food service delivery to mental health units to better suit the needs of consumers and the mental health environment. The Project was a recommendation from a review conducted by HealthShare of food service in NSW mental health units in 2018, which included Macquarie and Hornsby Hospitals’ mental health units. This led to HealthShare approaching NSLHD to partner in the Project. The Meals Matter Project is led by Kimberly Vucurovic, Clinical Support Services, HealthShare, with MHDA staff involved in the governance, consultation and advice for planning and implementation, through a steering committee, advisory committee and project team. Representation on these groups includes stakeholders from the food service delivery system and nutrition care process, including consumers and carers. The Meals Matter Project goal is ‘Food service for mental health consumers are efficient, effective and deliver a positive meal experience for consumers and staff’. The scope is main meals for mental health adult inpatients, 18-65 years, in acute and non-acute units at Macquarie Hospital, with Parkview and Bridgeview units selected for diagnostic phase of the Project. A Root Cause Analysis will be undertaken to identify the reasons behind the issues, which will lead to the development of solutions and implementation. Thank you to consumers, carers and staff for your support and willingness to assist and participate in the Project activities. The Project provides an opportunity to design a food service model that better meets consumers’ experience of meal choice, variety, quality and quantity. It also increases safety, adopts a recovery focus and is transferrable across NSW mental health facilities. The MHDA contact is Janice Plain, Allied Health Manager.


World Delirium Day—13 March 2019

Diagnostic overshadowing, at times, can lead to a delayed diagnosis of delirium and other physical health co-morbidities for consumers who have a mental health diagnosis. This can this can lead to poor outcomes for individuals. World Delirium Day on March 13th 2019 provided an opportunity for all clinicians to reflect on their current knowledge and practice in the early recognition and escalation of this condition. Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Mental Health Services and North Shore Ryde Mental Health Inpatient Unit have gone all out in celebrating World Delirium Day with the roll out of a Delirium Table Top training package and a Delirium Quiz. At Hornsby Ku-ring-gai, 63 clinicians completed the quiz and received a lovely cupcake in return! The Delirium Table Top training package will continue to be delivered across Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Services over the course of 2019. Well done everyone!

Hornsby Mental Health Service World Delirium Day

It all blossomed from a stray thought I had- “Hmmm… This quiz is really impressive. It’s a shame to only use it for my AMHU guys”. The always impressive Suzy Glover had approached me to ask me to carry out a Delirium Table Top Drill she had developed for World Delirium Awareness Day 2019. This included a Delirium quiz - a very thorough and impressive quiz indeed. We decided to use the quiz to determine the knowledge level of delirium (both risk of and knowledge of) not only in the Adult Mental Health Unit but across the whole of Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Mental Health Services who were invites to join in. On the 13th March, the day of World Delirium Awareness Day itself, Jo Gunter (CNC) and I, with the help of two of our new TRNs, Annie Xu and Jessica-Ann Heazelett, set up the Quiz Station in the AMHU saliport and awaited the arrival of our participants, who were to be rewarded for participation with a deliriously delicious cupcake. Every participant ‘passed’ the quiz. The outright winner was Dr. Lina Di Marco. All in all, it was a successful event and the Hornsby crew demonstrated a good level of knowledge about delirium. Thank you to all staff who joined in- we

appreciate your time. Special thanks go to the following people for their help and support: Suzy Glover, Jo Gunter, Melanie Perry, Michele Manktelow, Hurain Khan, Joanne Campbell, Annie Xu & Jessica-Ann Heazelett.

Suzy Glover

Steve Tkaczak

Above: Jo Gunter & Steve Tkaczak

Above: Jessica-Ann Heazelett & Annie Xu

Above: Anne Bajuk awarding Lina Di Marco her prize

Above: Hayley Packer


Link Nursing

Congratulations to the MHDA Link Nurses for becoming Trainers and assessors in Personal Protective Equipment. The role of the link Nurse is an unit resource in outbreak management and supports the ward Manager and Infection Control Clinical Nurse Consultant. A two day work shop facilitated by Rochelle Barker was completed by the Link Nurses in March 2019. The link nurses fulfilled criteria in training and assessment and gained the necessary skills to teach and assess a class in ‘Donning and Doffing’ of personal protective equipment.

The Link Nurses were able to demonstrate to the class a theoretical component of scientific exploration of a microorganism and explored key elements to the pathogen including epidemiology, pathophysiology, contagion periods and morphology. This piece of work supports preventing and controlling infections with our services, and contributes to Standard 3 Preventing and Controlling Healthcare associated Infection of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards.

Rochelle Barker

Above: Phouc Vu, Puneet Puneet, Yongjun Zhen, Erin Doherty, Debbie Cheung, Sherry Chen, Gai Duncan, Junyi Dou, Kevin Hockey, Melissa (Shingairai) Kujinga, Annie Ran, Lisa Taylor & Leah Brown

NSLHD Aboriginal Health held their inaugural Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff network day at Macquarie Hospital Northern Sydney Education and Conference Centre. The day was a huge success with 22% of NSLHD Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff attending. A cross section of professionals from across the district also attended to offer advice and talk about their journey and experiences in government and non-government agencies. Paula Williscroft, Director of Workforce and Culture along with representatives from the Centre for Education and Talent Development

provided their expertise and advice on career progression and educational pathways. Several breakout sessions were facilitated during the day to engage the network and find out what NSLHD can do better to attract, retain, and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff. At the end of the day, the staff network presented ideas generated throughout the day to the Chief Executive, Deb Willcox.

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Staff Network Paul Weir

Above: Michelle Meadham, Janice King, Michelle Lawrence, Molly Florance, Deb Willcox, Louise Shilling, Terry Graham, Paul Weir, Peter Shine, Jami Seale, Kuibuz (Gillian) Adidi, Brad Goodwin, Kirrilli Roberts, Mary Waria & Megan Bell


Compliments

Feedback to Fiona Lo, School Link Coordinator, CYMHS, on the valuable impact of their practice in informing staff’s work in other organisations:

“I am convinced that the successes we experience with our students… is very much a result of what we learn from you when working with similar students. [Student’s name] was not attending school at all when he started here. We modelled our approach with him on what you designed for [Student’s name] and it succeeded beyond our expectations. With his current issues, we are transferring some of the recommendations you have made for [another Student’s name].” Feedback to Scott Neirinckx, Tiernan Fitzsimons and the Hornsby Assertive

Outreach Team for their consistent and comprehensive support to a consumer from a family member:

“[Consumer’s name] has been working together with Hornsby Assertive Outreach Team for over 5 years now. The Hornsby Assertive Outreach Team led by Scott Neirinckx and Tiernan Fitzsimons have provided comprehensive assessment, care coordination and clinical intervention for my son… There’s a great difference between being healed and being made whole, the human connection was well established with my son by the Outreach Team. The approach was critical to [consumer’s name]’s healing, when he was battling mental illness. The Outreach Team were able to mentor him, work closely with him among other challenges, together with his family.” A mother’s feedback to a Macquarie Hospital Psychologist for the care provided

to a consumer: “Sincere thanks for all your hard work. It has been greatly appreciated.”

The Northern Beaches Drug, Alcohol & Gambling Service will soon host a new weekly SMART Recovery Group. This will commence on Wednesday May 8th at 12.30pm. Meetings will be for one hour, in the Platypus Room, on Level 3 at Brookvale Community Health Centre which is opposite Warringah Mall at 612 – 624 Pittwater Road, Brookvale. In 1999, the NSW Premier set up Community Drug Action Teams (CDAT) Committees and, today, they come under the Auspices of the Australian Drug Foundation (ADF). CDAT Committees have led thousands of activities, across NSW, to engage at-risk youth, educate parents and the wider community through community activities and campaigns to curb

alcohol-fuelled violence and drug use. The ADF supports the CDATs through the Community Engagement and Action Program (CEAP) funded by NSW Health. The two facilitators of the SMART Group, Rachel Hind and Dave Behan, are members of the Northern Beaches CDAT Committee, and Rachel will be leading the Group. She has led over 80 recovery sessions in the Northern Beaches on a pro bono basis and was recently recognised for her strong community contribution by being a nominee in the Blackmore’s ‘Women in Wellbeing Awards’ 2019. Dave Behan will be working with Rachel as a co-facilitator. Clients interested in joining this Group can contact Rachel on: 9016

2839 or 1300 033 971.

Northern Beaches SMART Recovery Group Doug Usmar

MHDA Allied Health Forum


13th International Conference on the Treatment of Personality Disorders

The 13th International Conference on the Treatment of Personality Disorders, University of Wollongong, is being held on 7, 8 and 9 November 2019. This year’s theme is Personalising Effective Treatment. The conference includes a preconference Family and Consumer Day and an all day clinical workshop with Professor Ueli Kramer, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland on ‘Case Formulation for Personality Disorders: How to Foster Therapist Responsiveness’. The call for abstracts to present is now open and closes 1 June 2019. For more information, visit www.projectairstrategy.org/conferencesandevents/UOW173203.html. If you would like to submit an abstract, you will need to write up a brief for the Chief Executive, along with your abstract and information about the conference. You will need to ensure you have your line manager’s approval prior to submission and you should note this consultation in the brief. This will then need to be submitted to your service manager and then to Director MHDA for approval.

NSLHD MHDA Rewards & Recognition Program 2019


2019 MHDA Research Conference


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