STEPS Mental Health Centre of Excellence is responsible for up-skilling of STEPS employment staff and introducing a best practice model to ensure STEPS delivers the best service possible to those participants living with mental illness.
With in excess of 50% of STEPS’ Disability Employment Service participants identified as having a mental illness or impairment, the Mental Health Centre of Excellence is set to become a key component in providing the very best service to our participants. Testimonial.
The launch of the Centre follows the successful Sunshine Coast Integrated Employment Project”, a partnership between STEPS and Queensland Health
The project involved co-locating a psychiatric-specific employment consultant within two mental health units to be part of treating teams. During the course of the project, STEPS’ Nambour site was found to be the highest performing employment service provider taking part in the pilot study, and commended for their proactive approach to empowering people living with severe mental illness access employment and educational goals.
Since the finalisation of the formal project, the relationship between STEPS and Queensland Health continues to strengthen, with three co-located psychiatric specific Employment Pathway Mentors now working within Queensland Health Treating Teams on the Sunshine Coast.
Similar agreements have been formalised in Fraser Coast / Wide Bay, opening the door for a similar service in Hervey Bay, Maryborough and Bundaberg including rural Bundaberg. Expressions of interests to work in other regional areas where STEPS runs disability employment services have been successful.
More information about STEPS Mental Health Centre of Excellence, contact STEPS Central Office.
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