Mental health practitioners in rural and remote communities face unique challenges and barriers to service provision. With this in mind, MHPN tailor the support provided to interdisciplinary practitioner networks in these areas to access free, high-quality professional development and peer support opportunities, which are relevant to the needs of their local community.
A number of networks (shown below) are looking for a locally-based practitioner to volunteer in leading the network, with the support of MHPN.
This volunteer is called a Network Coordinator. With the full support of an MHPN Project Officer, who provides admin and financial support, the Coordinator works with network members to organise meetings that align with the unique needs of service providers in the local area.
If you see a need for local interdisciplinary collaboration in your area and would like to lead one of the networks below, or learn more about what’s involved in being a Coordinator please email the noted MHPN Project Officer.
If there is not a network in your local area listed below and you would like to establish one, please get in touch with Jia Kho at
j.kho@mhpn.org.au or 03 7020 1759.
Network Coordinator Opportunities:
VICTORIA
Bairnsdale - Yi Zhai (y.zhai@mhpn.org.au)
Healesville & Surrounds - Amanda Osciak (a.osciak@mhpn.org.au)
Latrobe Valley - Amanda Osciak (a.osciak@mhpn.org.au)
Warrnambool - Jia Kho (j.kho@mhpn.org.au)
Hamilton - Jia Kho (j.kho@mhpn.org.au)
Mildura - Jeanne Triol (j.triol@mhpn.org.au)
Albury Wodonga - Jeanne Triol (j.triol@mhpn.org.au)
Wangaratta & Surrounds - Jeanne Triol (j.triol@mhpn.org.au)
Colac Otway & Surf Coast - Jeanne Triol (j.triol@mhpn.org.au)
Queenscliff - Jeanne Triol (j.triol@mhpn.org.au)
Portland - Trish Clarke (t.clarke@mhpn.org.au)
Castlemaine & Surrounds - Trish Clarke (t.clarke@mhpn.org.au)
Bacchus Marsh & Melton - Trish Clarke (t.clarke@mhpn.org.au)
Kilmore & Surrounds - Trish Clarke (t.clarke@mhpn.org.au)
Grampians - Tarek El-Sheikh (t.el-sheikh@mhpn.org.au)
Echuca/Moama - Tarek El-Sheikh (t.el-sheikh@mhpn.org.au)
Shepparton - Tarek El-Sheikh (t.el-sheikh@mhpn.org.au)
NEW SOUTH WALES
Shoalhaven and Surrounds - Jia Kho (j.kho@mhpn.org.au)
Broken Hill - Jeanne Triol (j.triol@mhpn.org.au)
Inverell/Glen Innes - Tarek El-Sheikh (t.el-sheikh@mhpn.org.au)
Queanbeyan - Tarek El-Sheikh (t.el-sheikh@mhpn.org.au)
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Port Augusta - Yi Zhai (y.zhai@mhpn.org.au)
Whyalla - Yi Zhai (y.zhai@mhpn.org.au)
Walaroo - Yi Zhai (y.zhai@mhpn.org.au)
Mount Gambier - Amanda Osciak (a.osciak@mhpn.org.au)
Victor Harbour - Jeanne Triol (j.triol@mhpn.org.au)
Port Pirie - Trish Clarke (t.clarke@mhpn.org.au)
Port Lincoln - Trish Clarke (t.clarke@mhpn.org.au)
Berri & Surounds - Trish Clarke (t.clarke@mhpn.org.au)
QUEENSLAND
Ayr - Jia Kho (j.kho@mhpn.org.au)
Bowen - Trish Clarke (t.clarke@mhpn.org.au)
Mackay - Trish Clarke (t.clarke@mhpn.org.au)
Atherton Tablelands - Tarek El-Sheikh (t.el-sheikh@mhpn.org.au)
Mount Isa - Tarek El-Sheikh (t.el-sheikh@mhpn.org.au)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Geraldton - Yi Zhai (y.zhai@mhpn.org.au)
Gascoyne region - Yi Zhai (y.zhai@mhpn.org.au)
Karlgoorlie - Jia Kho (j.kho@mhpn.org.au)
Kimberley Region - Jia Kho (j.kho@mhpn.org.au)
TASMANIA
North Eastern Tasmania - Amanda Osciak (a.osciak@mhpn.org.au)
Smithton - Jia Kho (j.kho@mhpn.org.au)
Deloraine - Jia Kho (j.kho@mhpn.org.au)
North Western Tasmania - Jia Kho (j.kho@mhpn.org.au)
Queenstown and Surrounds - Tarek El-Sheikh (t.el-sheikh@mhpn.org.au)
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Alice Spring - Amanda Osciak (a.osciak@mhpn.org.au)
Katherine - Jeanne Triol (j.triol@mhpn.org.au)
Tennant Creek - Tarek El-Sheikh (t.el-sheikh@mhpn.org.au)