The Coordinator Hub is the central place to get all the tools and resources you need to plan and hold network meetings.
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MHPN’s Network team support you to run meetings that meet the needs of your professional community. The team of six Project Officers provide Network Coordinators with strategic, administrative and financial support.
Whether you’re a current Coordinator looking for support, or thinking about becoming a Network Coordinator, MHPN’s team are here to help! Call or email the team below, or contact your designated Project Officer directly.
Call 1800 209 031
networks@mhpn.org.au
Senior Project Officer
t.clarke@mhpn.org.au
Project Officer
Emma’s portfolio includes general and special interest networks across metropolitan, regional areas, and online, including MPHN’s eating disorder and older persons mental health networks. She enjoys working with Coordinators to ensure networks are fit for their current purposes and can fulfill the complex stakeholder engagement needs in these special interest areas.
e.ussing@mhpn.org.au
Project Officer
Rachael supports all the veteran and defence focussed networks across the country. Her portfolio also includes various general and special interest networks located in Queensland and Western Australia.
r.lim@mhpn.org.au
Project Officer
Jeanne supports all the locally-based women’s mental health networks in Australia. She has a special interest in establishing and supporting online networks with peak body organisations focusing on various areas of mental health (e.g Eating Disorders, Pain Management, Family Violence, etc.).
j.triol@mhpn.org.au
Project Officer
Manibha provides support to general mental health networks and her specific portfolio includes Borderline Personality Disorder, LGBTIQ+ and expressive art therapy networks in both metropolitan and regional Australia.
m.malla@mhpn.org.au
Program Administration Officer
Lauren provides a variety of essential administration and customer service support for all programs within the organisation, including supporting the project team across the National Networks Program.
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Here’s some of MHPN’s most common questions from Coordinators. If you can’t find the answer you’re looking for, view all FAQs below or contact a member of our team.
Here are some ideas to promote your network and meetings:
MHPN’s Networks Program is a community-based program, insofar as Networks are sustained and led by the knowledge and contributions of Coordinators and network members. It is encouraged that Coordinators and members use their professional pathways and connections to identify potential content and guest presenters.
Your Project Officer can also approach speakers who have presented at other networks, as well as source potential speakers from the MHPN Guest Speaker Register.
For ideas on meeting topics or alternative meeting formats to presentations, visit the meeting inspiration page.
MHPN webinars generally feature a facilitated interdisciplinary panel discussion of a case study. Here are some ideas of how to use a webinar in a network meeting.
Option 1: Watch and discuss the full webinar as a group and develop reflective questions to lead a group discussion.
What you need to do:
Option 2: Ask members to watch the webinar before the meeting and discuss during the meeting.
To do this:
Coordinator MHPN Accounts provide access to information about their network that isn’t available to members. This includes:
Meeting budget
The amount of funding allocated to each meeting varies depending on:
If the funding allocated for a meeting is not fully spent, it can be rolled over and used to fund future meetings in the same financial year.
Expense reimbursement
Keep all associated receipts and complete and return the Network Coordinator Reimbursement Form to your Project Officer. Your Project Officer can also email you the Form if that’s easier.
MHPN aims to pay all reimbursements within two business days. The payment needs to be cleared by your bank – the time this takes may vary depending on your bank’s procedures.
Statement of Attendance will be sent to members within four weeks of the meeting date, provided the meeting attendance data has been returned to MHPN.
The Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN) respectfully acknowledges the Wurundjeri and the Boonwurrung people of the Kulin nation, the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which our office is situated. We also acknowledge Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. Find out more.