About the Queensland Alliance
About
The Queensland Alliance is the peak body for the mental health community sector.
The Queensland Alliance envisages a community that values differences, promotes well-being and creates a sense of belonging.
We aim to achieve this vision by influencing, connecting, strengthening, and collaborating with, our communities to improve mental health and well-being.
The Queensland Alliance is an independent charity which represents community organisations working in mental health.
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The Queensland Alliance envisages a community that values differences, promotes well-being and creates a sense of belonging.
We aim to achieve this vision by influencing, connecting, strengthening, and collaborating with, our communities to improve mental health and well-being.
The Queensland Alliance is an independent charity which represents community organisations working in mental health.
What does the Queensland Alliance do?
we support, promote and represent community organisations working in mental health in Queensland
we promote the human rights of people with mental illness
we influence governments to support people's recovery in their own homes and communities
we advocate for services that promote mental health and wellbeing.
we promote the human rights of people with mental illness
we influence governments to support people's recovery in their own homes and communities
we advocate for services that promote mental health and wellbeing.
What do we stand for?
The Queensland Alliance:
believes in recovery;
believes in human rights, social justice and universal access to health care;
believes that responses located as close to a person and their community as possible will best meet their needs; and
supports the contribution of people with experience of mental illness in forming policy and design of services.
Our goals are:
social inclusion and community well-being;
a mental health system focused on peoples recovery in their own homes and communities; and
easy access to information and strategies that promote mental health.
believes in recovery;
believes in human rights, social justice and universal access to health care;
believes that responses located as close to a person and their community as possible will best meet their needs; and
supports the contribution of people with experience of mental illness in forming policy and design of services.
Our goals are:
social inclusion and community well-being;
a mental health system focused on peoples recovery in their own homes and communities; and
easy access to information and strategies that promote mental health.
Our Strategic Directions 2010 - 2012
1: Develop influence through work with key organisations
Ensure that the community sector is integral to the National Health Reform agenda
(Through accessing relevant Federal and State Government; resourcing members with information to support initiatives.)
Develop gap analysis of key government relationships
(Identify existing and required government relationships and joint funding opportunities.)
Develop gap analysis of key corporate relationships
(Identify existing and required corporate relationships and joint funding opportunities.)
Work with member organisations to develop government influencing skills
(Develop skills and resources to assist members in ongoing lobbying)
2: Integrate diversity of culture into operational and service models
Develop Cultural competency workshops for Board, staff and key stakeholders
Engage multicultural and indigenous membership to determine how the Alliance can be more relevant to them and what support we can offer
Develop staff culture that heightens competence in cultural diversity and integration into operational procedures
Investigate how other overseas organisations integrate diversity of culture
Increase understanding of, and connection to, mental health systems operating in Asia/Pacific Region
3: Develop evidence based support
Map Existing Research in Mental Health Community Sector practice
(Map existing and potential research, identify existing and potential practice partnerships)
Broker Partnerships between Researchers and Practitioners
(Broker new partnerships between health and social research organisations and members, including potential funding opportunities)
Influence the research agenda in health and social policy
With members, influence the research agenda towards outcome measurement on social inclusion and recovery)
Develop an evidence base on the impact of Industry Body Practice
(Document the evidence behind the value and contribution of mental health community organisations towards improving social inclusion and quality of life.)
4: Develop society-changing programs
Establish an Anti-stigma initiative for mental health social inclusion
Promote and Develop Mental Health Promotion in the community sector
(Work with members, researchers, and health promotion specialists to raise the profile of mental health promotion and possible funding sources)
Provide new services to employers that will increase their productivity by reducing mental health discrimination in workplaces
Ensure that the community sector is integral to the National Health Reform agenda
(Through accessing relevant Federal and State Government; resourcing members with information to support initiatives.)
Develop gap analysis of key government relationships
(Identify existing and required government relationships and joint funding opportunities.)
Develop gap analysis of key corporate relationships
(Identify existing and required corporate relationships and joint funding opportunities.)
Work with member organisations to develop government influencing skills
(Develop skills and resources to assist members in ongoing lobbying)
2: Integrate diversity of culture into operational and service models
Develop Cultural competency workshops for Board, staff and key stakeholders
Engage multicultural and indigenous membership to determine how the Alliance can be more relevant to them and what support we can offer
Develop staff culture that heightens competence in cultural diversity and integration into operational procedures
Investigate how other overseas organisations integrate diversity of culture
Increase understanding of, and connection to, mental health systems operating in Asia/Pacific Region
3: Develop evidence based support
Map Existing Research in Mental Health Community Sector practice
(Map existing and potential research, identify existing and potential practice partnerships)
Broker Partnerships between Researchers and Practitioners
(Broker new partnerships between health and social research organisations and members, including potential funding opportunities)
Influence the research agenda in health and social policy
With members, influence the research agenda towards outcome measurement on social inclusion and recovery)
Develop an evidence base on the impact of Industry Body Practice
(Document the evidence behind the value and contribution of mental health community organisations towards improving social inclusion and quality of life.)
4: Develop society-changing programs
Establish an Anti-stigma initiative for mental health social inclusion
Promote and Develop Mental Health Promotion in the community sector
(Work with members, researchers, and health promotion specialists to raise the profile of mental health promotion and possible funding sources)
Provide new services to employers that will increase their productivity by reducing mental health discrimination in workplaces
