Partner Peaks Launch

We warmly invite you to join us for the launch of Partner Peaks on Tuesday, 11 November from 12.30 – 2pm. This marks the beginning of a collaboration between the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, Mental Health Victoria, and the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association. Learn more about the partnership here.

The launch includes the first webinar in the Partner Peaks series: The Surprising Truths about Psychosocial Safety Workshop, presented by Mental Health Victoria.

The surprising truths about psychosocial safety workshop

Equip your leaders to meet their legal responsibilities for psychosocial safety with practical tools they can use immediately.

This 60-minute workshop aligns with the new legal requirements and delivers practical tools to assess, control, and monitor psychosocial hazards.

In this workshop, you will:

  • Understand why identifying psychosocial hazards is now a requirement for all leaders,
  • Learn how to assess risks using frequency, impact, and duration to prioritise actions,
  • Get simple, evidence-based conversation tools to help co-create controls and monitor their effectiveness.

Presenter:
Dr. Michelle McQuaid is an award-winning researcher, LinkedIn Top Voice for Mental Health, and honorary fellow at Melbourne University’s Centre for Wellbeing Science. She translates cutting-edge research into practical strategies that help care for wellbeing, supercharge psychosocial safety, and co-create change in workplaces, schools, and communities. With nine best-selling books and over 250 podcast interviews with leading researchers, Michelle’s work regularly appears in Psychology Today, Forbes, and media outlets around the world. Drawing from personal experience and scientific expertise, she creates playful, practical approaches to help people thrive, even during the most challenging of times.

Partner Peaks is a collaboration between the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, Mental Health Victoria and The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association, bringing together child and family, mental health, and alcohol and other drug (AOD) sector workforces for a series of insightful and informative webinars, aligned workforce development ideas, and joint policy initiatives.