Who We Are
Victorian Mental Health Social Work (VMHSW)
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Contact the VMHSW Contact: PO Box 35 |
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The Association of Mental Health Social Workers (AMHSW) was established in 1981. It is a voluntary professional association and Practice Group of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
The VMHSW Management Committee and Executive are elected every two years at the Annual General Meeting. The Executive meets on the first Monday of the month and members are invited to attend. It has changed its name early in 2012 to VMHSW VICTORIAN MENTAL HEALTH SOCIAL WORK
Throughout the year the VMHSW endeavours to run a few events for members like seminars, practice days or a conference and produce a quarterly e-magazine “The Mental Health Social Worker – formally Negentropia 1981-2007”.
What are the VMHSW's main activities?
Membership of the VMHSW is open to social workers employed in the mental health field or to those social workers who are interested in mental health social work practice, service delivery and policy in mental health, and who seek to:
- Maintain a sense of professional identity in an increasingly complex mental health environment.
- Strengthen the VMHSW role as a resource to the AASW on matters relating to social work and mental health.
- Ensure that the work of the Association continues to grow and be relevant to and supportive of mental health social workers.
- Have the ‘voice’ of social work heard in the broader state or national policy and planning initiatives in mental health.
- Participate in activities that support collegiate ties, enhance professional skills and facilitate discourse.
- Utilise the VMHSW social worker network, publication and activities to highlight and disseminate ideas, research or practice knowledge to colleagues.
- Stay abreast of changes in the mental health and associated fields of interest, with notification of relevant events or training.
Membership form can be downloaded here