FREE COMMUNITY EVENT, LUNCH PROVIDED!

It is so often said that ‘Knowledge is Power’ and ‘You don’t know what you don’t know’.

So… what if, together, we can do something about that?

Thanks to an NSW Government Grant from the Department of Communities and Justice and the Disability Advocacy Futures Program, Action for People With Disability is proud and excited to present a series of 8 community education and advocacy workshops for the disability community in Northern Sydney.

They would love you to join their team and the panel of expert presenters they have brought together, so that you can learn specialised information to support you to know and uphold your rights, and to be your own self-advocate.

Knowledge truly can bring power.

So let’s learn together.

WORKSHOP 4: Thursday June 6th 2024

Informed and Empowered: Disability and Mental Health

Let’s dive into the detail and learn with two subject matter experts:

• ‘Mental Illness’ and ‘Psychosocial Disability’
• Disability Royal Commission recommendations in respect of guardianship/supported decision-making and mental health laws
• NSW legislation that disproportionately affects people with psychosocial disability – the Mental health Act, Guardianship Act, NSW Trustee and Guardian Act and other related legislation
• Duty of Care and Dignity of Risk
• Disability and Mental Health
• Disability and Mental Health and hospitalisation: The Mental Health Act (NSW) – ‘sectioning’, ‘scheduling’, involuntary patient orders (IPOs)
• The Mental Health Act and Mental Health Review Tribunal
• What is a community treatment order (CTO)?
• Psychosocial disability and criminal charges in the NSW Local Court
• The role of Independent Advocacy
• Mental Health services and support

This workshop will include multiple sessions of focused information, separated by catered breaks.