My Voice, My Rights, My Way
Self advocacy skills for better outcomes.
The My Voice, My Rights, My Way project will deliver co-designed workshops which aim to teach self-advocacy skills to empower you to confidently advocate for yourself and better navigate the mental health system.
The workshops will help you identify the key barriers you have faced in the mental health system and provide you with resources to build your knowledge and assist you to determine a clear path forward.
The project will also offer peer networking and peer mentoring opportunities and will be delivered by people with their own lived experience of mental health challenges.
Consumer Reference Group – Expressions of Interest
The My Voice, My Rights, My Way team is currently looking to form a Consumer Reference Group (CRG). This is a paid opportunity (Consumer Representative Payment of $37.50/h), to work with the My Voice Team as part of the co-design process to develop self-advocacy workshops. Co-design means the workshops will be created and delivered by and for people with Lived Experience of mental health challenges (consumers), to teach people to understand their needs and rights, and have a clear path forward to better navigate the mental health system. The CRG will have a maximum of 10 members and will work together with the My Voice team to advise on the project until June 2027.
The My Voice, My Rights, My Way workshops will be led by people who are Lived Experience themselves and have faced mental health challenges in their own lives. The workshops will teach self-support skills so that participants can learn to stand up for themselves. Finding your way through things on your road to recovery can be a big problem, but these workshops will help people with a Lived Experience of mental health issues explore their road to recovery more and build their self-confidence so that they can find their way in the mental health system by simply helping themselves. The workshops will also provide opportunities to connect with other Lived Experience people who have experienced similar challenges with their mental health in the past.
Please read the CRG info pack (linked below) before completing this form to express your interest in being a part of our Consumer Reference Group.
We are looking forward to receiving your application!
Consumer Reference Group Flyer
For further information on this project, please contact Elena Mauen, My Voice Project Manager via emauen@comhwa.org.au
This project is generously funded by the Department of Social Services.
