Mental Health Professional Online Development Program

Overview

Mental Health Professional Online Development (MHPOD) Program grant opportunity will run over three years from 2023-24 to 2025-26. Funding is made available under the Department of Health and Aged Care’s Portfolio Budget Statement Outcome 1 – Health Research, Coordination and Access, Program 1.2 Mental Health. The purpose of this grant opportunity is to enable the continuation of the MHPOD Program to support mental health and health professionals increase their knowledge and understanding of various mental health subject matter.  The objectives of the grant opportunity are to: • provide a valuable resource for health professionals to increase their knowledge and understanding of various mental health subject matter; • support development, review, maintenance and enhancements of content to better align with, and meet the needs of, the expanding mental health and wellbeing workforce and the broader health workforce; • foster and support ongoing stakeholder engagement for strategic planning, implementation; and • promote the MHPOD Program to increase awareness and utilisation within the desired workforces, to ensure the workforce is upskilled in mental health subject matter. The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are: • improved access to a current and accessible web-based professional education tool; and • increased capabilities and core skills of the mental health and wellbeing workforce and broader health workforce to deliver safe, quality mental health care.    To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.