Mental Health Program: National Mental Health Pathways to Practice Program Pilot

Overview

The purpose of this grant opportunity is to attract and retain nursing and allied health students and graduates, including psychologists, to the mental health sector by providing supervised placement opportunities across primary and private settings in a range of locations, including non-metropolitan regions. It aims to improve the experience of students and graduates in the mental health sector by exposing them to less intensive service settings, with the aim to retain them in the mental health sector. It also aims to boost the training pipeline by training more students that can go on to work in the mental health sector upon graduation. This grant opportunity takes immediate action to alleviate workforce shortages and reduce wait times for services.  The grant will provide funding of $17.094 million over three years (from 2022-23 to 2024-25).  The objectives of the grant opportunity are to: Attract and retain nursing and allied health students and graduates, including psychologists, to the mental health sector by providing supervised placement opportunities in primary and private settings; Boost the training pipeline by training more students that can go on to work in the mental health sector upon graduation; and Upskill the current psychology workforce by increasing the number of Psychology Board of Australia (Board) endorsed supervisors to increase access to supervision.  The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are: Address critical shortages in the mental health workforce; Provide supervised placements for nursing and allied health students and graduates and supervised internships for provisional psychologists in a range of locations; Increase retention of students and graduates in the mental health sector; and Increase the number of Psychology Board of Australia endorsed supervisors. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left hand side.