FAMILY INCLUSIVE SERVICES FOR YOUTH The Mental Health Commission in partnership with the Werry Centr

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FAMILY INCLUSIVE SERVICES FOR YOUTH
A collaborative project between the Mental
Health Commission, the Werry Centre and Kina
Trust.
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The partners The Mental Health Commission -
Advocating for service users and their families,
promoting collaboration Kina Trust - Promoting
Family Inclusive Practice in the AOD sector Werry
Centre Effective family whanau participation in
mental health and AOD services for youth

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Working with families and whanau enhances
outcomes for youth consumers through providing
benefits for youth, their families and mental
health and addiction services.
Participation involves family/whanau and
services deciding together on what they hope to
achieve and how this can be done effectively and
supportively (Lumb,2007)
There is a shift towards families being involved
at both a service delivery and a service
development level (Fitzgerald Gayler, 2007)

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Five regional seminars will provide an
overview of how services may achieve this.

• Workshop topics
• Inclusion, participation and families as agents
  of change
• Legal frameworks
• Creating inclusive services
• Challenging issues
• Resources to support inclusive practice

• Facilitators and presenters
• Mental Health Commissioner Bice Awan
• Jane Dugdale
• Dr Bronwyn Dunnachie

• Trish Gledhill
• Trish Lumb
• Dr Marie Bismark

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• Workshop locations
• Nth Auckland Thursday 14 May
• Tauranga Friday 15 May
• Porirua Tuesday 19 May
• Christchurch Thursday 28 May
• Dunedin Friday 29 May

Contact www.mhc.govt.nz for details of
registration and venues