State Mental Health and Wellbeing Promotion Adviser and Executive Director in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Division of Vic Department of Health.
Monica is Victoria’s first Mental Health and Wellbeing Promotion Adviser, commencing in the role in June 2022. She is also the Executive Director of the Prevention, Equity and First People’s Branch of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Division in the Victorian Department of Health.
She has worked as an Executive in Public Health, Primary Care and Human Services for many years in Victoria and previously in the Northern Territory.
Monica’s areas of expertise are health inequities, public health and health promotion, particularly with marginalised communities. Monica also brings lived and living experience of the mental health system and of intellectual disability and neurodiversity as a carer.
Session
Get on board the showboat: Progressing disability inclusion in mainstream systems
Monday 4th September, 2023: 1:30pm - 2:40pm
Identifying and removing barriers for diversity groups is increasingly becoming a priority. Onboard we have a hard working crew to show us the ropes across several portfolios. You’ll be presented with lightning initiative snapshots for each area. Are they genuinely progressing inclusion or are we just rearranging the deck chairs?