Mental Health – Resources for Lawyers
Legal Workers’ Resilience and Wellbeing
https://www.qls.com.au/For_the_profession/Resilience_and_wellbeing
Mental Health and Lawyers – Collaboration Project
The Mental Health Collaboration Project aimed to increase access to justice for clients with mental illness by providing community lawyers with skills and resources to work effectively and collaboratively with this client group, to meet all their legal needs. In 2017 this project delivered guidelines, learning videos and resources for lawyers to assist their work which can be found at lawright.org.au/cms/page.asp?ID=61112
Best Practice Guidelines for Lawyers to Assist Individuals with a Mental Illness
http://www.lawright.org.au/_dbase_upl/MHCP_guidelines2.pdf
To understand about best practice approaches also see our page Mental Health – Recovery
Practical Guide for Working with Carers of People with a Mental Illness
In addition to the above guide, Carer Guide Library, Carer guide App, and self-assessment tools for workers and organisations can be found at www.carerguide.com.au
Health Justice Australia
Health Justice Australia is the national centre of excellence for health justice partnerships, supporting collaborations between services to achieve better health and justice outcomes for vulnerable communities. To understand more about health justice partnerships or to access research or practitioners go to https://www.healthjustice.org.au/ or https://www.healthjustice.org.au/practitioners/
