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National practice standards for the mental health workforce 2013

These standards outline capabilities that all mental health professionals should achieve in their work. They complement discipline-specific practice standards or competencies of the professions of nursing, occupational therapy, psychiatry, psychology and social work.

The standards are: 

  1. Rights, responsibilities, safety and privacy
  2. Working with people, families and carers in recovery-focused ways
  3. Meeting diverse needs
  4. Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, families and communities
  5. Access
  6. Individual planning
  7. Treatment and support
  8. Transitions in care
  9. Integration and partnership
  10. Quality improvement
  11. Communication and information management
  12. Health promotion and prevention
  13. Ethical practice and professional development responsibilities.

National practice standards for the mental health workforce 2013

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