Program Overview
This is a free, member only session.
Please join the Mental Health Interest Group Community via OTA Connect here before registering.
OVERVIEW
This Interest Group (IG) is open to all OTA members working in or with an interest in the area of mental health. The aims of the group include:
• To provide opportunities for networking, professional development and education.
• To educate, provide support, and create a safe space to discuss clinical practice (research and evidence-based practice, innovative OT practice, lived experience).
MEETING DETAILS
PRESENTERS:
Heidi Russell, Leanne Coffey and Jenna Noonan
TOPIC:
Supporting graduates moving into the mental health space
This session aims to outline strategies to support early in career clinicians who are starting in mental health. It focuses on how senior OTs, supervisors and organisations can put systems in place to support graduates and what graduates can also do to support their own success.
DATE:
Wednesday, 11 June 2025
TIME:
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS, QLD
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM | SA, NT
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM | WA
MEETING PLATFORM:
Zoom: This session will be run on the Zoom Webinar Platform. Registrants will be sent separate login details one business day prior to the session. Please check all email folders for this information. This meeting will not be recorded.
Please ensure you have created an account with Zoom (Sign Up Free | Zoom) prior to joining the meeting.
If you have questions regarding the Zoom system requirements please visit: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697-Getting-Started
REGISTRATION FEES & INFORMATION
OTA Member: Free
If you are a non member who wishes to attend please contact us to discuss your options.
Registrations close Monday, 9 June 2025 11.59pm AEST
MEETING DOCUMENTS & RESOURCES
Agendas, resources and meeting minutes are available for members to download on the IG page once we have received these from the convenors. This meeting will not be recorded.
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Presented By
Leanne Coffey
Presenter
Since graduating in 2022, Leanne has worked with adults in rehabilitation and community aged care, supporting clients with co-morbidities, including mental health challenges. Her background in crisis support with Lifeline and mental health training has equipped her as a new graduate, to manage complex caseloads involving psychosocial challenges whilst adjusting to significant illness or injury.
Jenna Noonan
Presenter
Jenna has worked in the NDIS space for 10 years across the lifespan, focussing on positive behaviour support and mental health. Over the past 5 years, therapy provided has primarily targeted co-morbidities of neurodiversity and mental health conditions as well as supporting and coaching team members including graduates to seniors in working with NDIS participants who present with a mental health conditions (primary and co-morbidities).
Heidi Russell
Presenter
Heidi has worked in public mental health services for 10+ years, with extensive experience supporting new graduates and early in career clinicians. She has also taught into undergraduate university courses and understands how students experience the transition from study to workforce.