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Mental Health Carer Peer Worker Community of Practice 2025 - 2026

This Expression of Interest (EOI) is for the Mental Health Carer Peer Worker Community of Practice (MHCPW CoP) 2025 – 2026.

In May – June 2025, Mental Health Carers NSW (MHCN) received funding from the Ministry of Health to complete Part 1 of the project, which was to co-design the MHCPW CoP.

MHCN has now received funding from the NSW Ministry of Health to deliver Part 2 of the project, which is to facilitate the Mental Health Carer Peer Worker Community of Practice 2025 – 2026.

This EOI is in 4 short parts:
  • General questions about you.
  • Questions about your role as a carer peer worker – to check you meet the eligibility criteria to become a member of the Community of Practice.
  • Demographic questions, to help give us a better idea about the mental health carer peer workforce in NSW.
  • Questions about the CoP Meetings, so we can best organise topics, meeting dates and times that suit the majority of members.
Some questions are mandatory to answer but some are optional. This EOI will take roughly 10 minutes to complete. Please only complete the EOI once.

MHCN will assess all EOI’s to deem suitability for the CoP. MHCN will be in touch with the next steps regarding your EOI.

This information is collected only for the purpose of the Mental Health Carer Peer Worker Community of Practice and will not be used for anything else. Your information will be stored as per MHCN’s Privacy and Confidentiality Policy.

Please note - this Community of Practice is only for paid mental health carer peer workers. Please don't fill in this EOI if you are not in this position.

If you have any questions, please reach out to MHCN:
mhcnadmin@mentalhealthcarersnsw.org
02 9332 0777
General questions
1.What is your full name? (first and last name)(Required.)
2.Please enter your email address (work or personal)(Required.)
3.Please enter your best contact number(Required.)
4.What is your residential postcode?(Required.)
Role specific questions
5.Are you a paid mental health carer peer worker or manager of mental health carer peer workers?(Required.)
6.What is your position?(Required.)
7.What LHD or community managed organisation employs you as a mental health carer peer worker or manager of mental health carer peer workers?(Required.)
8.If you're not a paid mental health mental health carer peer worker or manager of carer peer workers, why do you want to attend this Community of Practice?(Required.)
Demographic questions
9.What is your date of birth? (DD/MM/YYYY)
10.What is your gender?
11.Do you identify with any one of the following? Check all that apply to you.
12.Do you identify with any of the following?
13.What are the 3 most important areas you would like CoP meetings to focus on? For example, access to supervision, self-care and preventing burnout, developing a code of practice for MHCPWs, access to specific training areas e.g. purposeful storytelling, advocacy, etc.(Required.)
14.Are you satisfied with CoP meetings running for 90 minutes? If not, please specify your preferred length of time.(Required.)
15.Are you satisfied with the meetings being held monthly on a Wednesday from 4.00 - 5.30pm? If not, please specify your preferred day and time.(Required.)
16.Do you consent to your name, role and demographic information being added to a confidential Mental Health Carer Peer Worker Register, managed by MHCN?

Information on this register is confidential and will be kept as per MHCN's Privacy and Confidentiality Policy. The use of the information on the Register may also be discussed at a CoP meeting.(Required.)