Mental Health Network Part of the CAQA group

Mental health

Connecting the people doing the work

A network for mental health practitioners, services and the workforce developing into them.

IWhat we do

Three things, done properly.

i

Connecting practitioners

Peer connection for people doing isolating work.

ii

Workforce development

Pathways into and through the mental health workforce.

iii

Service directory

Who does what, and who is actually taking referrals.

This site is not a crisis service

Nothing here is emergency support or clinical advice. If you need help now, contact your local emergency number or a crisis line in your country.

IIWhat goes wrong

The two failures we see most.

We publish these because most of the value in hiring anyone is knowing which mistakes are common, and that knowledge is not worth hiding.

Directories that are never pruned

A referral list with closed services on it sends people in difficulty to a dead end.

Ignoring practitioner load

Workforce planning that counts positions rather than sustainable caseloads produces burnout and then vacancies.

IIIHow we work

We tell you what we find.

Including when the answer is that you do not need what you came to ask for. Anyone who never says that is not giving you information, they are giving you an invoice.

Scope

Where something needs a legal opinion, a financial audit or a clinical judgement, we will say so and stop rather than improvise past the edge of what we do.

Start a conversation.

Tell us the situation rather than the service you think you need. We would rather start from your problem.