Embed human rights from the top

A course focused on governance, service design and operations

Human Rights from the Top helps mental health board members, executives and leaders to apply a human rights lens to all of their work to transform mental health services.

Course curriculum

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    1. 1.1 Welcome to Human Rights from the Top

    2. 1.2 About me

    3. 1.3 How to use this course

    1. 2.0 Chapter preview

    2. 2.1 What is the point (of the mental health system)?

    3. 2.2 'Everything that exists is the result of what has come before' - History and Human Rights

    4. 2.3 Key moments in human rights

    5. 2.4 Quiz time

    6. 2.5 Different faces of human rights

    7. 2.6 Quiz time

    8. 2.7 Why Human Rights Matter to Public Mental Health Services

    9. 2.8 Quiz time

    1. 3.0 Chapter preview

    2. 3.1 Why all of your work is bound to law

    3. 3.2 The Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006

    4. 3.3 Quiz time

    5. 3.4 The Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022

    6. 3.5 Properly consider and comply: your core duties

    7. 3.6 Specific human rights and principles

    8. 3.7 Specific rights and what they mean for your work

    9. 3.8 Quiz time

    1. 4.0 Chapter preview

    2. 4.1 Let's make the law simpler

    3. 4.2 The 3 steps for human rights: Forecast, Assess, Decide

    4. 4.3 Forecast (how today's decisions impact someone's rights tomorrow)

    5. 4.4 Assess (the human rights context and current status)

    6. 4.5 Decide (based on human rights, with a public record)

    7. 4.6 Practical examples applying human rights

    8. 4.7 Quiz time

    1. 5.0 Chapter preview

    2. 5.1 Governance, service design & operations: human rights holds them together

    3. 5.2 Governance and human rights

    4. 5.3 Service design and human rights

    5. 5.4 Operations, management and human rights

    6. 5.5 Quiz time

    1. 6.1 Bonus: Practical tools to embed human rights

    2. 6.2 Bonus: Strategic litigation opportunities

    3. 6.3 Bonus: Applying human rights to statutory bodies and the government

    4. 6.4 A final message

About this course

  • $150.00 / year
  • 39 lessons
  • Discussion-enabled
  • Comprehensive legal information
  • Certificate of completion

Transform your services with expert-led mental health training.

Instructor(s)

Simon Katterl

Founder, Simon Katterl Consulting

Simon Katterl (he/him) is a mental health advocate and consultant that advises governments, mental health and legal services on human rights, mental health, co-design and regulation. Central to Simon's work is his lived experience of mental health issues and dealing with suicide, as well as his connection to the consumer workforce. He works from this perspective on a daily basis. Simon has: worked at key human rights, lived experience and regulatory bodies; advised the Minister for Mental Health on the world-first "Not Before Time: Lived Experience-Led Justice and Repair" report; been commissioned by the Department of Health (Victorian Government) to advise on how they can better meet their legal obligations; advised other state governments on governance and regulation of public mental health systems; assisted in consultations and deliberations on the design of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022; consulted to the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System, focusing on work areas including mental health law, regulatory oversight and human rights; published in world-leading mental health and legal academic journals, as well as the Guardian, the Age and more; provided training on the 'Human Rights from the Top' training package for public mental health providers.

FAQ

  • Who is this course for?

    This course is for mental health leaders, however you define them, who want to change the governance, design and operation of public mental health services. The course is most helpful in Victoria, Queensland and the ACT, where human rights laws apply to public mental health services.

  • I am a consumer or carer and am concerned about human rights - is this for me?

    This course is more focused on staff working within public mental health services. It does not discuss in detail how you can exercise your rights. A free summary video of this course is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rYbM78IqQY&t=1282s

  • I am a worker but can't afford this course. What can I do?

    Some strategies can include identifying whether your service will cover this for you and reimburse you. This should be an entitlement for some workers and should be part of professional development budgets. There are also payment plans available that let you space out the payments.