>> Client Engagements: ANU - Development of Mental Health Training Package for People with Cultural and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds

ANU engaged O2C to project manage the production of a cultural and linguistically diverse edition of the mental health first aid training package. This Commonwealth funded project required O2C to research international and national literature, identify key stakeholders, facilitate the input of the twenty stakeholders during ongoing monthly sessions, interview subject matter experts such as bilingual medical professionals and various academics, design and deliver the training package and provide recommendations for future directions of the training. The success of O2C in handling this project was acknowledged when the project received further federal funding to match the O2C recommendations.

ANU - Development of Mental Health Training Package for People with Cultural and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
Client
Disciplines	Training - Cognitive; Training Development; Benchmarking; Program and Project Management.
Situation	ANU and the Commonwealth Government required the development of a Mental Health Training Package for People with Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Challenge	Develop a Training Package for selected CALD groups in one third of the time initially allocated for the project.
Response	Conduct of national and international literature review Interviewed subject matter experts such as bilingual medical professionals and academics Identified and facilitated input from 20 major stakeholders including government, non-government, mental health and CALD representatives in monthly sessions Design and develop tailored training package for selected CALD groups Package included instructor notes, PowerPoint pack and associated reference material in appropriate languages Provision of interim and final report on the project Provision of recommendations for future of project.
Outcome	Adoption of recommendations and successful conduct of training in 2005.