The SA Mental Health Commission & Wellbeing Group (SAMHWG) grew out of the Commission’s Project Steering Group which guided the development of the SA Mental Health Strategic Plan 2017–2022. Members of the SAMHWG are drawn from across government, the private sector, NGO sector and Primary Health Networks. Members of the CAC and YAG also sit on the SAMHWG to ensure lived experience remains central to the work of the Commission.
The membership of the SAMHWG reflects the importance of the Commission taking a whole-of-person, whole-of-life, whole-of-community and whole-of-government approach to improving the mental health and wellbeing of South Australians.
Membership of the SAMHWG
- SA Mental Health Commissioner (Chair)
- Deputy Chief Executive (CE), System Performance and Service Delivery, SA Health
- Director, Department of the Premier and Cabinet (DPC)
- Department of Treasury and Finance (DTF)
- Executive Director, Department of Education and Child Development (DECD)
- CE Department for Human Services
- CE Department for Correctional Services (DCS)
- Chief Psychiatrist SA Health
- Department for Child Protection (DCP)
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Adelaide Primary Health Network
- CEO Country SA Primary Health Network
- Deputy Police Commissioner, South Australia Police (SAPOL)
- Executive Director, Mental Health Coalition of SA
- CEO Ramsay Health Care SA
- Public Advocate, Office of the Public Advocate
- Executive Director, SA Mental Health Commission (Executive Lead)
- Associate Director, Strategy and Planning, SA Mental Health Commission (Project Manager)
- Associate Director, Community Engagement, SA Mental Health Commission
- Executive Officer, SA Mental Health Commission