Mental Health Interest Group - 1 APRIL 26
Mental Health Interest Group invites you to their April meeting
Program Overview
This is a free, member only session.
Please join the Mental Health Interest Group Community via OTA Connect here before registering.
OVERVIEW
This Interest Group (IG) is open to all OTA members working in or with an interest in the area of mental health. The aims of the group include:
• To provide opportunities for networking, professional development and education.
• To educate, provide support, and create a safe space to discuss clinical practice (research and evidence-based practice, innovative OT practice, lived experience).
MEETING DETAILS
TOPIC:
Psychological health and safety in the workplace. For OT’s as employers, as employees and clinicians
PRESENTERS:
Min Brady
DATE:
Wednesday 1 April 2026
TIME:
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM | NSW, ACT, VIC, TAS
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | SA
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | QLD
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | NT
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM | WA
MEETING PLATFORM:
Zoom: This session will be run on the Zoom Webinar Platform. Registrants will be sent separate login details one business day prior to the session. Please check all email folders for this information. This meeting will not be recorded.
Please ensure you have created an account with Zoom (Sign Up Free | Zoom) prior to joining the meeting.
If you have questions regarding the Zoom system requirements please visit: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/categories/200101697-Getting-Started
REGISTRATION FEES & INFORMATION
OTA Member: Free
If you are a non member who wishes to attend please contact us to discuss your options.
Registrations close Monday, 30 March 2026 11.59pm AEDT
MEETING DOCUMENTS & RESOURCES
Agendas, resources and meeting minutes are available for members to download on the IG page once we have received these from the convenors. This meeting will not be recorded.
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DISCLAIMER
Any material, content, advice or resources shared and discussed at interest groups is general in nature and is used to guide peer discussion and support only. Occupational Therapy Australia encourages all participants to think critically and appraise the content for individual circumstances. Occupational Therapy Australia does not necessarily endorse content delivered in these formats and accepts no liability for any consequences resulting from adhering to the content shared at interest groups. All opinions expressed by the convenor or other participants are the opinions of those individuals and do not represent or reflect the views of Occupational Therapy Australia, its affiliates or employees.
Interest Group Participants
By registering to attend, participants agree to actively contribute and show respect to all other participants. We ask you to take personal notes and monitor the Interest Group webpage for meeting resources. Occupational Therapy Australia reserves the right to remove members from an Interest Group at its discretion.
Presented By
Min Brady
Presenter (Occupational Therapist)
I’m an Occupational Therapist who graduated from Sydney University in 1997 and went on to complete a Masters in Social Policy, CertIV in WTA; Adv Dip CHM and am near completion of my CertIV in WHS. In my early career, I worked in a range of clinical settings including inpatient psychiatry, community aged care, HIV and Sexual Health before moving into workplace health. I started as a rehabilitation consultant in 2004 in Canberra, and worked across Sydney and regional NSW supporting people in a range of settings with complex workplace injuries, motor vehicle injuries and significant illness to regain their health, get back to their personal activities and continue to engage in their workplaces. After 15 years in Workplace Rehabilitation (with some time out of the paid workforce raising my son) I moved into Injury Prevention, Health and Wellbeing in the federal government, tertiary education sector and then utilities sector working with diverse populations with often unique and highly complex health and safety risk profiles. My roles were based within WHS teams and encompassed a broad range of activities from policy and program development to supporting manual task and ergonomic safety, implementing mental health programs such as Mental Health First Aid and promoting practical, evidence-based approaches to workplace health and wellbeing and with a strong focus on psychological health and safety at work. I am most passionate about injury prevention because I know how much difference it makes. As an occupational therapist, I understand the importance of meaningful daily activity, which so often includes paid work as a significant part of a person’s daily activity, and have seen the impact on a person’s entire self that comes from workplace injuries that, in retrospect, seem so entirely preventable. A small adjustment to a work task can prevent the onset of an injury that could cost a person years of quality life. Working with people for so many years who were seriously impacted by preventable injury and ill health makes me so passionate about creating a culture of collegiality, safety and care for ourselves and our colleagues. It should be everyone’s goal to prevent injury and promote health and wellness so that we can all enjoy the many benefits of a healthy and happy workplace.