Dr Rahul Khanna

About the toolkit

Practical tools are available to strengthen trauma-informed practice in mental health and wellbeing services. These tools can be used by workers and leaders to guide everyday work, reflect as a team, and build safer, more supportive mental health services for people who have experienced trauma.

The tools were developed by Phoenix Australia as the lead agency for Transforming Trauma Victoria, with funding from the Victorian Department of Health and the Victoria Collaborative Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing. They support the principles in “Our workforce, our future”, a framework that outlines the capabilities of the Victorian workforce.

We worked closely with three mental health services across metropolitan and regional Victoria to design the tools. This involved collaborating with workers, leaders, service users, their families and carers to shape the tools and come up with solutions to day-to-day problems.

Access the kit

Trauma Informed Practice Toolkit https://www.phoenixaustralia.org/tip-tools/

It was priviledge to be invited to participate in an important discussion with leaders from Safer Care Victoria, Spectrum and Eastern Melbourne PHN on how we can shift the dial on suicide rates for those with a lived experience of borderline personality disorder. We discussed causes for hope, the enduring impact of stigma, the opportunities opened up by true compassion, reflective practice and connected care.

We were delighted to extend our partnership with the absolute legends at Latrobe Health Services, a non-profit health insurer based in Gippsland Victoria. Latrobe are dedicated to improving the lives of rural and regional Australians and chose Phoenix Australia as their inaugral partner for the launch of their Foundation, the largest investment of its sort in Australia.

We will be co-designing and testing a new version of our evidence-based and trauma-informed SOLAR app tailored to rural and regional Australians.

My firm belief is that everyone can, nay must, develop an intuitive understanding of how modern generative artificial intelligence algorithms work. Doing so helps us make rational decisions about their benefits and potential harms. That’s why it was a pleasure to be invited to share these insights with colleagues in this lovely beach-side conference.