Tri-Peaks Project
About the Tri-Peaks Project
The Tri-Peaks Project is a collaboration between the Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare, the Victorian Healthcare Association (VHA) and The Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association (VAADA) to support and promote good governance and integrated practices across our three different sectors.
Over the next two years, the Tri-Peaks Project is aiming to deliver a range of initiatives to increase collaboration between the child and family welfare, primary healthcare and alcohol and other drug sectors in Victoria.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated adapting some of these activities and their timelines, we hope that Tri-Peaks Project will increase opportunities for professional development and collaboration across our sectors.
You can now read the Tri-Peaks Project ‘Year in Review’ report here.
Board Survey
The Tri-Peaks Project has released a Board Survey to identify what support and resources board members would benefit from to support good governance practice as part of the Tri-Peaks Project.
To review the results of our survey, please click here.
Webinars
The Tri-Peaks Project has collaborated with a number of leading organisation and individuals, including Ernst & Young Australia and Cornwalls Law, to provide expert information on a range of topics from governance to the impact of COVID-19 on separated parents and their children.
Material from previous webinars and upcoming webinars are set out below. A YouTube playlist has been set up with Tri Peaks webinars.
Topic | Description | Presenter | Date | Lead Peak | Presentation / Webinar Link |
Financial Viability for the NGO Sector and Government Stimulus during COVID-19 | This session considered:
| Cameron Bird, Partner, EY | 15 April 2020 3:00 – 4:00pm | The Centre | Presentation here |
Global Workforce Perspectives and Practical Strategies in COVID-19 | This session considered:
| Sonia Sharp, Partner EY | 17 April 2020 11.30 – 12.30pm | The Centre | |
Tools for Working Remotely and Privacy Implications | This session considered:
| Sonia Sharp, Partner EY | 20 April 2020 12.30 – 1.30pm | The Centre | Presentation here |
Board evaluation panel discussion | This session discussed what board evaluation is and how regular evaluation contributes to good governance. | Jo-Anne Morfoot Fi Mercer Gayle Boschert | 23 April 2020 12.30 – 1.30pm | VHA | Presentation here |
The impact of COVID-19 for Separated Parents and their Children | This session discussed managing parenting arrangements during the COVID-19 crisis – issues and solutions for separated parents. | Cath Tregills, Executive Manager & Marney Bowden, Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner, Relationship Matters | 5 May 2020 1:00 – 2:00pm | The Centre | Presentation here |
Not-for-profit governance during COVID-19 | Cornwalls Law provided information on governance considerations during the COVID-19 pandemic. This session considered:
| Dean Katz, Partner Cornwalls Lawyers | 14 May 2020 1.00 – 2.30pm | VAADA | Presentation here |
Victoria’s New Workplace Manslaughter Laws from 1 July 2020 | The new industrial manslaughter laws were added to the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic) (OHS Act). They will result in a much greater spotlight on compliance with existing OHS laws, as well as introducing a new particular offence of industrial manslaughter. The new laws will attract the highest penalty in the OHS Act, introducing maximum fines of approx. $16.5m for employers and jail terms of up to 20 years and fines of up to $1.65m for officers whose actions or omissions:
This webinar considered the scope of the new laws and how organisations can prepare for them. | Steve Bell, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills | 27 May 2020 12.30 -1.30pm | The Centre | |
Four Keys to an Effective Board | This webinar covered:
| Helga Svendsen, Facilitator and Coach | 2 June 2020 12:00 – 1:00pm | The Centre | |
The financial future beyond COVID-19: Why financial education matters for employers and employees | Presented by First State Super, this webinar considered:
| 17 June 2020 1pm – 1.45pm | VHA | ||
The Journey from Response to Recovery from COVID-19 for Victoria’s Community Health and Human Services Sector | This webinar was presented by Tom Craven, Director, and Rob Camm, Partner, from Cube Group
| Tom Craven, Director, and Rob Camm, Partner, from Cube Group | 30 June 2020 12:30pm | The Centre | |
Methamphetamine and Pregnancy: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities | The Women’s Alcohol and Drug Service (WADS) at the Royal Women’s Hospital is Victoria’s only statewide service for pregnant women with complex substance use. WADS uses a multi-disciplinary approach to care for pregnant women and their infants. Methamphetamine use during pregnancy poses a range of risks to mother and baby, as well as a range of challenges in service delivery. This webinar considered:
| Associate Professor Yvonne Bonomo – Medical Head, Women’s Alcohol and Drug Service at the Royal Women’s Hospital; Director of Addiction Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. Dr Theresa Lynch – Manager, Women’s Alcohol and Drug Service at the Royal Women’s Hospital. Dr Anna Tottman – Consultant Neonatologist Women’s Alcohol and Drug Service at the Royal Women’s Hospital; Honorary Research Fellow, Liggins Institute, University of Auckland. | 21 July 2020 12pm – 2pm | VAADA | |
Risk Management Fundamentals for Health and Community Services | The webinar covered:
| Presented by John Belfrage and Cat Strawa, Risk Advisers, VMIA. VMIA is the Victorian Government’s insurer and risk adviser, covering a wide range of organisations across Victoria in the public and not-for-profit sectors. | Thursday 20 August 12:00 – 1:30pm | Victorian Healthcare Association | Webinar here Presentation here |
Changes in working, innovation and impact on clients that have been developed and implemented during COVID-19 | Bronwyn Pike CEO of Uniting Vic Tas, Nicole Bartholomeusz CEO of CoHealth, and Dr. Stefan Gruenert CEO of Odyssey House Victoria will present and be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A. | Thursday 3 September 12pm – 1pm | Webinar here. | ||
‘AOD 101’ – Introduction to the alcohol and other drug sector: part 1 | This webinar included:
| Moses Abbatangelo – Principal Project Adviser, Office of the Chief Psychiatrist, Mental Health Branch, Health and Wellbeing Division, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Dr Suzanne Neilsen – Associate Professor Suzanne Nielsen (BPharmSc[Hons] PhD MPS) is the Deputy Director of the Monash Addiction Research Centre in Melbourne Kasey Elmore – Operations Manager, Medical Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) | Tuesday 22nd September 2pm – 3.30pm | VAADA | Webinar here. |
Young people and AOD | This webinar has specifically been designed for workers across the child and family services, community health, and AOD sectors. The webinar covered:
| Geoff Bayldon, YSAS | Wednesday 16th September 12pm – 1:30pm | VAADA | Webinar here Presentation here |
‘AOD 101’ – Introduction to the alcohol and other drug sector: part 2 | This webinar included:
| Moses Abbatangelo – Principal Project Adviser, Office of the Chief Psychiatrist, Mental Health Branch, Health and Wellbeing Division, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Dr Suzanne Neilsen – Associate Professor Suzanne Nielsen (BPharmSc[Hons] PhD MPS) is the Deputy Director of the Monash Addiction Research Centre in Melbourne Kasey Elmore – Operations Manager, Medical Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR) | Tuesday 29th September 2.pm – 3.15pm | VAADA | Webinar here. |
An update on the first Australian Child Maltreatment Study, Prof. Ben Matthews | The joint DHHS and Tri-Peaks webinar provided an update on the Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS). This is the first national study of the prevalence of child abuse and neglect in Australia, its mental and physical health outcomes, and the burden of disease. This is a 5 year study (2019-23), funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council. | Prof. Ben Matthews | Thursday 8 October 1pm – 2pm | Centre and DHHS | Webinar here. Presentation here. |
Implementing a quality clinical governance framework in a community health service | Overview of the Victorian Community Services Quality Governance Framework, and a case study of a community health service’s experience of developing and implementing its framework. | Simone Corin – A/Deputy Secretary, Children, Families, Communities and Disability Lauren Daly – Quality Manager, Latrobe Community Health Service | Tuesday 12 November 12:30pm – 1:30pm | Victorian Healthcare Association and DHHS | |
The State of Social Innovation | When we talk about innovation we are talking about new ways of thinking, acting and collaborating that unlock better outcomes for people. At this time innovation matters more than ever to enable us to respond to the size and nature of the challenges that we are facing, Sarah draws on ThinkPlace’s experience of running innovation processes globally and present on the pulse of leaders, the myths of innovation labs, why social innovation attempts fail and how to avoid this, and what innovation could look like for you and your organisation. | Sarah Patterson, General Manager of Victoria at ThinkPlace Sarah leads ThinkPlace’s Victorian Studio in delivering local, national and international work, and brings deep expertise in facilitating co-design engagements that traverse policy and technical environments. | Friday 27 November 12:00pm – 1:00pm | The Centre |
Research and resources
Tri-Peaks Literature Review and Summary
Read the Tri-Peaks Literature Review.
Read the Tri Peaks Literature Review Summary.
Other resources
Contact
If you would like to learn more about the Tri-Peaks Project or have a query relating to any of the information above, please contact Emma Fenby at emma.fenby@cfecfw.asn.au, Kerryn Garner at kerryn.garner@vha.org.au or James Petty at jpetty@vaada.org.au