Discrimination against people with mental illness is commonly occurring in the workplace, with unlawful practices needing immediate attention as part of the campaign for suicide prevention.
This is the message from Michael Burge, an independent mental health advocate with the National Mental Health Consumer & Carer Forum (NMHCCF), who says he is receiving increasing feedback from lived experienced workers across Australia.
Mr Burge will be just one of the speakers at this week’s World Suicide Prevention Day (Sep 8) Community Forum hosted by Griffith’s Australian Institute for Suicide Prevention and Research (AISRAP) in Brisbane
Lived experience workers (also known as consumer consultants and peer workers) support people with mental illness in the workplace and are required to openly disclose their own experience of mental illness in order to take on their roles. They then share this experience to support others in need.
“It is very important that we look after the peer workforce in
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