Fay Jackson BCVA, Dip.Ed, EBE, GAICD
Middle Pocket, New South Wales, Australia
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About
Current: General Manager Inclusion and Lived Experience Leader at Flourish Australia, Inaugural Deputy Commissioner of NSW Mental Health Commission, Associate Fellow UTS, CEO Vision In Mind. National MH Commission Leadership Group
Multi award winner in human rights and disability rights including International Meritorious Service to Community medal.
Fay is seen as the crusader of Peer Work in Australia. She perceived of and drove the ‘Why Not A Peer Worker? Strategy’ which led to a massive uptake of Peer Work and other Lived Experience Leadership roles in Australia.
Much sought after international key not speaker on:
All aspects of Lived Experience Leadership in mental health,
Lived Experience and Peer Workforce
Recovery
Mental health and wellbeing in the workplace.
Inclusion
Person led services
Consumer centred services
Community engagement
Mental health and climate change
Human rights,
Disability rights.
Fay was raised on a farm in a remote area of Australia, has lived in Sydney as well as regional and remote areas. Appointed Inaugural Deputy Commissioner in 2013, appointed General Manager of Inclusion 2014.
Previous to starting Vision In Mind she was the Director of Consumer and Carer Affairs with Illawarra Area Health Service, Manager of Peer Workers and Peer Worker/Consumer Consultant
She sits on many state and national committees such as the National Consumer Reference Group. We have been appointed to start the National Consumer Peak Body.
Fay believes every attitude that is harmful to others, once recognised, should be changed for the better by that generation. We know that the stigma and discrimination towards people with mental health issues is harmful, to the point of causing death. It is up to each of us, especially journalists, politicians, teachers, and clinicians to greatly improve the attitude towards people with mental health issues. We are all responsible! Every single one of us. What will you do to improve the lives of others?
If not you; Who?
If not here; Where?
If not now; When?
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You’re a Peer Support professional who needs to manage stress. What tools do you use?
Remembering to be proactive & strategic rather than reactive, whenever possible. See the big picture and keep your eye on the prize rather than letting things that frustrate, take their toll. I remember what my friend and colleague Jasmyn Strang used to tell me frequently which was that “you can’t save the world Fay even though you want to & try to. You must remember that the cemeteries are full of ‘indispensable people’ & yet the world has gone on without them because there are other people to step up, take their place, & who will bring their wisdom & incites to the situation at hand also”. This takes some of the pressure off me. I remember this whether I’m supporting people one on one or I’m on a federal or state working party/committee.
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How can you help a peer who is in denial about their situation?
Denial about what? Denial that the treatment they have been forced to take is helping them and may be making them feel much worse? That isn’t denial; that is them telling what is happening. Denial about their diagnosis? If the diagnosis was a normal response to PTSD then more of us might be far more open to that diagnosis but to diagnose us with an “illness” that can’t be medically proven; why wouldn’t we deny that kind of diagnosis? Especially when that diagnosis is accompanied with such statements as “you have a serious and enduring mental illness; Your unlikely to ever be able to hold down a job or a relationship or be a valuable member of your family and community!” Of course we want want to deny that as any kind of reality we want.
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I was honoured to present this week at TheMHS Learning Network Inc. Conference in Canberra on behalf of Flourish Australia with colleague Paula…
I was honoured to present this week at TheMHS Learning Network Inc. Conference in Canberra on behalf of Flourish Australia with colleague Paula…
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Interesting picture... Where any of the 500 individuals in this study wearing ceremonial dress... or is this just so we can tell that they are indeed…
Interesting picture... Where any of the 500 individuals in this study wearing ceremonial dress... or is this just so we can tell that they are indeed…
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If your service or workplace is serious about supporting and employing staff with Lived Experience, do yourself and everyone a favour and engage with…
If your service or workplace is serious about supporting and employing staff with Lived Experience, do yourself and everyone a favour and engage with…
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Education
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Diploma of Education
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Bachelor of Creative Visual Arts
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Publications
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Work=Connection, Meaning and Purpose
World Federation on Mental Health
See publicationThe purpose of this paper is to provide a personal perspective on the importance of work in the lives of people with mental health issues. The brief was to write to an audience of people who have lived experience, carers and families. The article was written with a view to is give hope and inspire people not to let self-doubt stop them from achieving a career that has meaning and purpose.
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Why Not A Peer Worker?
Emerald Insight
See publicationThe purpose of this paper is to provide a perspective on peer work and insights from Flourish Australia’s journey in growing a thriving peer workforce. Flourish Australia has the largest number of Peer Workers in any single service in Australia. The Flourish Australia Peer Worker workforce grew from 22 part time Peer Workers to 150 mostly full-time Peer Workers plus a large number of casual staff. This paper provides the 'Why Not A Peer Worker?' strategy conceived by Fay Jackson, General…
The purpose of this paper is to provide a perspective on peer work and insights from Flourish Australia’s journey in growing a thriving peer workforce. Flourish Australia has the largest number of Peer Workers in any single service in Australia. The Flourish Australia Peer Worker workforce grew from 22 part time Peer Workers to 150 mostly full-time Peer Workers plus a large number of casual staff. This paper provides the 'Why Not A Peer Worker?' strategy conceived by Fay Jackson, General Manager Inclusion, signed off on by Pamela Rutledge CEO, operationalised by Tim Fong, General Manager HR and General Managers of Operations, Aidan Conway and Andrew O'Brien.
Courses
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Bachelor of Creative Arts-Art Therapy
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Honors & Awards
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Paul Harris Fellow
Australian Rotary Health
For services to the community focused on improving knowledge about and outcomes in mental health and recovery
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Meritorious Service to Community Medal
Rotary
Awarded for dedicated work in the Australian community to raise awareness of mental health issues and to break down stigma and discrimination that is all too often visited upon people with mental health issues.
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