The Victorian Department of Health (the Department) is offering postgraduate scholarships of up to $13,000 to social workers, occupational therapists and psychologists working in state funded mental health services and alcohol and other drug (AOD) practitioners working in state funded AOD services.
Scholarships can be used for postgraduate qualifications to support practitioners to develop their direct mental health or AOD practice.
The scholarships are available to eligible individuals who are enrolled or intending to enroll in an eligible postgraduate course in semester two, 2023.
Applications will be considered from applicants who:
You must be able to provide a letter of recommendation from your line-manger and/or discipline senior (if relevant), confirming your length of employment in the sector and how the service will support your learning (e.g., through study leave, flexible workload, etc).
Scholarships will be awarded based on your responses to the selection questions and additional weighting will be given to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants, and those who work in regional or rural Victoria.
The selection questions are below:
Describe your career and approach to practice in mental health or AOD practice and your career goals over the next five years.
Describe how the qualification that you are proposing to undertake will support the development of your mental health or AOD practice and career goals. Consider how the qualification will improve the experience of consumers and families, carers and supports at your service.
Provide an example of a time when you collaborated with the lived or living experience workforces at your service.