About NEVIL The North East Victoria Innovative Learning, Training and Professional Development Cluster (NEVIL) is a Victorian Department of Health and Human Services funded initiative to improve the delivery of mental health services in the eastern metropolitan suburbs and northeast regional Victoria. It does this by providing mental health staff and consumer and carer consultants with ongoing professional development education and training. MISSION To provide Victorian mental health clinicians with evidence based, world’s best practice knowledge and skills in the diagnosis, assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and recovery care of people with mental illness. Who comprises NEVIL NEVIL commenced in 2004 and comprises agencies that provide public mental health services. These agencies are: Austin Health Eastern Health Forensicare St Vincent’s Health Goulburn Valley Health Albury Wodonga Health  Links to these agencies can be found on our Links page. More recently, reflective of increased synergy between the two sectors, staff of Victoria's Mental Health Community Support Sector (MHCSS) are now eligible to attend NEVIL training free of charge. Clinical mental health service staff are eligible to attend VicServ training for the usual fee. Click here to visit the VicServ training calendar web page. NEVIL is auspiced by St. Vincent's Mental Health Service. It's Management Committee comprises representatives from each of the participating agencies and consumer and carer consultants. What NEVIL does NEVIL conducts mental health professional development training. Activities comprise events initiated by the Management Committee and events organised and conducted by a cluster agency, primarily for its staff but with an invitation for other agency staff to attend.  All training is provided by experts in their respective fields.  Activities are conducted in both metropolitan and rural regions to cater for the large geographic area the cluster covers. Training Activities Please visit our Calendar page to view the current range of education and training activities programmed for the NEVIL cluster. The calendar is updated frequently, so if you have an interest in an activity that is not currently programmed, please check the site regularly. As indicated above, education and training activities are normally only available to employees of those agencies involved in NEVIL. Other participants may attend on request. Training activities normally comprise face to face presentations. Alternative mechanisms for training delivery, including on-line training, are being investigated. Victorian Dual Disability Service Training NEVIL is pleased to endorse and promote training offered by the Victorian Dual Disability Service (VDDS). Their training days are listed on the NEVIL calendar.  Below is a link to their calendar and workshop booking form. VDDS-TRAINING-FLYER-AND-REGISTRATION-FORM-AUG-DEC-2016.pdf NEVIL / LAMPS Allied Health Development Program 2016 The NEVIL and LAMPS Clusters will repeat the popular Allied Health Development Program for allied health staff in 2016.  Registration for each day of training can be completed via the calendar page of this website. Resources to be made available to participants by presenters will appear below as they become available.  Introduction-to-Victorias-Mental-Health-Service.pdf Graduate Nurse Program Resources Below are resources, including presenter handouts and other materials, for the 2016 NEVIL Graduate Nurse Program. Articles will appear here as deemed appropriate by the NEVIL Education team. Advance Statements and Nominated Persons-NEVIL.pptx Communication-Session-Plan-2015.docx MHA-legislation-presentation-study-block-1-2016.pptx Comprehensive-Mental-Health-Assessment.pdf