The Lived and Living Experience Authority is an innovation in governance co-designed by consumers, carers, service users and the Wellways Board to ensure that the voice of Lived and Living Experience is central to all decision-making.
The Lived and Living Experience Authority is an innovation in governance co-designed by consumers, carers, service users and the Wellways Board to ensure that the voice of Lived and Living Experience is central to all decision-making.
Following the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System’s report established in 2021, Victoria has started a 10-year transformation of its mental health system. This report emphasises that people with lived and living experience (LLE) should be the focus of the new mental health system.
LLE roles, regardless of position type or level of authority, are distinguished by a commitment to use lived and living experience to benefit others, uphold human rights and drive transformation.
Wellways’ LLE workforce will become an important agency at all levels and in all settings of the organisation, including leadership, specialist and operational roles. LLE will have authority in governance, advisory and decision-making roles.
The LLE Authority is an innovation in governance co-designed by consumers, carers, service users and the Wellways Board to ensure that the voice of LLE is central to all decision-making. Enshrined in the Wellways’ constitution, the LLE Authority will influence organisational values and ways of thinking, and improve how we do business. It will impact strategic direction, planning, policy, culture, budget, advocacy, research priorities and performance. The Board expects to learn from, be challenged by and work in partnership with the LLE Authority to ensure that governance decisions reflect LLE viewpoints.
As leader in the transformative space, Wellways will be active in making deep changes as an organisation. The LLE Authority will have prominent influence in achieving change as part of our governance arrangements.
Connecting the LLE voice and expertise across Wellways’ programs and services throughout the nation, the LLE Authority will support and enable the Wellways Board and CEO to be accountable to participants in the communities we serve.
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