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11th Case Management Society of Australia (CMSA) Conference |
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Conference Venue, Date & Registration Fees. |
Sofitel Melbourne is situated in the central Melbourne CBD, it is a 5 star hotel at the "Paris End" of Collins Street.
The Conference Social Function will be a Cocktail Party held on the Thurs evening, to be held in the "Harrison Room"
situated in the Melbourne Cricket Ground Pavilion. The function room will overlook the world famous and spectacular
MCG ground.
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CMSA Member Fee - Early Bird (before 9/5/08) |
$600.00 + $60.00 GST = $660.00 |
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Non Member Fee - Early Bird (before 9/5/08) |
$690.91 + $69.09 GST = $760.00 |
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CMSA Member Fee - Late (after 9/5/08) |
$645.46 + $64.54 GST = $710.00 |
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Non Member Fee - Late (after9/5/08) |
$736.37 + $73.63 GST = $810.00 |
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Member Single Day Delegates |
$363.64 + $36.36 GST = $400.00 |
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Non Member Single Day Delegates |
$409.10 + $40.90 GST = $450.00 |
Conference Program & Registration Brochure |
Please download the Conference Program & Registration brochure below
2008 CMSA Conference Program & Registration Brochure
The cost of this workshop is extra and not included in the conference registration fee, if you would like to attend this workshop please
indicate this when registering and ensure you express your interest to the CMSA office as numbers will be limited.
This workshop will deal with the use and application of the “National Standards of Practice for Case Management” document and
accompanying practitioner tools the “National Standards Self Assessment Framework & Self Assessment Matrix “documents.
As part of the cost of this workshop attendees will receive a copy of each of the 3 National Standards documents:
1. National Standards of Practice for Case Management
2. National Standards of Practice Self Assessment Framework
3. National Standards of Practice Self Assessment Matrix
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CMSA Member- 11th June -National Standards Workshop |
$100.00 + $10.00 GST = $110.00 |
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Non Member- 11th June -National Standards Workshop |
$145.45 + $14.55 GST = $160.00 |
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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES - still available. |
The Case Management Society of Australia offers a wide range of sponsorship opportunities for our annual conferences.
Please download the " Conference Sponsorship Opportunities " brochure below
Sponsorship of the conference provides a unique opportunity to target case managers - the decision makers for purchasing goods and
services on behalf of clients in many sectors. It is also an ideal opportunity to gain increased exposure to the industry through alignment
with the Case Management Society of Australia. Sponsorship levels range from $900 to $20,000.
For further information about the marketing opportunities provided by sponsorship of our annual conference, please contact the
The Conference Organising Committee is grateful for the support given to the Conference from the HACC Program, jointly funded by
the Commonwealth & Victorian Governments.
The following organisations are also acknowledged and thanked for their sponsorship of the Conference:
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SPEAKERS |
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Prof. Steve Onyett. MSc. PhD. C. Clin. Psychol. AFBPsS
Professor Steve Onyett is Senior Development Consultant for the Care Services Improvement Partnership in the south west of England where he leads on leadership and teamwork development and R&D. He is Visiting Professor at the School of Health & Social Care, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, University of the West of England and has published widely, including “Teamworking in Mental Health” (2003; Palgrave Macmillan,) and “Case Management in Mental Health” (1998, Stanley Thornes). Steve has a long-standing interest in the contexts for personalized care and has a national role coordinating a “Learning for Improvement Network on Leadership and Teamwork Development” (see www.icn.csip.org.uk/leadership and for all you social networkers, www.leadershipnet-icn.org.uk). He also leads the “Developing Effective Leadership for Social Inclusion” initiative as part of the National Social Inclusion Programme. He founded and managed one of the earliest assertive community treatment teams in inner London and developed the “Effective Teamworking and Leadership in Mental Health” programme with Aston Business School. He has also recently concluded a national survey of crisis resolution teams, and the “Working Psychologically in Teams” report for the British Psychological Society/NIMHE. His passions include walking, cycling and self-indulgent jazz piano improvisation.
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Assoc Prof Michael
Fine
Michael holds the following positions at Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW- Associate Professor, Sociology, Deputy Director, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Director of the Bachelor of Social Science , Director, Postgraduate Program in Policy and Applied Social Research. Michael's current research concerns the sociology of care. It addresses theories of care and international developments in care provision; the issue of migration, demography and care; links between formal and informal support; individualisation, social housing, isolation and social support; and on emergent patterns of service delivery, including issues of funding, planning and consumer engagement. He is also responsible for the design and teaching of courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level concerning Australian and Global Societies, Social Research Methods, Research Design, and the Sociology of Human Services. He has a strong interest in promoting sociology and social science as active disciplines, and is responsible for the development and introduction of the Internships in Social Research, a new undergraduate coursework unit introduced in 2003. He is perhaps best known internationally for research in the field of social policy and human services, and have published a number of reports, monographs and journal articles in these fields. He is Vice-President of the Research Committee on the Sociology of Old Age (RC11) of the International Sociological Association, and a member of The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) and the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG). He is also currently Chair of the Scientific Committee for the 2006 AAG Annual Conference and was President of the NSW Division of the AAG for a number of years. Prior to commencing at Macquarie University he was Senior Research Fellow at the Social Policy Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, responsible for a number of important research studies in the areas of aged care, disability and social policy |
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Di Lawson has held the position of CEO of the Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council for almost 6 years. With a Masters Degree in Education and degrees in Women’s Studies and Applied Science, Di is very pro-education and aims to inspire others to a life of learning. Di has held national leadership roles in learning and business development for over 15 years in Finance, Business and Health and she presently sits on a number of national workforce committees some of which are ministerial appointments. Di has an extensive research, publications and consultancy portfolio including the conduct and management of a range of national workforce development, competency and training projects In addition, she has written and co-authored several discussion papers; a gamut of articles published in the likes of Australian Hospital and has contributed chapters to several academic textbooks. Di is frequently invited to speak on community services and health industry trends and issues in particular on workforce issues. |
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Bryan Lipmann AM
Bryan Lipmann is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Wintringham, a not-for-profit welfare company employing over 300 people to provide an extensive range of high quality residential, community based and outreach services to elderly men and women, most of whom are homeless or at risk of homelessness. He has worked with elderly homeless people for more than 20 years. An important identifying feature of Wintringham's work has been its insistence that homeless elderly men and women should have the same right of access to generic aged care services and resources as the rest of the aged community. Bryan has sat on a number of Ministerial Advisory Committees in Melbourne and in Canberra working on issues effecting homeless elderly people, including the Victorian Homelessness Strategy, and the National Homelessness Strategy. More recently, Bryan was a member of the Hogan committee investigating the long term viability of the national aged care industry where he represented the needs of the elderly homeless. In 1999, Bryan was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) for his work with the elderly homeless. In 2007, Bryan received Aged and Community Care Australia’s national individual award for his contribution to aged care and in particular to the aged homeless. |
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Beth Wilson
On 1 May 1997 Beth Wilson became Victoria’s Health Services Commissioner. She is a lawyer by training, rather than by inclination, and has worked mainly in administrative law. Beth has had a long-standing interest in medico/legal and ethical issues. The Health Services Commissioner receives and resolves complaints about health service providers with a view to improving the quality of health services for everybody. In 2007 Beth was appointed a member of the Disability Services Board. Prior to becoming Health Services Commissioner, Beth was the President of the Mental Health Review Board, a Senior Legal Member of the Social Security Appeals Board and the WorkCare Appeals Board. Beth regularly conducts seminars, lectures and classes for consumers, health service providers and others. She is a past President of the Victorian Branch of ANZAPPL (the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law). In October 2002, Beth was awarded Monash University’s Distinguished Alumni Award for her outstanding professional achievements and inspirational leadership. In April 2003, Beth was awarded the Centenary Medal for her services to health, and in May 2004 Beth was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from RMIT for her contributions to health education. In her spare time, Beth is learning to play blues harmonica, mandolin, guitar and singing.
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Dana Shen
Dana Shen is the Director, Program Development within the Statewide Service Strategy Division, Department of Health. The role is responsible for developing the program of out-of-hospital services that contributes to the GP Plus Health Care Strategy. Programs include for example the GP Plus Health Care Networks, the GP Plus Health Care Centres, other Chronic Disease Management activity and the SA element of Health Direct, the National Health Call Centre. Dana also carries such portfolios as Early Childhood, Homelessness and Sexual Health. Previously as Executive Director, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health, Dana was responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of service delivery to local communities to work towards an improvement in overall Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health outcomes. This position faced a range of challenges that included the under representation of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people in data collection and ensuring the diverse Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities in this region have a say about their health. Dana began work with young people in the Hills Mallee Southern Region at Adelaide Hills Community Health Service & Murray Mallee Community Health Service. Supported by the Regional Health Service she developed a Regional Youth Plan & worked with the Murray Mallee Aboriginal community in developing health services for the local community. Following this she moved into Country Health SA and then out to the Central Northern Adelaide Health Service. |
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Dr Maree Dyson
PhD, B.App.Sc.(O.T.), Grad.Dip.(Erg), Grad.Dip.(Bus.Mgt), Cert.Q.A
Dr Maree Dyson is a consultant to the disability and serious injury sectors in Australia and New Zealand. She has consulted to a variety of government organisations including the Department of Human Services Victoria, the Disability Services Commission of Western Australia, the Auditor General Victoria and the Accident Compensation Corporation New Zealand. Her work with the NGO sector has spanned Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland and South Australia. Between 2002 and 2006 she interrupted her career as a consultant to spend four years working for the Victorian Transport Accident Commission as the Senior Manager, Disability Strategy. Maree’s particular interest is with people with disabilities; funding, policy, systems development and field based research. Maree completed her doctorate in 2000 and her doctoral work on funding models has been published internationally. Maree is an expert adviser to the Advisory Committee on Australian and International Disability Data (ACAIDD) of the Australian Institute of Health and was an expert advisor on the Victorian State Disability Plan.
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