Do you have a lived experience of mental ill health? Are you passionate about ensuring local mental health services are relevant to local need?
Your experience matters and we want to hear from you.
SWSPHN is currently seeking expressions of interest for consumer or community representatives to be a mental health consumer voice while working closely with our staff on Our Experience Matters (OEM) Reference Group.
OEM is made up of people with living or lived experience of mental ill health, their family, friends and carers as well as those who have been bereaved by suicide.
If you are passionate about improving the primary care services available to South Western Sydney residents, you are invited to express your interest to join OEM by completing the form below.
What’s expected of you:
Consumer and carer representatives will work closely with staff members to improve the safety, access and quality of services by offering their advice and experience.
Meetings are held quarterly on a Monday, from 10am to 11.30am. Attendance can be online or face-to-face at the SWSPHN office in Campbelltown. The next meeting is Monday, 9 February 2026.
In return members are remunerated for their time and expertise at a rate of $150 per hour.
If you have any questions, please call Luke Swain on 4632 3023 or email luke.swain@swsphn.com.au for more information.
What our members say about OEM:
“I believe that each person has a right to realise their full potential, take control of their lives through recovery. The OEM committee is an important link towards this” – current OEM member
“I also like to be involved in the OEM committee as it gives me insight into updated practices, service interventions and support which I can share throughout the community” – current OEM member