ESF acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government to deliver a new initiative in 2025: Volunteer Leaders: Safeguarding Mentally Healthy Teams.
ESF identified a need to better support volunteer leaders meet obligations for psychological safety. This new program designed specifically for volunteers has been informed by ESF’s popular Leading for Better Mental Health program and is designed to better equip volunteer leaders to lead their teams with a psychological safety lens, improve mental health literacy, whilst building local inter-agency connections.
Three programs were offered in 2025. Each program involved two dates and participants were expected to attend both and apply their learning between sessions, reflect and report back on day two.
2025: SPEAKS OUT
The Speaks Out resource was developed as an outcome of the Volunteer Leader program. It is designed to help volunteer leaders look after their volunteers after a critical incident, to foster psychologically safe and mentally healthy teams.
It has two elements: An aide memoire, which can be printed out as flyer, and a short explanatory video which accompanies the guide.
