About the founder: Christopher Jones

I am a highly experienced mental health professional with over 20 years of experience, including national-level policy, strategic thinking and planning, and leadership of high-performing teams across primary health, social services and mental health sectors.

My passion is driven by being part of many of Australia's major mental health reforms over the past 15 years, including Partners in Recovery, PHN stepped care mental health approaches and more recently, Head to Health.

I have also worked extensively with people with disabilities, carers, First Nations individuals and organisations, CALD individuals and organizations

I have worked in roles that have provided policy advice to the Department of Health as well as being selected by the Department to lead a collegiate approach that supported all 31 national PHNs towards the design and delivery of the five-year mental health regional plan process.

I am a highly skilled facilitator and educator having designed, implemented and trained over 5000 unique participants in my career and am a Master MH First Aid Instructor with 13 years’ experience in delivering this course.