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Mr Martin Healy , Ms Renee Griffin

University students are increasingly recognised adoption of interventions within a Stepped Care as a vulnerable group , experiencing higher model . Not all students need the same type levels of mental health concerns compared to of intervention . Some students may benefit by equivalent cohorts in the general population . accessing self-help resources online , watching a The covid-19 pandemic has only compounded video , using an app , or guided online programs . on this as the nature of their educational

Others could benefit from a psychoeducational

Martin Healy

Deputy Lead Psychology & Wellness Martin is a Clinical Psychologist and Deputy Lead , Psychology & Wellness . He has been at UNSW since 2002 with a brief period in between in Private Practice . Prior to that Martin worked in South Western Sydney in Child & Adolescent Health for 13 years . His interests are around the factors that promote adjustment , particularly as it relates to university students . He is also passionate about supporting non-traditional students who are often lacking in cultural capital .

experience radically changed .

workshop , and still others may require longer

At the same time universities are also undergoing unprecedented change because

term individual treatment from an accredited mental health professional .

Team Lead Wellness Support

of covid-19 . As well as the obvious burden of

Stepped Care is a staged approach to the

Renee Griffin has occupied leadership roles within student

change for teaching as they move to online

delivery of mental health services , comprising

support services at UNSW since 2018 . Prior to UNSW , Renee

platforms , Support Services have also had to

a hierarchy of interventions ; from the least to

has spent time in diverse areas , including drug and alcohol ,

modify service delivery to meet the changed

the most intensive . In a stepped care approach ,

with First Nations people in Alice Springs , and marginalised

environment and increasing demands

a person seeking support is connected to the

women in South India . She is an accredited Mental Health

for support .

While there is often a gap between the demand for psychological services and the available supply , the way to overcome this problem is to increase efficiency of provision through the

services that meet their needs , and as their needs change , the services change with them . It has the capacity for the individual to step up and step down to different levels of care . This is fundamental to a person-centered approach to mental health care .

Renee Griffin

Social Worker , sits on the NSW Australian Association of Social Workers Branch Management Committee and has occupied State Coordinator , Program Manager and Strategic Advisory positions within prominent NGOs .