• Our commitment to
    diversity & inclusion

    As a community-minded organisation, we are committed to actively welcoming all people who work in and access our programs and services, regardless of their background. This includes, but is not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTIQA+ community, and culturally and linguistically diverse community.

  • Our diversity, inclusion,
    & lived experience statement

    Open Minds acknowledges the individual and collective contributions of those with a lived and living experience of disability, ageing, mental ill-health and suicide. We also acknowledge those who love, have loved, support and care for them. Each person’s journey is unique and a valued contribution to our commitment to systems reform and suicide prevention.

    We strive to create supportive, enabling and culturally appropriate cultures that recognise the diversity of each person’s contribution, and provide opportunities for leadership, career development, flexible work, and equal and active participation in the community.

    Open Minds’ directors and executive leadership team contribute their own personal and family lived experience, including experience of disability, ageing, mental ill health, LGBTIQA+ and suicide, to assist in achieving service excellence.

    • Open Minds commits to:
      • Promoting and advocating for internal organisational changes
      • Developing our understanding of how best to work with all communities
      • Designing pathways to walk and work together
      • Growing positive outcomes for all of our communities

    • “My Support Worker and other Open Minds employees I have found to be completely non-judgemental and totally accepting of who I am. We hang out and talk, and they treat me with respect. They have never tried to change who I am; they’ve only ever encouraged positive change in my life.”

      Jaq, Open Minds client

    • “Working with staff at Open Minds to educate them to be more culturally aware is important, because it means we’re enabling our staff to be more culturally capable when working with Indigenous clients.”

      Yvette, Indigenous Engagement Officer