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MENTAL HEALTH

DISABILITY

HACSU, the only union that understands Mental Health

We don’t only fight for wages and conditions. We fight for better mental health services.

HACSU recognises that quality service provision comes from the sector as a whole. That’s why HACSU represents everyone who works in mental health, including nurses, health professionals, admin and clerical workers, consumer/carer consultants and the peer workforce.

HACSU was formed over 100 years ago as the union for workers in the historic mental asylums. Over time this psychiatry has been recognised as a specialist profession, and workers have stood together as a union to maintain working conditions specific to mental health.

As a specialist union, HACSU can provide specific knowledge and services to achieve the best outcomes for workers, consumers and the broader community.

To read more about the benefits of joining HACSU, click here.

Workers. Wages. Wellbeing

The new Public Mental Health EBA is now in effect! Click to learn more.

Royal Commission

Click here to visit the Royal Commission into Mental Health's website, where you'll find factsheets on the outcomes and what they mean for mental health workers and all Victorians.

Better Mental Health

Our mental health system is in crisis. The only solution is to invest in people and better quality services. Find out more about HACSU's campaign for Better Mental Health.

COMBATTING WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

Campaign against violence in Victorian Mental Health services

MEMBERS BENEFITS

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UNION WIN: Backpay for workers who moved between Public Mental Health Services after July 2021

2022-11-25

Our plan for mental health

2022-11-11

Promoting Resilience in Nurses (PRiN) Study at NorthWestern Mental Health – an update

2022-10-20

HACSU has partnered with the ACU and other organisations to study the impact of a resilience-building program, with mental health nurses at NorthWestern…

Upcoming public holidays (September 22nd and 23rd)

2022-09-16

A new public holiday has been declared for September 22nd, additional to the existing public holiday on September 23rd — and as with every public holiday…

Headspace EBA Member's Meeting tomorrow!

2022-08-30

Public Mental Health EBA: Wage increases incoming!

2022-06-30

The new Victorian Public Mental Health Services. Enterprise Agreement is now in effect — meaning members have two pay rises coming their way…

Winter retention and surge payment program

2022-06-28

Updated info on the winter retention payment for public health workers in Victoria.

Next week: Lived experience workforce town hall meeting

2022-06-21

HACSU is holding a virtual statewide meeting for admin staff in public mental health on Thursday 19 May, 7pm. We'll be discussing a number of key topics, including staffing profiles…

Town hall meeting for admin workers in public mental health sites

2022-05-10

HACSU is holding a virtual statewide meeting for lived experience staff in public mental health on Wednesday 29 June, 1pm. We'll be discussing a number of…

Closing Thursday: Allied health and AOD postgrad scholarships

2022-04-25

As announced earlier this year, postgrad scholarship funding has been secured for allied health and AOD practitioners working in state-funded…

HACSU represents the industrial and professional interests of the mental health, disability, and alcohol and other drugs workforces in Victoria.

THE UNION

MEMBERSHIP

HACSU acknowledges the traditional owners and continuing custodians of the land and sea on which we live and work. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. As unionists, we pledge our ongoing solidarity with the traditional owners, and all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, in their struggle for recognition of sovereignty, historical truths and justice.

Authorised by Paul Healey, Health and Community Services Union, Carlton.