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Mental Health staff, Rivendell Estate
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The Mental Health Service manages all public mental health facilities within Sydney Local Health District. 

In addition to the provision of general mental health services across the age range, there are specialist services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with eating disorders, youth with emerging mental illness, adults with intellectual disability and mental health disorders, parents experiencing mental health problems with babies, and people experiencing suicidal distress. 

Our service has partnerships with community managed organisations to provide diverse care options for consumers and their families and carers. 

Our Mental Health Service has been operating for more than 145 years, commencing at Callan Park in 1878.

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Our team

Our senior leadership team brings decades of experience in mental health service provision, management and governance. 

We work together to deliver high quality mental health care. This includes governance, compliance, review and risk management for our services.

General Manager Steven Wood
Clinical Director Dr Andrew McDonald
Finance Director Jingjing Gong
Director Clinical Governance Kath Walkley
Director Nursing Lance Takiari
Acting Director Operations and Corporate Governance Lainie Anderson
Director Clinical Services Dr Sylvia Lim-Gibson
Director Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health Services Associate Professor Beth Kotze
Director Older Persons Mental Health Dr Kerryn Loftus
Director Community Mental Health and Partnerships Merryn Sheather
Professional Senior Psychologist Associate Professor Lil Vrklevski
Professional Senior Social Worker Simon Tully
Acting Professional Senior Occupational Therapist Sophia Brindle
Acting Professional Senior Peer Support Worker Kate Anderson
Director Clinical Services, Concord Centre for Mental Health Dr Hang Tran
Director Clinical Services, RPA Hospital Dr Tanya Dus
Service Planning and Innovation Manager Megan Still
Workforce Manager Simon Quested