This course will help your team deepen their skills, confidence and shared understanding of co-design and co-production.

Experienced TACSI facilitators such as Carla Clarance, and TACSI lived expertise associates will support your team embrace the mindsets, tools and frameworks needed to realise co-design in your work, your organisation, and the your broader system. 

The course is based on TACSI’s experience of co-designing services and policy in education, disability, home and housing, health and mental health settings, ageing and communities. This course has been used by a range of social purpose organisations, including government departments, service providers and academics to build co-design capability. A specialised version of this course is tailored to mental health settings, providing invaluable insights and practical strategies for professionals in the field.

Included in the workshop package is our facilitators working with you to tailor the course to your needs including selecting co-facilitators and case studies relevant to your context.

Your facilitators

Carla Clarence

Future of Mental Health, TACSI

Carla is passionate about supporting mental health practitioners and transforming how we approach mental health as a society. Over the last five years, she has led over 30 co-design and co-planning projects in mental health settings including with not-for-profits, private health networks, and government, as well as philanthropically-funded work. With a practice-based background of case work, coaching, and working with people experiencing extremely complex life challenges, she understands the realities of making ‘co’ work across the service-system.

Peter Kennedy

Lived Expertise Associate, TACSI. Peer Worker, Ballarat Community Care.

A proud Narungga and Wotjobaluk Aboriginal man. Peter’s lived and professional experiences include peer work, participating in co‑design activities as a lived‑experience participant, the criminal justice system and connecting isolated people with community supports.

Kirsty Rosie

Lived Expertise Associate, TACSI

Kirsty’s lived and professional experiences include being a carer to family members living through complex challenges, working as a lived-experience Family/Carer consultant advising on mental health reform, participating in co-design projects, and co-developing this learning experience. She holds a Bachelor of Business (Management and Economics) and a Masters in Public Policy.

What learners will experience

  • Pre-course reading and reflective activity

  • 15hrs of learning over 8 online sessions or two days of intensive workshop

  • A co-design tool package to take with you on your co-design journey

Seven things learners will be able to do after taking part

  • Choose the best-fit co-design approach

  • Use design-thinking methods for identifying opportunities and testing solutions

  • Facilitate constructive conversations about planning feasible co-design projects

  • Create stronger organisational and system-wide conditions for co-design

  • Know their personal strengths and your growth areas when it comes to co-design

  • Create brave and safe-enough spaces for co-design activities

  • Connect with a network of peers when you need support

Included in the workshop package

  • 2hrs of introductory conversation to support tailoring the workshop

  • Up to 4hrs of tailoring workshop materials to fit your needs

  • 15hrs of workshop delivery online (or in person with additional travel costs)

  • Lifelong access to resources and guidance via the TACSI Learning Hub including via the Learning Hub smart phone app

  • Midpoint and endpoint evaluation of the course from participants

Pricing and booking

Contact our Learning Coordinator, at [email protected] to discuss your needs, how this workshop could be tailored to meet them and to make your booking.

Duration: 
15hrs either delivered online over 8 weeks or in person over two days. 

Technology: 
Online workshops hosted on Zoom or Teams Learning materials accessible via web browser 

Price: 
AUD $16,500 for up to 10 participants including taxes
(AUD $15,000 ex GST in Australia) 

AUD $33,000 for up to 25 participants including taxes 
(AUD $30,000 ex GST in Australia) 

Plus additional travel costs if in person, depending on location.

Course curriculum

  1. Welcome!

  2. Week 1: Powering-Up

  3. Week 2: Co-Design and the Bigger Picture

  4. Week 3: Guiding Principles for Co-Production and Co-Design

  5. Week 4: Co-Planning in Practice

  6. Week 5: Co-Design in Practice

About this course

  • Book now
  • Online and in-person options
  • Tailored to your needs and context

What learners said

“I cannot recommend TACSI’s Co-Design Learning Network highly enough. Brilliantly presented and worked through, I have gained valuable information and tools to seriously bring about true teamwork and co-design to my workplace.”

Participant, 2023

“I'm definitely going to be more aware of power imbalances, and of the unique kinds of power people hold”

Participant, 2023

“The co-facilitation was fantastic, enabling many additional aspects or ideas to be gently presented.”

Participant, 2023

“The course supported me to understand the co-design process and to apply it in practice.”

Participant, 2023

FAQs

  • Are there any scholarships or subsidies?

    Yes, we reserve two free places per network cohort for First Nations applicants, folks with lived expertise, and low-income earners. Contact our Learning Coordinator, ([email protected]), to request your place.

  • Can I register a group?

    Absolutely. Creating the conditions for co-design or co-production is a collective endeavour. Enrolling as an organisation (or group of organisations) will help you build a shared understanding and shared language, while giving you the opportunity to work through challenges specific to your context. Contact our Learning Coordinator, ([email protected]) to talk about your options.

  • How long will I have access?

    You will have lifelong access to the course materials.

  • Will I get a certificate?

    Yes, you will be presented with a certificate on completing the course.

  • What if I can’t make all the sessions?

    You will still have access to all the materials from that session. We do not record network sessions, but we will endeavour to catch you up in the next session.

  • What if I realise I can’t attend the course after purchasing it?

    Networks and courses are non-refundable. If you are not able to make a network, and let us know more than 14 days before the start date, we will issue you a credit note (valid for 12 months) for use in a later network or course. At any point before the start date of the network you can transfer your place to a colleague at no additional cost. Contact our Learning Coordinator, via email ([email protected]) if you have any questions.

  • Can I get a tax invoice?

    When you purchase via our secure online platform a tax invoice will be sent to your email address.

  • Who can I talk to about any other questions?

    You can speak with our Learning Coordinator, via email ([email protected]) or the contact form below.