Ms Ozols is a mental health and suicide prevention advocate and educator. She is the founder and managing director of Mental Health at Work, a consultancy focussed on improving our understanding of mental health and building resilience in the workplace. She has developed an online e- learning tool, mh @ work®, to help manage mental health issues in the workplace. This interactive program enables people to share experiences of mental illness and recovery, helping to change attitudes and workplace cultures. More than 200,000 employees have used mh @ work’s education tools and programs.
Ms Ozols has contributed to many Australian mental health boards, committees and advisory groups. She was the inaugural Chair of BlueVoices, beyondblue’s consumer arm; and a former board member of the Mental Health Council of Australia. Other memberships and advisory groups include the Royal Australian and New Zealand College Psychiatry and the General Practitioner’s Mental Health Standards Collaboration.
Human rights medal
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