Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health

Consumer and Community Engagement Professionals Community of Practice

The Consumer and Community Engagement Professionals Community of Practice is a group of professionals working across health organisations to strengthen consumer and community engagement across the South Australian health system.

About the Con­sumer and Com­mu­ni­ty Engage­ment Pro­fes­sion­als Com­mu­ni­ty of Practice

The Con­sumer and Com­mu­ni­ty Engage­ment Pro­fes­sion­als Com­mu­ni­ty of Prac­tice (CoP) brings togeth­er pro­fes­sion­als from across South Australia’s health sys­tem to improve how ser­vices engage with con­sumers and communities.

The CoP is led joint­ly by its mem­bers. Each organ­i­sa­tion takes turns to chair meet­ings, ensur­ing a mix of per­spec­tives and a shared sense of own­er­ship across the group.

The CEIH sup­ports, hosts and con­tributes to the CoP. 

Pur­pose

The over­ar­ch­ing pur­pose of the group is to:

  • share best prac­tice and sup­port con­sis­tent approach­es to engage­ment across organ­i­sa­tions, Local Health Net­works (LHNs) and services
  • build work­force capa­bil­i­ty through col­lab­o­ra­tion and shared expertise 
  • con­tribute to poli­cies, ini­tia­tives and sys­tem-wide improvements 
  • strength­en part­ner­ships with con­sumers and com­mu­ni­ties to sup­port bet­ter care.

Mem­ber­ship

The CoP includes rep­re­sen­ta­tives from LHNs, statewide ser­vices and exter­nal partners.

This broad mem­ber­ship helps the group share what is work­ing across the sys­tem and stay con­nect­ed to engage­ment prac­tices across South Australia.

Key documents and resources

Have a question?

Or want to get involved? Email us at CEIH@​sa.​gov.​au.