Beyond Blue
Marcia Harkins possesses extensive experience in the mental health and community services sectors, currently serving as General Manager of Early Intervention at Work for Beyond Blue since July 2018. Marcia has held various senior leadership roles at Beyond Blue, focusing on stakeholder and community engagement, partnerships, and inclusivity measures. Prior experience includes senior management positions at Uniting Vic.Tas and Kildonan UnitingCare, where Marcia led initiatives to improve outcomes for vulnerable customers and managed diverse community programs. Previous roles also encompass development management at Places Victoria and a special projects management role at South Bank Corporation, alongside roles in journalism and public relations early in the career. Marcia holds multiple diplomas and a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Queensland.
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Beyond Blue
Helping people in Australia live a life beyond feeling blue. Comments moderated in line with privacy policy: bb.org.au/40U8goX ☎ 1300 22 4636 We promote good mental health. We create change to protect everyone’s mental health and improve the lives of individuals, families and communities affected by anxiety, depression and suicide. Mental health conditions don’t discriminate, and neither do we. Our programs and initiatives support people at all stages of life, wherever they live, work, study and play. Beyond Blue has four main goals that guide everything we do, and we use our community heart and business head to achieve these. Our goals help us measure the impact of our work, ensuring our programs and initiatives remain focused on achieving our vision and mission. Our goals are to: 1. reduce the impact of anxiety, depression and suicide by supporting people to protect their mental health and to recover when they are unwell 2. reduce people’s experiences of stigma and discrimination 3. improve people’s opportunities to get effective support and services at the right time 4. use best business practices to deliver integrated, evidence-based and cost-effective initiatives through our people and resources.