261Functions of the Chief Officer

261 Functions of the Chief Officer

(1) The Chief Officer has the following functions—

(a) to plan, develop, fund, provide and promote a comprehensive range of mental health and wellbeing services;

(b) to be the steward and manager of the mental health and wellbeing system;

(c) to promote the objectives of this Act and the mental health and wellbeing principles;

(d) to develop and implement mental health and wellbeing strategies, policies, guidelines, standards and Codes of Practice;

(e) to promote human rights compliance by mental health and wellbeing service providers;

(f) to promote continuous improvement in the quality and safety of mental health and wellbeing services;

(g) to set targets to reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of restrictive interventions in mental health and wellbeing services;

(h) to develop, monitor and report on appropriate measures to progressively reduce and ultimately eliminate the use of restrictive interventions in mental health and wellbeing services;

(i) to collect, compile and analyse data about the provision of mental health and wellbeing services for the purposes of—

(i) funding, managing, planning, monitoring, evaluating, improving and reporting on mental health and wellbeing services provided by mental health and wellbeing service providers; and

(ii) improving understanding of the mental health and wellbeing needs of diverse communities and their use of mental health and wellbeing services to enable more equitable access to those services and the delivery of equitable outcomes across communities; and

(iii) research into mental illness, mental health and wellbeing and related fields;

(j) to monitor and evaluate the performance, standards and outcomes of mental health and wellbeing service providers and the quality and safety of the mental health and wellbeing services they provide;

(k) to promote awareness and understanding of mental health and wellbeing among health professionals and across government, business and the wider community;

(l) to conduct, commission and facilitate research into and evaluation of, mental illness, mental health and wellbeing and related fields, including consumer-led research and evaluation;

(m) to develop and support the capacity of the mental health and wellbeing service provider workforce;

(n) to promote coordination between mental health and wellbeing service providers and providers of health, disability, alcohol and other drugs and community support services;

(o) to oversee and support the development of mental health and wellbeing service providers;