Mitchell Goodwin

Mitchell Goodwin is a proud Muriwari man who has deep cultural and family connections to his traditional country around Goodooga in WNSW. Mitchell was born on Darug country, but now lives in Dubbo and has strong cultural connections to Wiradjuri Land and people. In 2019 Mitchell commenced a three year traineeship with our Integrated MHDA service. Traineeships are a successful model for ‘growing your own’ Aboriginal MHDA workforce under the NSW Health Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce Training Program. Mitchell undertook a Bachelor Health Science (mental health) over three years whilst also undertaking clinical placements aligned to University learning and three years of clinical learning with the MHDA workplace. Whilst combined with family and community responsibility Mitchell persevered and in January 2022 he commenced a clinical mental health role in the MHDA service in Dubbo.

Mitchell is deeply committed to making a difference for Aboriginal people suffering with mental illness and drug and alcohol problems and is a valuable member of the Community mental health team. He works closely with key services and partners driving integrated care for his community.