Leah Roberts
Leah Roberts is the Service Manager at Liverpool/Fairfield Community Mental Health Service with over 25 years of experience leading mental health initiatives, managing clinical teams and developing programs that promote good quality mental health care across diverse populations. Currently working with South Western Sydney Local Health District, Leah oversees mental health teams that prioritise trauma informed, recovery orientated and culturally competent approaches. Leah was involved in co-designing and establishing the Health Justice Partnership between ACDL and South Western Sydney Local Health District.
With a background as a Registered Nurse, Leah began her career in forensic mental health before moving to South Western Sydney Local Health District in 2003 where she has remained, gaining experience in many specialties across inpatient and community mental health services, including child and adolescent, youth and adult mental health. Leah is focussed on bridging gaps in mental health and regularly collaborates with key stakeholders to build more resilient communities.
Power in Partnership
Join us for two days of interactive and energising learning at Health Justice 2025.
Hear from international and local speakers on how power shows up in our work, and what it takes to power authentic engagement. Discover the latest in research, join the CollabLab, and find hope in energising conversations about how we can change our systems for a better future.
Date: 3 & 4 December, 2025
Location: University of Technology Sydney
Whether you’re working in legal, health, community services, government, policy, research or funding, you’ll find plenty of sessions to get inspired by at Health Justice 2025. With limited places to ensure a highly participatory event, get your tickets now and secure your seat.
In a world of growing complexity and uncertainty the importance of robust and innovative social, health and legal services cannot be understated. Innovation is, by its nature, challenging, meaning that gatherings like this one are all the more important.
The conference is a fantastic opportunity to really get to meet colleagues, friends, and other practitioners and professionals across both the legal profession as well as health. These events are so important because they really start the conversation around what our respective professions need in the future, and what our community needs.
