Services

This activity builds resilience and capacity within the Aboriginal community by focusing on a strength based view of Aboriginal health and wellbeing. Activities include increasing referrals, provision of information and education, engaging elders, identifying and engaging mentors and cultural leaders, and improving partnership between service providers.

This activity builds resilience and capacity within the Aboriginal community by focusing on a strength based view of Aboriginal health and wellbeing. Activities include increasing referrals, provision of information and education, engaging elders, identifying and engaging mentors and cultural leaders, and improving partnership between service providers.

This activity coordinates and trains practitioners from relevant agencies and community members to provide cultural healing to Aboriginal men, women and families with a focus on mental and spiritual wellbeing of Aboriginal families.

This program works with people, including Aboriginal people, to provide individual case management services to improve the access to individual counselling and other professional services for people who have problematic alcohol and substance use issues and mental health issues. This outpatient outreach service provides case management focusing on problems that underly drug and alcohol addiction and relapse prevention. This service increases access rates, maximising the number of people receiving evidenced based drug and alcohol treatment interventions and management. The program provides physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing via medical treatment, individual and group counselling, education, psychological therapies and group support during and after treatment. Outreach services aim to reduce alcohol and drug related harm to the individual and the broader community and assist them to recover on country in a safe and culturally appropriate environment.

Integrated Team Care (ITC) is provided by a team/teams of Indigenous Health Project Officers (IHPOs), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outreach Workers (Outreach Workers) and Care Coordinators. The team works in their PHN region to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to obtain primary health care as required, provide care coordination services to eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic disease/s who require coordinated, multidisciplinary care, and improve access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to culturally appropriate mainstream primary care.

Integrated Team Care (ITC) is provided by a team/teams of Indigenous Health Project Officers (IHPOs), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outreach Workers (Outreach Workers) and Care Coordinators. The team works in their PHN region to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to obtain primary health care as required, provide care coordination services to eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic disease/s who require coordinated, multidisciplinary care, and improve access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to culturally appropriate mainstream primary care.

Integrated Team Care (ITC) is provided by a team/teams of Indigenous Health Project Officers (IHPOs), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outreach Workers (Outreach Workers) and Care Coordinators. The team works in their PHN region to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to obtain primary health care as required, provide care coordination services to eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic disease/s who require coordinated, multidisciplinary care, and improve access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to culturally appropriate mainstream primary care.

Integrated Team Care (ITC) is provided by a team/teams of Indigenous Health Project Officers (IHPOs), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outreach Workers (Outreach Workers) and Care Coordinators. The team works in their PHN region to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to obtain primary health care as required, provide care coordination services to eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with chronic disease/s who require coordinated, multidisciplinary care, and improve access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to culturally appropriate mainstream primary care.

The Benang Suicide Prevention Program promotes suicide intervention and harm reduction strategies to young Aboriginal people and their families. Targeting predominantly at-risk groups between the ages of 15 – 30 years old, Benang provides education and awareness to the Noongar Communities about suicide, risk factors and signs and symptoms and build capacity in the smaller more isolated communities. Benang also encourages cultural knowledge and skills, leadership and awareness of self and others in a holistic approach (prevention and intervention).