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Implementation progress
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Focus for 2024
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AOD Hubs grants to enhance existing partnerships
Implementation progress
Evidence based treatment and integrated care: NGO service funding
Progress has been made on increasing critical non-government organisation (NGO) and Aboriginal community controlled (ACCO) AOD services, including new funding for
35 NGO treatment and support services following multiple grant rounds, including for post- custodial support services; Treatment Access Expansion and setting up new Hubs.
The investment seeks to increase the availability of AOD services with a particular focus on services designed for the priority populations identified in the inquiry. Of note,
The CAOD is proud to have worked alongside the Consumer Reference Committee (CRC) in the development and commissioning of many of these services, including having consumer representatives on the Evaluation Committees for the Hubs grants.
In addition to the funding for new services, funding is being allocated to NGOs through a
service and amenities grants process, aiming to improve operations and amenities to better respond to current and future demand for services.
Evidence based treatment and integrated care: LHD/SHN services
SCI funding has further boosted access to vital services by commissioning
19 new and 23 expanded NSW Health AOD services. Many of these new service models have a focus on integrated care and complex case management. These include Substance Use In Pregnancy and Parenting Services (SUPPS); Assertive Community Management (ACM); Hospital Consultation Liaison expansion; comorbidity models of care; increased access to withdrawal management; additional services for young people, including a new child and adolescent service at Hunter Children’s Hospital; and 3 new safe assessment units.
AOD treatment services have been expanded for
people in custody, including remand, with an enhanced model of care being implemented by Justice Health NSW drug and alcohol services; and a new adolescent specialist AOD in the Adolescent Mental Health and AOD service.
In all at least
300 FTE have been funded across these LHD services to date, including
33 Aboriginal and 26 lived and living experience identified roles. Recruitment has commenced and will continue through 2024.
The complete list of SCI funded services and programs (LHD, SHN, ACCO and NGO) by NSW local health district and network are appended to this document.
Diversion programs
Funding enabled a major expansion of the
Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program enhancing existing services, establishing new services as well as increasing beds in residential rehabilitation and withdrawal management.
The
NSW Drug Court has expanded with a new court established in Dubbo in 2023, and a two-stage process to expand operations at Sydney Drug Court in 2023-24.
The Department of Communities and Justice, NSW Police, NSW Health, and Revenue NSW have agreed to commence the
Early Drug Diversion Initiative (EDDI) on 29 February 2024. EDDI is a NSW court diversion program aimed at increasing court efficiencies and providing opportunities for people with low level drug offences to engage in health
services about their drug use. St Vincent’s Health Network will deliver the EDDI telephone-based drug health intervention.
Workforce development
Gains have been made towards growing and developing the workforce, including the development of a much-needed AOD workforce strategy (due to be published early this year). This was informed by the Inaugural
NSW AOD Workforce Census Report.
In partnership with the sector, an Employee Value Proposition (EVP) has been designed for promoting careers in the sector and strategies to retain staff.
In addition to hundreds of new roles in NGO and LHD services, there have been some targeted workforce activities including:
Aboriginal engagement
An Aboriginal Strategic Collaboration Group (ASCG) has been established to help create
culturally safe programs and services by advising and informing the CAOD’s work.
The CAOD is also strengthening partnerships with AHMRC, ACDAN and the ADARRN to ensure wide consultation with Aboriginal networks on key priorities.
The work of the CAOD will be underpinned by an Aboriginal Engagement Strategy, which has been created to develop a culture that demonstrates respect for and understanding of the needs and priorities of Aboriginal people and communities in all CAOD projects and activities.
For two key initiatives, the AOD Hubs and the Post-Custodial Support Program, CAOD quarantined funding to ensure ACCOs would operate a portion of the new services. For the Hubs grant process, independent professional support was offered to ACCOs to access group and 1:1 grant writing support. As a result, 2 of the 5 Post-Custodial Support services are operated by ACCOs. For the AOD Hubs, 3 of the 12 Hubs are ACCO- led and a further 4 Hubs are partnerships that include an ACCO as a key service partner.
Better use of data and evidence
Research and evaluation capacity across the state has been expanded with 6 new grants awarded to NGOs, with 5 in regional areas. Funding has also been provided to DACRIN member organisations for research capacity building in LHDs and NGOs, including training, statistical support, and equipment.
Multiple organisations have been funded to
enhance drug surveillance capability and early warning systems in NSW. Key projects include expansion of laboratory testing capability for novel substances, improving data availability for surveillance activities, and implementing a trial of drug residue testing post overdose.
Prevention and education
The CAOD is working with the Department of Education on revising the Principles for Drug Education in Schools, supporting best practice, evidence based AOD prevention in schools in NSW.
Funding has been allocated for the expansion of Preventure, a primary and early secondary prevention program designed to delay initiation into alcohol and other drug use. The focus will be on optimising the program in regional and rural NSW.
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Focus for 2024
Areas of focus for 2024 are:
- Implementation of new services and programs, including establishing a monitoring (program and system level) and evaluation framework.
- Measures to better support family, carers and friends.
- Building on the Information, Access and Support project to enable more readily accessible information; streamlined access to services, including consistency in the approach to intake and assessment; improved system navigation and coordination of care.
- Commissioning Hub style models in areas of remaining need.
- Increasing access to virtual care.
- Grants for Aboriginal youth focussed prevention programs and research into co- designing a new Aboriginal youth AOD prevention program.
- Targeted workforce development activities to focus on skills and capability, training content and career pathways. This includes targeted support for the growing lived/living experience and Aboriginal workforces.
- Build the evidence base and utilise data assets to support collaborative planning, proactive system responses and effective prevention and treatment responses.
- Working as a sector to manage and, where possible, mitigate the challenges arising from implementation of such a significant upscaling of capacity, including identifying strategies to assist with workforce development and/or recruitment.
Strategic opportunities:
- Strengthening service networks and partnerships across new and existing services (public, NGO and primary care) to promote visibility of AOD services, and enhanced collaboration and coordination of care.
- Working across portfolio areas to enhance system integration within and outside of health, including partnerships to better address social determinants of health.
- Alignment of related government strategic directions and priorities (Closing the Gap, Future Health, Suicide Prevention, Homelessness, Drug Summit)
- Connecting all related activities associated with quality improvement; experience and outcomes measurement; stigma and discrimination; better use of data and evidence; workforce development and best practice clinical and corporate governance (including the VBHC program of work).
- Residential rehabilitation and withdrawal management for young people 12-17 years - Noffs Foundation (Hunter region- location TBC)
- Post-Custodial Support Program - Odyssey House in partnership with Drug and Alcohol Health Service (Hunter Valley)
- AOD treatment and support Hub for priority populations - Social Futures (Singleton) St Vincent de Paul (Armidale)
- Improved access to Hospital Consultation Liaison services - John Hunter plus 2 hospitals TBC
- Improved access to youth AOD services - New England and lower mid north coast
- Improved access to Substance Use in Pregnancy and Parenting Services (SUPPS) - District-wide
- Child and Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Service (including inpatient, ambulatory and outreach services) John Hunter Children’s Hospital (Newcastle)
- Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program expansion (including new Residential rehabilitation or withdrawal management beds) - Newcastle, Taree, Muswellbrook, Scone, Raymond Terrace, Singleton, Toronto, Tamworth, Maitland, Cessnock, Armidale, Inverell, Glen Innes
New and enhanced NGO and LHD SCI services and programs by district
Hunter New England
- Residential rehabilitation and withdrawal management for young people 12-17 years - Noffs Foundation (Hunter region- location TBC)
- Post-Custodial Support Program - Odyssey House in partnership with Drug and Alcohol Health Service (Hunter Valley)
- AOD treatment and support Hub for priority populations - Social Futures (Singleton) St Vincent de Paul (Armidale)
- Improved access to Hospital Consultation Liaison services - John Hunter plus 2 hospitals TBC
- Improved access to youth AOD services - New England and lower mid north coast
- Improved access to Substance Use in Pregnancy and Parenting Services (SUPPS) - District-wide
- Child and Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Service (including inpatient, ambulatory and outreach services) John Hunter Children’s Hospital (Newcastle)
- Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program expansion (including new Residential rehabilitation or withdrawal management beds) - Newcastle, Taree, Muswellbrook, Scone, Raymond Terrace, Singleton, Toronto, Tamworth, Maitland, Cessnock, Armidale, Inverell, Glen Innes
Illawarra Shoalhaven
- Residential rehabilitation and withdrawal for Aboriginal women (including pregnant women and/or with young children) - Waminda: South Coast Women’s Health and Wellbeing Aboriginal Corporation (South Nowra)
- Day rehabilitation and/or counselling for young people aged 12-17 years and young adults aged 18-24 years - Lives Lived Well (Nowra)
- Counselling for young people 12-17 years and young adults 18-24 years and community-based withdrawal for adults - Directions Health (Ulladulla region)
- AOD treatment and support Hub for priority populations - Australian Community Support Organisation (Shellharbour)
- Safe Assessment Unit - Shellharbour Hospital
- Social worker in violence, abuse and neglect for public AOD services - Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD District-wide
- Assertive Case Management service - Wollongong
- Methamphetamine case management support for OTP consumers (social worker and registered nurse led) - Nowra and Wollongong
- Expansion of the mobile van treatment team to include AOD - District-wide
- Expansion of SUPPS - TBC
- Increased access to youth AOD counselling - Shoalhaven
- Increased access to general AOD counselling - District-wide
Mid North Coast
- Community based withdrawal management, case management and counselling - The Buttery (community withdrawal management outreach to client GPs and other locations and telehealth)
- Youth day rehabilitation - The Buttery (Port Macquarie)
- Post-Custodial Support Program - The Buttery (Port Macquarie, Kempsey, Coffs Harbour)
- AOD treatment and support Hub for priority populations - Aboriginal Community Housing (Kempsey)
- Improved access to inpatient withdrawal management Port Macquarie Base Hospital
- Multi-disciplinary team providing in reach and outreach support - Port Macquarie, Kempsey and Coffs Harbour
- Methamphetamine case management support for OTP consumers (registered nurse led) - District-wide
- Expansion of SUPPS - District-wide
- Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program expansion (including new Residential rehabilitation or withdrawal management beds) - Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Macksville, Kempsey, Wauchope
Northern NSW
- Day rehabilitation and case management for people with dependent children - The Buttery (Lismore, Tweed, Casino and Byron Bay)
- Community based withdrawal management, case management and counselling - The Buttery (Binna Burra and outreach to client GPs and other locations and telehealth)
- Post-Custodial Support Program - The Buttery (Grafton, Ballina, Byron Bay, Lismore, Tweed Heads)
- AOD treatment and support Hub - The Buttery (Nimbin)
- Medical Workforce expansion and Clinical Leadership and Traineeship Program - TBC
- Establishment of SUPPS services across three locations - Tweed Byron Ballina Richmond Grafton
- Hospital Consultation Liaison expansion (afterhours and weekend service provision) - Lismore, Tweed, Clarence, Byron/Ballina
- Expansion and integration of youth AOD services with child and adolescent mental health services - Tweed, Byron, Ballina, Richmond, Grafton
Southern NSW
- Community based withdrawal management, case management and counselling for priority populations - Directions Health (Bega and Eurobodalla regions)
- Day rehabilitation and case management for people with dependent children - Karralika Programs (Queanbeyan-Palerang and Cooma LGAs)
- Counselling for young people 12-17 years and young adults 18-24 years Directions Health (Queanbeyan and Goulburn regions Bega region)
- Post-Custodial Support Program Directions Health (Goulburn, Moruya, Yass, Batemans Bay, Bega, Eden, Cooma)
- AOD treatment and support Hubs for priority populations Directions (Bega and Eden) Grand Pacific Health (Queanbeyan)
- Hospital consultation liaison expansion District-wide
- Assertive Case Management expansion Eurobodalla and Bega Valley
- SUPPS establishment Bega Valley, Eurobodalla, Monaro and Tablelands
- Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program expansion (including new Residential rehabilitation or withdrawal management beds) Goulburn, Yass, Batemans Bay, Bega, Moruya, Narooma
Murrumbidgee
- Community based withdrawal management, case management and counselling for priority populations - Directions Health (Outreach from Wagga and Griffith regions)
- Post-Custodial Support Program - Directions Health (Wagga Wagga, Griffith)
- Post-Custodial Support Program for Aboriginal people - Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Corporation (RivMed) (Wagga Wagga, Junee, Tumbarumba and surrounds)
- Counselling for young people aged 12-17 years and young adults aged 18-24 years - Karralika Programs (Griffith, Temora and Narrandera Wagga Wagga/Hilltops and surrounding areas)
- AOD treatment and support Hub for priority populations - The Salvation Army (Wagga Wagga)
- SUPPS workforce expansion - TBC
- Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program expansion (including new Residential rehabilitation or withdrawal management beds) - Griffith, Leeton, Narrandera, Albury, Corowa, Holbrook
Nepean Blue Mountains
- Day rehabilitation for young people 12-17 years and young adults 18-24 years - Lives Lived Well (Lithgow)
- Safe Assessment Unit - Nepean Hospital (Kingswood)
- AOD Hospital Consultation Liaison team expansion - Nepean Hospital (Kingswood)
- Establishment of Lifespan Clinic for better diagnosis and treatment of health outcomes known to be associated with methamphetamine across the lifespan (including SUPPS methamphetamine clinic, paediatric and adolescent clinic, neurodiversity clinic and cognitive clinic) - Hospital TBC
- Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program expansion - Katoomba, Penrith, Windsor, Lithgow
Central Coast
- Day rehabilitation and case management for people with dependent children - Yerin Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Health (Wyong)
- SUPPS enhancement - District wide
- Hospital Consultation Liaison expansion - Gosford Hospital and Wyong Hospital
- Assertive Community Management service establishment - Outreach
Far West NSW
- Day rehabilitation for young people 12-17 years and young adults 18-24 years - Mission Australia (Broken Hill)
- Integrated model of care (ambulatory detox, ‘Sober Up’, and focus on homeless people) - Broken Hill and Buronga
- Expansion of virtual health/telemedicine services - District-wide
- Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program expansion - Wentworth
Western NSW
- Post-Custodial Support Program for Aboriginal people - WACHS: Wellington Aboriginal Corporation Health Service (Dubbo region)
- AOD treatment and support Hub for priority populations - Orange Aboriginal Medical Service (Orange, Bathurst, Cowra)
- Establishment of an integrated mental health and drug and alcohol acute care virtual service - District-wide (plus ad hoc in person clinics with hospitals and multi-purpose services)
- Expansion of the virtual Community Mental Health Team to include specialist AOD staff - District-wide (i.e. virtual and outreach)
- Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program expansion (including new Residential rehabilitation or withdrawal management beds) - Mudgee, Bourke, Brewarrina, Walgett
Sydney
- AOD treatment and support Hubs for priority populations Bill Crews Foundation (Ashfield) Mission Australia
- Counselling for young people 12-17 years and young adults 18-24 years exiting custody Community Restorative Centre (CRC) (Based in Canterbury with assertive outreach to Greater Sydney Metropolitan region)
- Addiction psychiatry support LHD outreach to three women’s residential rehabilitation centres (locations withheld)
- Hospital Consultation Liaison expansion Canterbury Hospital, Concord Repatriation General Hospital and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Camperdown)
- Establishment of a centralised intake and virtual care hub District-wide (i.e. telehealth, virtual)
- Expansion of integrated services for women/parents with children District-wide Youth AOD treatment and support expansion Outreach
South Western Sydney
- AOD treatment and support Hub for priority populations Gandangara Aboriginal Health Services
- Counselling for young people 12-17 years and young adults 18-24 years exiting custody Community Restorative Centre (CRC) (Liverpool, Fairfield, Bankstown)
- Expansion of Aboriginal AOD services SWSLHD Drug Health Services SWSLHD Aboriginal Chronic Care, Tharawal AMS, Gandangara Health Services AHS (Liverpool)
- Establishment of an AOD and Mental Health Care Navigation team In reach/partnership arrangements with LHD Hospitals, Drug Health Services, Mental Health Services and local non-government organisations
- Expansion of youth services District-wide (i.e. digital and virtual care and support)
- Magistrates Early Referral Into Treatment (MERIT) program expansion (including new Residential rehabilitation or withdrawal management beds) *TBC
South Eastern Sydney
- Hospital Consultation Liaison expansion Prince of Wales Hospital (Randwick), St George Hospital, Sutherland Hospital and Sydney Eye Hospital
- SUPPS enhancement Langton Centre, Sutherland, and St George
- Safe Assessment Unit Prince of Wales Hospital
- Drug Court Program Downing Centre, Sydney Court
Western Sydney
- Establishment of an inpatient withdrawal ward Blacktown Hospital
- Hospital Consultation Liaison expansion Westmead Hospital and Blacktown Hospital with outreach to Mt Druitt Hospital, Auburn Hospital and Cumberland Hospital
- Counselling for young people 12-17 years and young adults 18-24 years Community Restorative Centre (Parramatta, Blacktown, Mount Druitt)
Northern Sydney
- Assertive Case Management establishment - Royal North Shore Community Health Centre, St Leonards
- Expansion of the integrated Hospital Consultation Liaison and SUPPS service District-wide
- Expansion of specialist co-morbidity services for AOD consumers Hornsby Hospital and Northern Beaches Community Health Centre (Brookvale)
- Intake capacity expansion District-wide
- Expansion of community counselling services for AOD consumers District-wide
St Vincents Hospital Network
- Triage, Rapid Assessment and Collaborative Care model (TRACC) : An overarching model of care that aims to meet the needs of complex vulnerable populations accessing SVHN and the wider community - Darlinghurst
Sydney Children’s Hospital Network
CICADA Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Service expansion, Multi-disciplinary, early intervention AOD service at the Children’s Hospitals for 11-17 year olds with moderate to severe substance use - The Children’s Hospital at Wstmead and Sydney Children’s Hospital (Randwick)
Justice Health NSW
Expansion of AOD interventions to people in custody, including those on remand in NSW prisons Enhancement of Adolescent MH and AOD service - Multiple locations across NSW
State-wide
Counselling for young people 12-17 years and young adults 18-24 years exiting custody - Community Restorative Centre (state-wide virtual care)
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AOD Hubs grants to enhance existing partnerships
Aboriginal Community Housing - Kempsey, Northern NSW LHD
- Adding a specialist AOD service into a community Hub tailored to specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal people and people at risk homelessness.
- A partnership with Kempsey Neighbourhood Centre (KNC) and Community Housing Limited to best serve the community.
- Providing assessment, care navigation and AOD treatment/referrals, including take home naloxone training, education, crisis counselling and peer support. Existing services provided by KNC include crisis assistance, emergency and temporary accommodation, social, legal and financial support.
Bill Crews Foundation Ashfield Sydney LHD
- Adding AOD clinical services to a Hub supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged people in Sydney •
- In partnership with the Exodus Foundation.
- The existing service operates a drop-in centre in Sydney that provides food assistance, welfare support and social engagement. They host pop ups from other external support services providing mental health support, legal aid, social work and primary care, as well as access to specialised services, health screening and allied health.
- Enhancements include AOD clinicians, AOD support groups, care navigation and peer support, brokerage and dental care and piloting a mobile health outreach van.
Gandangara Aboriginal Health Service South Western Sydney LHD
- Adding AOD clinical services to a Hub supporting First Peoples in South Western Sydney
- In partnership with South Western Sydney LHD.
- Enhancements include establishing a multidisciplinary AOD team including Cultural Engagement Officers, Peer Workers, Aboriginal Health Workers, Social Workers, Psychologists. ]
- Offering a culturally safe environment and increased therapeutic options to support First Peoples affected by AOD and their families to achieve enhanced quality of life
The Buttery - Nimbin Northern NSW LHD
- Adding AOD clinical services to a Hub supporting people in Nimbin and surrounds
- In partnership with Nimbin Neighbourhood and Information Centre (NNIC) and The Nimbin Collaborative (8 NGOs and Northern New South Wales LHD).
- Adding an AOD care navigator, a peer worker, AOD clinician and AOD group programs, to existing services which include disaster and flood recovery supports, Centrelink, technology access and a community drug action team.
Grand Pacific Health Queanbeyan Southern NSW LHD
- Adding AOD clinical services to a Hub supporting people who use AOD in Queanbeyan and surrounds
- In partnership with Directions Health Services, Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services and Southern New South Wales LHD.
- Delivering screening, assessment and treatment for AOD, physical and mental health issues. Withdrawal support, counselling and groups, harm reduction, case management and family and friend support.
- Including new co-occurring needs clinicians, a peer worker, mental health and AOD clinicians and an Aboriginal Health worker.
Mission Australia Sydney LHD
- Mission Australia currently provides a number of services to support people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness within the community in the Sydney Local Health District. This service provision will soon be enhanced with the addition of AOD clinical services to support these individuals who may also have co-occurring mental health and AOD needs.
- In partnership with Sydney LHD and a range of independent, government and voluntary services across the district Mission Australia offers co-ordinated wrap around support services via case management, tenancy and housing support, AOD, mental and physical health information and support. As part of this ongoing collaboration Mission Australia will employ an AOD nurse, social worker, care navigator and peer support workers and provide access to GPs and Psychiatry.
- Support will be tailored to the needs of people accessing the service and where they feel most comfortable either via outreach, on-site at the service hub or telehealth. AOD Hubs grants for new partnerships
Australian Community Support Organisation Shellharbour Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD
- Specialist AOD services and wrap around care tailored to meet the needs of people aged 18 and over who are in contact with the criminal justice system in the Shellharbour region.
- In partnership with Grand Pacific Health, the service will be co-located in the Shellharbour Head to Health Hub, working closely with Justice Health NSW and other local services to refer and support clients.
- Delivering a suite of AOD treatment and support services including in-reach and comprehensive forensic AOD assessment to people in South Coast Correctional Centre, Community Corrections and Port Kembla Court.
Directions Health Services Bega and Eden Southern NSW LHD
- A Hub delivering services tailored to specifically meet the needs of people affected by AOD in regional and rural areas, people with co-occurring AOD and mental health needs and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- In partnership with Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Region Health, Grand Pacific Health and Community Services and SNSWLHD.
- Services provided by the Hub will include AOD counselling and group work, peer support, mental health care, care navigation, community-based withdrawal, hospital in–reach. The Hub will facilitate supported access to primary care, Aboriginal services, services for women and children, as well as legal, education, housing and employment services.
Orange Aboriginal Medical Service Orange, Bathurst and Cowra Western NSW LHD
- A Hub delivering strengths-based and trauma-informed holistic services tailored to specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal people affected by AOD as well as the wider community.
- In partnership with Western NSW LHD and the Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Service.
- Services will include care navigation and AOD peer support to access AOD counselling, mental health care, dental care, positive parenting and relationship strengthening programs.
- Enhancements will allow delivery of Opioid Treatment Program as well as community-based withdrawal management.
Social Futures Singleton Hunter New England LHD
- A Hub tailored to meet the needs of people affected by AOD living in rural and regional areas.
- In partnership with Hunter New England LHD, Youth Express, Singleton Family support, Singleton Neighbourhood Centre, Hunter Community legal Centre, Upper Hunter Community Services and Carries Place.
- A Hub in Singleton will support local and surrounding communities including Muswellbrook, Cessnock, Kurri Kurri and Maitland. Providing care navigation, clinical AOD care, and AOD counselling with support available from Aboriginal and peer workers. The Hub will offer services specifically for pregnant women, parents with young children and young people.
St Vincent de Paul Society NSW Armidale Hunter New England LHD
- A Hub tailored to meet the needs of people affected by AOD living in rural and regional areas, specifically for Aboriginal people, people with co-occurring mental health issues and people in contact with the criminal justice system.
- In partnership with Armajun Aboriginal Health Service.
- Providing AOD care, withdrawal support and addiction specialists, case management, primary care, peer, carer and support groups. The Hub will increase treatment access options by including outreach and having community transport and a driver on staff.
The Salvation Army Wagga Wagga Murrumbidgee LHD
- The Wagga Recovery Hub is tailored to meet the needs of people who are affected by AOD living in rural and regional areas, with services provided for people with co-occurring mental health issues, those who are at risk of homelessness, Aboriginal people, and people in contact with the criminal justice system.
- In partnership with St Vincent De Paul, Riverina Medical and Dental Aboriginal Organisation RivMed, Canberra Alliance for Harm Minimisation and Advocacy CAHMA, and NSW Users and AIDS Association NUAA, Stride Mental Health.
- Services include psychosocial interventions for AOD, homelessness support, mental health care, case management, AOD peer support groups, Aboriginal health care including an Aboriginal wellbeing worker, AOD Care Coordinators and peer workers. With outreach services to Ashmont, Tolland and Kooringal and online access also provided.
Further information
Debbie Kaplan, Director, Strategic Programs Email:
Debbie.Kaplan@health.nsw.gov.au
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