Headspace services in the Mackay region will now be delivered by North and West Remote Health (NWRH) as the remote allied health service took over as lead agent on September 12.
NWRH is a not-for-profit organisation providing mental health and wellbeing, outreach allied health, aged care and disability services across regional, rural and remote Queensland and will now deliver headspace services to Mackay as well as the Sarina and Whitsundays headspace satellite sites.
Based in Townsville, NRWH service from Mornington Island to Birdsville and from Emerald to Ingham but Executive Coordinator Simone Campbell says Mackay is a new region for the organisation.
“We just wanted to be involved in Mackay because it’s not an area we’ve looked at or been in before,” she said.
Earlier in the month, NWRH board members visited the region to meet with members of the headspace consortium.
The NWRH Board and Chief Executive Officer hosted a meet and greet with local headspace staff, traditional owner elders from the Yuwi and South Sea Islander Communities, The Village Leaders, the Mackay Hospital and Health Service staff as well as other community service providers.
The NWRH team then met with Mackay Regional Council Mayor Greg Williamson, Deputy Mayor Karen May and Councillors the next day.
“What we want to do is start a consortium partnership with some of the local people … so we could start meeting and getting involved in the community to promote headspace, to promote NWRH’s other services to see what else we can do down there and how else we can get involved,” Ms Campbell said.
“The board is very interested in getting to know the community down there and see what they can do to help.”
While headspace may have a new lead agent, they still provide the Mackay region with the same great services they always have.
Headspace Mackay offers free confidential counselling services for young people aged 12 - 25 across Mackay region, making sure young people have the best support, information, and services for their health and wellbeing including physical health, mental health, drug and alcohol issues, employment and education support.
Headspace Mackay can be contacted on 4898 2200, headspace Sarina 4842 6750, headspace Whitsundays 4842 6760.
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