PHN Cooperative – NAIDOC Week 2022
During NAIDOC Week 2022, PHNs stand united in their commitment to work together with community and stakeholders to close the gap.
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Western NSW PHN Workforce Capacity Building Project
Undertaken through the National Suicide Prevention Trial, the project recruited residents from each of six trial site Shires – Brewarrina, Bourke, Cobar, Lachlan, Walgett and Weddin – supporting them to complete a Certificate lV in Community Services.
Keep yourself healed
This short film describes simple ways for Aboriginal Health Workers to look after themselves, including strategies to sustain and enjoy working in Aboriginal health so they can continue to support their communities.
Source: VACCHO/beyondblue
The Hardest Step
Nathan Sutherland – one of only two hundred psychologists in Australia who identify as Aboriginal – talks about how to seek support from friends, family, community and healthcare professionals.
Source: Desert Pea Media/WNSWPHN
Journey Home
Video discussion of how to support the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people involved in the criminal justice system, based on the Journey Home program from Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAHMS) in South Australia, featuring:
– Jamie Sorby – Kamileroi woman, Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing worker
– Sharmaine Williams – Bidjara Gunggari woman, Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing worker
– Curtis Falla – Kaurna Narungga man, Aboriginal Social and Emotional Wellbeing worker
– Marshall Watson – Noongar man, Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatrist
Source: Orygen Youth Health
The Strength Within: Social and Emotional Wellbeing Workforce Development Program
20-minute video describes The Strength Within program to develop capacity in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Cape York to respond to social and emotional wellbeing, including suicide prevention.
Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland section)
Supporting the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth
Continuing professional development webinar for mental health and other clinicians featuring:
Marshall Watson – Noongar man and psychiatrist
Louis Peachey – Djabugay man and rural generalist
Jeff Nelson – Indigenous psychologist
Source: Mental Health Professionals Network
The Road to Trust
Jenny Molyneux provides mental health counselling to four remote NSW communities. She talks about the importance of building trust and relationships, meeting people in their own communities, and committing to being there for the long term.
Source: Desert Pea Media/WNSWPHN
Speak Up
Eliza Packham has learned to speak openly about the trauma in her life, saying no to shame and sharing her experience to grow stronger and encourage others to do the same.
Source: Desert Pea Media/WNSWPHN