Gay FosterMental Health and Drug & Alcohol Office

Project Manager MH-CYP

March 2014

INDIGENOUS EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

ELEMENT 2 MENTAL HEALTH DRUG & ALCOHOL

SERVICES (IECD NP E2 MHDAS)

Brief Update on the MHDAS Initiative A Personal Journey

Tammy Sampson – Aboriginal MH TraineeMid North Coast LHD – Coffs Harbour

Where the Journey Began.....

IECD MHDAS Initiative in NSW

10 Mental Health Drug & Alcohol Services (MHDAS) in partnership with and co located in selected Aboriginal Maternal & Infant Health Services (AMIHS) state-wide. MHDAS aims are;o Increased access for Aboriginal pregnant women, their partners, families and community members to integrated perinatal care at this critical timeo To strengthen the structures, processes and

procedures that support this access and care

Who Provides MHDAS?

10 MHDAS Programs have been funded in 9 Local Health Districts (LHDs)

o 10 FTE mental health clinicians

o 10 FTE drug & alcohol clinicians

7 of the 9 participating LHDs are funded to support an Aboriginal mental health or drug & alcohol traineeship

o 2 FTE Aboriginal mental health trainees

o 6 FTE Aboriginal drug & alcohol trainees

IECD NP E2 AMIHS/MHDAS Locations

Partnerships

Community engagement and cultural safety

Holistic approach based on the social determinants of health providing a service that is culturally safe and respectful

Aboriginal Community Focus Groups

MHDAS Tool Kit

Social Marketing Campaign

Monitoring, Data Collection and Evaluation

Building capacity in the Aboriginal workforce

MHDAS - Integrated perinatal Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Care

PARTNERSHIPS

• ‘Stay Strong and Healthy – It’s Worth It’ (Aboriginal Prenatal Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Campaign)

https://www.facebook.com/StayStrongAndHealthy

http://www.yourroom.com.au/Resources/stay-strong-and-healthy-

posters.html

Aboriginal Prenatal Social Marketing Campaign

‘Stay Strong and Healthy – It's Worth It’Resources

Aboriginal Traineeships – Why?

Investing in traineeships to build the

capacity of the Aboriginal Mental Health

and Drug & Alcohol workforce has

proven to be a valuable and effective

model as reflected in MHDAS

Photo Acknowledgements: National Library of Australia nla.pic-vn4463084-v

F0020173 Iconotec Stock Photography Royalty Free Photograph; http://ozoutback.com.au/Australia/abchna/index.htmlMaternity Services Unit/ Maternity, Children and Young People's Health Branch/NSW Department of Health.

GenerationOne.

Questions

Gay Foster Project Manager

IECD NP E2 MHDAS MH-CYP MHDAO NSW Health (02) 9816 0472 0408 573 230 gfost@doh.health.nsw.gov.au