Page 2131 - Week 07 - Thursday, 24 June 2021

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(5) Most people access mental health services through their General Practitioner (GP) or primary care provider. People can contact or be referred to the specialist mental health service at GCHC provided by Canberra Health Services through the Access Mental Health Team.

When the mental health team at GCHC first commenced in 2016, the team would visit local GP centres to provide information on how to access mental health services at GCHC.

Since the Adult Community Model of Care was implemented, Access Mental Health is the central point of entry to access mental health services at all community health centres, including GCHC, and they are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

(6) Gungahlin Community Recovery services provided service to the following number of clients in 2021:

The Community Recovery services provide specialised mental health treatment and care through a clinical management framework with the following objectives in mind:

• Support care and recovery planning in collaboration with the person and others (e.g. family, carers, Nominated Persons, community agencies, GPs etc.);

• Provide a combination of pharmacological and psychosocial interventions for people with complex clinical needs, including prioritising their physical health needs;

• Assist people in their activities of daily living;

• Support people to meaningfully participate in the community, including accessing education and employment;

• Provide care coordination with the primary healthcare and community sectors, as well as assisting people to access supports through the NDIS where eligible;

• Assess for and actively assisting the person to manage comorbidities, including drug and alcohol issues and physical health problems;

• Assess and help manage risks (e.g., self-harm, suicide, violence or aggression, misadventure, reputational damage, financial loss etc.);

• Focus on the recognition of early warning signs of relapse, relapse prevention and crisis management planning;

• Support the person to be the driver of their own mental health care through mechanisms such as Advance Agreements, Advance Consent Directions, and the appointment of Nominated Persons, as specified in the Mental Health Act 2015, including supporting the person to access advocacy services as required; and

• Identify family, carer, and Nominated Person needs and assist with linking them in with appropriate and relevant community supports.

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