NDIS
Therapeutic Supports Providers Item No: 15_048_0128_1_3
Counselling 15_043_0128_1_3’
Our ACA approved counsellor can meet with you and discuss your NDIS goals.
NDIS specific counselling or therapeutic support / capacity building sessions must directly relate to a participant’s disability and NDIS goals. The aim is to help build resilience, manage stress, and deal with the emotional impact of a disability to enable greater independence.
The following areas are often focused on during these sessions:
Please note that NDIS does not fund counselling for non-disability related sessions. These can be obtained through the Medicare services.
Please speak to your support coordinator to enquire if counselling or capacity building / therapeutic support sessions are included in your plan.
For people who are at risk of hospital admission and / or have had past admissions for mental health conditions
Clinical Care Coordination from a Mental Health Nurse.
Pathways is contracted through North Coast Primary Health Network (NCPHN) to provide clinical Mental Health Nursing Services.
GPs and Psychiatrists will determine which clients are eligible for Mental Health Nursing services. To be eligible, all of the following criteria must be met:
The Mental Health Nurses providing this service are all highly experienced and qualified. All of the specialist Mental Health Nurses providing these services are credentialled with the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing (ACMHN). We specialise in trauma informed care and work hard to engage with all clients.
To make a referral to our clinical care service please first make email contact with us. We will then be able to advise you on our availability and if able will allocate you a MH Nurse. We are not an out of hours service and do not cover weekends – if you feel your client is at risk and it is out of office hours please call the mental health access line below. The Mental Health Line is a 24-hour telephone service operating seven days a week across NSW.
Following referral to Pathways MH service you and your client receive a full report and recommendations regarding clinical care needs. The MH Nurse may also refer on to other agencies (if permitted by the client). All our client’s are asked to consent to having their details entered into a database called ‘Redicase’ and details of service contacts are made into Redicase after each contact (this is a requirement for services from NCPHN). There is no fee payable for this service but the eligibility above must be strictly adhered to.
It is the expectation of the RMO that they are available for consultation throughout the assessment, implementation and treatment period.
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of Australia and our Bundjalung people with their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We respect the elders past and present and express our heartfelt apology for the injustices endured by Aboriginal people of our Nation. We will continue to strive, day by day, in our thoughts and actions to reflect these truths and sentiments.
Kanyini is the essential ingredients to life and is made up of the following:
Ngura: A sense of belonging to home and land
Walytja: Family connection with life
Kurunpa: Love, Spirit or Soul
Tjuukupa: The belief about creation and the right way to live
“I wrote ‘In Union; Jack’ to give a public voice to the conversations and reflections generated by people viewing ‘Uncle Jack’ by Jandamarra Cadd. The common theme shared with me was one of unity. Unity based on recognising that the shared kindred within us all is the key to honouring how our nation has been enriched by diversity. The manner in which this enrichment was embraced gives me hope for the continued growth of our nation. As this growth wasn’t about forgetting nor replacing our past, but on genuinely advancing Australia. I humbly hope that ‘In Union; Jack’ and ‘Uncle Jack’, in a way, encourages you to act as a custodian of our nation”.
Respectfully,
Paul Leach
A custodian of ‘Uncle Jack’ by Jandamarra Cadd, 2016.