headspace - Service Delivery and Expansion

Overview

The headspace – Service Delivery and Expansion grant opportunity provides funding for the establishment of four new headspace centres, the upgrade of two satellite services to centres and continuation of existing services. The purpose of this grant opportunity is to assist PHNs to support the continued delivery and establishment of new and existing headspace services nationally through the Primary Mental Health Care Schedule. The objectives of the grant opportunity are to commission headspace services to support people with mild to moderate mental ill health at the local level by: providing youth-friendly mental health support to young people aged 12-25 experiencing, or at risk of mild to moderate mental ill health providing holistic care to young people across the following four key areas - mental health, related physical and sexual health, alcohol and other drug support, and vocational services building community awareness and reduce stigma to encourage help seeking and provide safety for young people accessing support enhancing and integrating headspace services to increase access to coordinated, multi-disciplinary care for young people, as well as improve workforce attraction and retention delivering culturally responsive and inclusive mental health support tailored for young people from priority populations including, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and LGBTIQA+ communities.  Co-designing locality-specific services, including wellbeing and clinical supports, drop in and appointment-based counselling, service navigation, programs in schools and care coordination. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.