Social and Emotional Wellbeing
For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEWB) describes the overall wellbeing of a person.
CAHS SEWB and Community Program strives to encourage a positive state of mental health and wellbeing associated with a strong and sustaining cultural identity, community, and family life that provides a source of strength against adversity, poverty, neglect, and other challenges of life.
The SEWB service is available for any person of the community who may be facing some challenges in their lives.
The social and emotional wellbeing team work with our nursing staff, Aboriginal health workers and GPs to case manage and coordinate care for the treatment of medical, substance and mental health disorders.
Services we provide include:
Case management
Psychological intervention
Addressing drug and alcohol issues
Improving clients’ mental health
Connecting clients to culture
Support with smoking cessation
Exercise and Lifestyle Program
Social and Support Groups (Men’s, Women’s, Youth, Mums and Bubs and Elders)
Mental Health Service
Initially, CAHS GPs are able to help people with mental illness and can make referrals to specialist mental health services if and when needed.
Need to make a referral? Please download and fill out the SEWB programs referral form below and email to sewb@condoahs.com.au
Suicide Prevention
Our Suicide Prevention Program, focuses on suicide prevention and mental wellness, and provides targeted and culturally responsive community awareness and help seeking behaviours.
Our Suicide Prevention Team works collectively with all CAHS programs, in a transdisciplinary framework, to provide programs that work towards building resilience and help seeking behaviours through education and preventative interventions. Collectively, we can work towards healing from our trauma and reducing loss due to suicide in our communities.
Services include:
Yarning groups
Support to self-assess mental health
Access to cultural activities
Access to wellbeing groups, including exercise programs
Men's and Women's Groups
Increased access to information and resources, including external after-hours crisis services
Support activities and group sessions to build resilience and safe networks
Support in seeking additional health and wellbeing services
There are many reasons why people think about ending their lives – some of the common experiences include:
Being abused, bullied or isolated from family and friends
Significant loss (such as a child, life partner, community member)
Major life stresses (relationship breakdown, legal or financial problems)
Chronic pain and illness (including mental illness)
Homelessness
Unemployment
Alcohol and/or drug use
Off country – away from kin, extended family and community supports
Childhood trauma
You might be experiencing a combination of the above in your life, and this might be why you feel overwhelmed. If this describes what you are feeling, you can access support from CAHS Mental Health workers.
Call: (02) 6895 4311
If you are in immediate danger or need after hours support, call one of the below services:
13YARN – 139276
Thirrili – 1800 805 801
Lifeline – 131114
Beyond Blue – 1300 224636
Suicide Callback – 1300 659 467
Kids Helpline – 1800 551 800
Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV) Program
CAHS provides culturally safe support for Aboriginal people and families who are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, domestic, family or sexual violence. Our DFSV program supports individuals to improve their safety, wellbeing and independence while connecting them with the services and supports they need.
Our approach is trauma-informed, confidential and focused on empowering individuals and families to make informed decisions about their future.
We can assist with:
Safety planning and risk assessment
Individual support and case management
Referrals to specialist services and agencies
Support navigating housing, legal and court processes
Advocacy and practical assistance
Eotional wellbeing and recovery support
Connection to health, counselling and community services
Education and awareness activities to promote healthy relationships and community safety
Our DFSV Worker works closely with individuals, families, community organisations and government agencies to ensure people receive coordinated and culturally appropriate support.
This service is free and confidential. Community members can self-refer or be referred by family members, health professionals, schools, police or other support services.
If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 000.
Community Programs
CAHS Health Promotions team aims to empower Aboriginal people living on Wiradjuri Country in Condoblin to live strong, healthy, long lives by increasing community engagement, awareness, health literacy and preventative health strategies.
Our Health Promotions team delivers education on preventative health topics to support our Aboriginal community members to remain as healthy as possible for as long as possible. We deliver a combination of educational and organisational sessions to enable individuals in our community to increase control over and improve their health.
We deliver a range of health literary and education events – make sure you follow our social media accounts for updates on upcoming events.
General Enquiries
For general enquiries please contact us.