Clinical services

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-specific programs

We recognise the importance and interrelationship between physical health, mental health, spiritual needs and social and emotional wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

While Orygen aims for all of our services to be culturally safe and appropriate, we have received additional funding from the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network to support community-based and culturally safe mental health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

We have used these funds to employ an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Worker to enhance the services at our headspace Werribee centre and to offer an arts-based group program for Aboriginal young people.