Welcome to Hunter New England 130000 square kilometres Population of 840000 HNE is home to approximately 38997 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 6 of HNE population identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ID: 763272
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Welcome to Hunter New England 130,000 square kilometres Population of 840,000HNE is home to approximately 38,997 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples6% of HNE population identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander 23% of NSW Aboriginal population live in HNE
HNE LHD Closing the Gap Model
Mental Health Services at HNE – showing our commitment 2013 – 2% of employees identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. 2016 – 5.8% of employees now identify as Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander. Access to Mental Health Services has steadily increased over time with 12% of the people we serve identified as Aboriginal. Development of Aboriginal Mental Health logo to support community in feeling safer to access services. Improvements to physical environment to ensure culturaly safe and appropriate Yarn with GM days held with Aboriginal Staff. Respecting the difference – Aboriginal cultural awareness training, 86% staff have completed.Clear messaging that racism or discrimination is not tolerated and swift action taken if required. Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Mental Health professional undergraduate traineeships and allied health cadetships
Closing the gap collaborative committee charged with leading closing the gap initiatives across the service.
Thank you to so many
Today and tomorrow we celebrate success and we will also walk away with our expectations raised so that we can ensure that our children walk hand in hand on the sacred ground of your ancestors, and that the culture and language of Aboriginal people can live on and be truly respected. I acknowledge that this land was and always will be Aboriginal land, the oldest living culture in this world today