Our Co-Locating Partners

Gladstone Mindcare is home to a number of organisations who work to improve the mental health and wellbeing of our community.  This means that you can access a range of services in the one place.  Our Co-Locating Partners are:

 

headspace Gladstone is a free and confidential service that provides support to young people 12-25 going through a tough time. headspace can help young people with mental health, physical health (including sexual health), alcohol and other drugs services and work and study support. If you want to talk or make an appointment call them on 07 4903 1921, or email info@headspacegladstone.com.au (monitored in business hours).

 

Lifestyle Therapies and Training Solutions - an allied health organisation with a clear vision for community and client-centric health solutions. They seek to provide a mutli-disciplinary approach by providing Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Exercise Physiology, Psychology and Counselling services that have a positive impact on the lives and health of the people they support.

Find out more about Lifestyle Therapies & Training Solutions: https://ltts.com.au/

 

Lives Lived Well provides support for people in Queensland and New South Wales who are being impacted by alcohol or drugs or problems with mental health. We aim to take a holistic, compassionate and harm minimisation approach to help people live their lives well. Our community supports are free to access, and we also provide low-cost live-in services.  Find out more at https://www.liveslivedwell.org.au

 

CQID's Family Participation Program - Helping Indigenous family and kids connect to community and culture. If there are worries or decisions about kids, CQID can help make sure rights are protected, that families have all the relevant information and that their voice is heard. Our Family Participation team helps Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families to develop their own action plans, to keep their kids safe and connected to family and culture. We’ll help families come up with a plan that will work for them and their kids, and we’ll help families get support to make their plan a success. CQID have a lot of experience supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. Our knowledge of rules and processes will help take the stress out of problems.

Our goal is to help our mob keep kids safe with family.

• We help our mob keep kids safe with family
• Giving you the knowledge
• Empowering you to make a plan that will work
• Supporting you to decide for your own kids
• Friendly guidance from your own mob

For further information, call CQID on 4920 0000 or visit their website: https://cqid.com.au/

 

Five Bridges specialises in the placement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people into meaningful employment throughout Australia.

Our unique service delivery model enables us to provide the right candidate for the job from our ever-growing database of over 11,000 skilled Indigenous workers.

As a full service recruitment agency, Five Bridges offers a suite of services for both jobseekers and employers to ensure the very best outcomes for both our candidates and clients. These include:

• They commission cost-effective, sustainable services in our communities, including those in hard to reach places.
• Their Practice Support team works with local GPs to minimise wait times, maximise the services to patients and ease pressure on hospital emergency departments by reducing the number of avoidable admissions.
• They support and host professional development, education and training across the primary health care sector.
• Workforce Australia Training and Employment Services
• Commercial Recruitment and Employment Services
• Temporary Staffing and Labour Hire
• Recruitment Process Outsourcing
• Access to the Indigenous Workstars Database
• Vacancy Advertising and Direct Marketing
• Post Placement Support and Mentoring
• Cultural Awareness Training
• Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) Consulting Services

Having now placed well over 1,500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people into employment across Australia, Indigenous Workstars is working tirelessly towards our values of reconciliation and seeing Australia’s First People realize their full potential.

Find out more about Five Bridges at: www.fivebridges.org.au

 

Arches Foundation  Instilling ethical, impactful, and forward-thinking practices, to deliver meaningful trauma-informed outcomes for families, young people, and the community sector. 

The Arches Foundation is a Not-for-Profit agency providing training, consultation, complex case management, and trauma informed intivention programs to support young people and families within the child protection system.

 

Christine is excited to provide play therapy to the children of Central Queensland. She believes that play is the most authentic way for children to learn, express themselves, and heal. Christine has a Bachelor of Psychological Science and Post Graduate Certification in Clinical Play Therapy.  Christine has a background in child protection and, prior to opening her clinic, worked supporting foster families and foster carers.  You can find out more about Align Play Therapy at:  www.alignplaytherapy.com.au

 

 

Method Therapy Services is a group of likeminded health professionals. We share the same passion for great services, the right support with the right therapist at the right time.

We specialise in therapy but that’s not the only string to our bow, please feel free to give us a call to discuss your needs and our promise to you is that if we can’t assist, we’ll do our very best to find someone that can. We currently offer the following services (but there’s more to come in the future!): -

• Trauma Therapy – specialising in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
• Polyvagal Informed Therapy and practice  
• Sensorimotor psychotherapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
• Complex Mental Health Assessments
• Suicide prevention
• Substance misuse (addictions) therapy
• Counselling and Life Coaching
• Birth Trauma
• Independent Social Work (assessment, reporting and therapy)
• Certified Safe and Sound Protocol Therapist

Please feel free to call on 0484 072 494 to discuss how we can offer support to you and your loved ones now or in the future.

 

Providing access to free legal services to the vulnerable and disadvantaged in Central and North-West Queensland.

Solicitors are available to provide advice Monday-Friday between 9.30 am and 4 pm in Rockhampton, Gladstone, Emerald and Mt Isa, by appointment. The Centre does not provide advice on some areas of law such as commercial matters, personal injury claims and conveyancing. Appointments can be in person, phone or video conference.

The CQCLC provides general legal services across a range of areas of law. For example:

• family law                                          
• domestic and family violence
• peace and good behaviour orders                 
• employment law
• discrimination                       
• motor vehicle damage
• traffic matters                     
• criminal law
• consumer service and product disputes    
• consumer debt matters
• QCAT matters            
• guardianship, administration and other mental health legal matters                       

The CQCLC also visits Yeppoon on the first Monday of the month and Biloela on the third Wednesday of the month through our outreach service.

Need help? Call now to make an appointment on 1800 155 121 or (07) 4922 1200, send us an email on admin@cqclc.org.au or visit our website – www.cqclc.org.au.

 

RACQ CapRescue's WorkReady team is focused on social enterprise, making profits that directly support our helicopter rescue service.

Drug & Alcohol Testing - Drug and alcohol testing is best practice for recruitment, post incident analysis and maximising workforce compliance. We offer a variety of collection methods including urine analysis, oral swab and alcohol breathalyser.

Respiratory Protective Equipment and Hearing Protection Fit Testing - Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE) and Hearing Protection Equipment (HPE) Fit Testing validates fit, seal and effectiveness of these devices. Fit testing also ensures that legislative, WorkSafe Qld requirements and industry best practices, are met. Testing at commencement, ongoing each 12 months and for facial changes equips your business and workers with confidence that they are protected by their PPE.

If you have any questions, need a quote, or would like to book an appointment please get in touch with us at the Gladstone office on 0409 229 093 or workready@caprescue.org.au 

Visiting services

 

Paediatric Outreach Services – Dr Tommy Tran - provides bulk billed Specialist Paediatric services as an outreach clinic in Gladstone. All you need is a referral from your GP.

Find out more about Paediatric Outreach Services: https://www.outreachqld.com.au/

 

Wakai Waian Healing delivers psychological and counselling services to remote and rural areas of Australia focusing on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. As a Specialist Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Psychology & Counselling service, Wakai Waian Healing acknowledges the unique historical context of the current lived experiences of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people. As a service that supports healing, they acknowledge and show respect for the inherent cultural strengths that ultimately support the survival, progress & growth of individuals, families & communities. In support of healing, our organisation encourages the promotion of cultural origins, and unity within / across Indigenous peoples.

Wakai Waian Healing respects the uniqueness of individual and collective experiences for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. They accept that “healing,” and how it is achieved, may vary from person to person. It is their goal to lead and join others to inspire, enable and facilitate Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, to achieve long lasting positive & productive changes to wellbeing into the future. In support of this, Wakai Waian Healing maintains a strong focus on prevention and early intervention initiatives.

More information on Wakai Waian Healing can be found at: www.wakai-waian.com.au or by contacting them on freecall number 1800 732 850.