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Integrating Mental Health into the NDIS
Rachel Green
Director Mental Health, Care Connect
Thriving, not just surviving
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Who is Care Connect?
Care Connect is a national community care provider of
person-centred planning, care coordination and brokerage.
We are a not-for-profit, secular organisation that has been
providing community care for almost 20 years.
We support thousands of people to live independently at home
and in the community.
We employ 200+ staff and in 2013-14 we will support 12,000+
people across a range of programs including aged, disability,
veterans, mental health and more.
Made a deliberate transition to evidence-based person-centred
practice ahead of the introduction of CDC and NDIS.
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Thriving, not just surviving
Two case studies: Kate and Matthew
• Early onset psychosis as teenagers
• Both given poor prognosis
• ‘Charm bracelet’ of diagnoses
• Similar family backgrounds
• Both experience extreme social anxiety
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Thriving, not just surviving (in the ‘90’s)
• Suicide attempts & self harm
• Both are smokers, use alcohol & marijuana, engage in risky behaviour
• Poor physical health
• Illness and symptoms increase in severity and fluctuate
• Fall through the gaps in terms of support, education, employment.
• DSP and family support provides a safety net in and out of hospital, employment and homelessness.
• Both have significant psychosocial needs
>>Neither want to be in any sort of ‘mental’ program
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Where are they now (and how are their teeth?)
Kate
Waitressing job, self-esteem, increase in income, escapes DV,
slow journey towards full employment.
>>>Married with a family, employed, still experiences symptoms
but largely self managed. Exit from DSP a major achievement.
Matthew:
Very limited social interaction, no friends, no work or activity.
>>>Major deterioration in physical health, including dental
problems, diabetes and serious risk of lung cancer. Receives
regular visits from mental health team to deliver medication.
‘Exited’ from a number of mental health programs.
Neither Kate nor Matthew have ever had a ‘recovery plan.’
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Reconciling ‘permanent disability’ & recovery
– complex, but not impossible.
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Who/what does support for Recovery look like?
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Where are we now?
• NDIS being trialed during a ‘Perfect storm’ of ABF, PIR &
PHaMS and funding and legislative reform in States and
Territories
• Navigate the dichotomies of:
• Flexible vs rigid policy – eg. consent
• Permanent disability vs recovery – how long is
permanent?
• Outcomes vs fiscal pressures
• Protective competitiveness vs collaboration
• Balancing support to survive vs goals to thrive
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What’s on our side?
• CMHA
• New programs, new approaches, earlier intervention
(age based)
• Commission’s galore
• National Recovery Frameworks
• Strong public attention and buy in
• Greatly increased awareness
• Partners in Recovery
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How can we avoid this?
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What could we do?
• Partnerships across the sectors including non mental health organisations
• Mine the detail for the systemic and leverage PIR communication channels
• Find the right KPIs – teeth, relationships, #systemchanges and #dialogue
• Follow the Salvation Army’s lead and share & compare
• Make friends with a bureaucrat / give a bureaucrat a job
• Get specific, coordinate and prioritise
• Be vigilant in looking for tweaks and success in your data
• Be realistic (think MHNIP & Better Access)
• Combine evidence with effective campaigning
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Spam and eggs / eyes on the prize
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Thank you
Contact details:
Rachel Green
Director, Mental Health Care Connect
P: 0411 270 608