CHAC’s Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Awareness program delivers education, referral pathways and advocacy to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait community of Circular Head, offering a range of services including harm minimisation advice, AOD case management, care coordination, referral services, educational materials, outreach counselling, transports and advocacy.
Aboriginal people experience disproportionate harm from alcohol and drug use. Their social and emotional wellbeing may be impacted by a range of issues including homelessness, poor education, unemployment, harmful AOD use, and problems arising from grief and loss, trauma and abuse, violence, removal from family, cultural displacement, racism and discrimination.
Culture and cultural identity are critical to social and emotional wellbeing. Recognising the importance of connection to land, culture, spirituality, ancestry, family and community, CHAC’s AOD program provides a culturally safe, confidential environment aiming to increase awareness of the impacts of AOD dependence. The goal is to keep men, women and young people in the community healthy and safe by working collaboratively with other services to ensure each client’s individual complex needs are supported.
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