Page 213 - Week 01 - Thursday, 10 February 2022
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and additional sites. We will continue to work towards finding the right location for a second Safe Haven on the Canberra Hospital campus in the future.
A steering group was established in July 2020 to provide leadership in the planning and implementation of the ACT Safe Haven pilot, and is made up of people with lived experience; peak mental health organisation representatives; carer and community representatives; government mental health services leadership; emergency department clinicians; an emergency services representative; and a research and evaluation representative.
The steering group supported a co-design approach for the development and implementation of the service model. Co-design has been a key principle for the development and success of safe haven type models elsewhere. Members will have heard me talk about the importance of co-design across all of my ministerial responsibilities.
This co-design process brought together contributions and insights from those with lived experience and health professionals. The resulting model is grounded in a human-centred and strengths-focused recovery framework, delivered by a well-supported peer workforce.
The Safe Haven offers peer-based support from 4.30 pm to 9 pm, Tuesday to Saturday, to complement what is available through community services, hospital emergency departments and mental health crisis services. I am very pleased that the service has been able to support people throughout this summer and continues to provide support. I encourage everyone to learn more about the Safe Haven and to increase awareness among the people they have contact with. There is a common saying: be kind; you never know what someone else is going through. You never know whether the person that you mention Safe Haven to may be going through a time of need in the future, and this may be the way that they are able to move through a moment of crisis and connect with community-based mental health services that can support them.
Again, I would like to sincerely thank and commend all of the members of the steering group; the design teams; Capital Health Network; Stride Mental Health; and ACT Health for their hard work on and commitment to this project. Their dedication and perseverance during a difficult few years has ensured that we stayed true to the vision and took the steps needed to achieve this important milestone, the beginning of the pilot. And what a journey it has been so far.
I now look forward to seeing the Safe Haven contribute to a better experience for people and, with the help of our research partners, see the ongoing development of the support of this model in the ACT.
I present the following paper:
Community Safe Haven pilot—Ministerial statement, 10 February 2022.
I move:
That the Assembly take note of the paper.
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