Aboriginal Health

The Aboriginal Health Team at Murray Mallee Community Health Service encourages their clients to be self-sufficient when needing support such as food, clothing and transport.

Aboriginal community members must be clients of Murray Mallee Community Health Service to receive support of any kind (e.g. transport and Aboriginal Housing Support letters). We are currently under review with these services to the community, due to new staff.

As we only have a few health workers, we are going to review the services that we provide to the community to make it a more fair and equitable service for all of the Aboriginal community within our region.

We ask that you please be patient as we will be going through new and sometimes difficult ways of working, but we will keep the Aboriginal community up to date as things progress.

The Aboriginal Aged Care Team have their own policies on transport etc. David Crompton is the Aboriginal Aged Care Co-ordinator. You can contact Darryl on (08) 8535 6800 (MMCHS) or (08) 8552 0600 (Southern Fleurieu).

If you have any ideas or enquiries please feel free to ring William Wilson, Practice Leader for Aboriginal Health on (08) 8535 6800.

The Regional Aboriginal Aged Care Program have worked together to build relationships with the Southern Flerieu Health Service, Murray Mallee Community Health Service, Murray Mallee Aged Care Group and Southern Country Respite Centre to provide culturally sensitive services to people in the Indigenous community in a non-invasive manner.

This service model aims to deliver a flexible service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Statistics show that Indigenous people experience a high level of need due to daily pressures and extended family responsibilities. Therefore services need to be flexible and provided in a culturally appropriate manner.

To find out more about this program or to obtain a copy of the Aboriginal Home and Community Care Program, ring Darrell Sumner on 8535 6800.

Winmil Yuntuwallin: Aboriginal & Non-Aboriginal Staff Working Together

Winmil Yuntuwallin:

• aims to improve the access for indigenous people to culturally appropriate services at Murray Bridge Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital and Murray Mallee Community Health Service
• acknowledges that the Health Service is on Ngarrindjeri land
• works towards eliminating systemic/institutional racism
• supports the Health Service "Statement of Recognition of Aboriginal Culture in this Region"
• encourages staff to participate in cultural awareness and challenging racism training
• meets at 10am on the first Wednesday of each month
• is currently co-chaired by Steve Sumner 8535 6833 or email sumner.steven@saugov.sa.gov.au and Carla Vicary 8535 6800 or email vicary.carla@saugov.sa.gov.au

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