We are working alongside Healthy North Coast and a Lived Experience Panel to identify barriers and enablers to help-seeking, which will lead to the development of locally relevant tools and resources that meet identified mental health literacy needs, helping people to act early and promoting available supports.

This project will follow a step-by-step process developed and successfully implemented by Beacon Strategies in several prior projects. The process is as follows:

1. Project establishment

We’ve been engaged to develop a First 1000 Days Framework in close partnership with the Better Health NQ Alliance. The project will result in the development of a framework that will be used to guide collaborative investment in programs and services targeted at the first 1000 days of life.

CESPHN has engaged Beacon Strategies to support them to undertake a review and evaluation of the two main psychosocial support services they commission under the Commonwealth Psychosocial Support Program (CPSP): National Psychosocial Supports (NPS) and Continuity of Supports (CoS).

In line with NQPHN Strategic Objectives, indicators of need, and the commitment to Suicide Prevention action planning NQPHN commissioned Beacon Strategies to develop a Suicide Prevention Community Action Plan (SPCAP) for the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service area.

The purpose of the Care Coordination Co-design Project was to rapidly research, co-design and frame a commissioning intent for a care coordination model of care for people with chronic and complex health conditions in South Eastern NSW PHN.