NSW Health / Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce Program: 10 Additional Aboriginal Mental Health Worker Positions in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services - DOH 08/30

RFT ID DOH 08/30

RFT Type Open Tenders

Published 17-Dec-2008

Closes 17-Feb-2009 10:00am

Category Comprehensive health services

Agency HealthShare NSW

Contact Person

Catherine Greenwood
Phone: 0293919728
catherine.greenwood@doh.health.nsw.gov.au

Tender Details

An aim of the NSW Aboriginal Mental Health and Well Being Policy 2006-2010 is to increase the capacity of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services to provide mental health and social and emotional well being services to Aboriginal people in NSW.

To achieve this aim NSW Health is requesting applications from not-for-profit Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services for funding to employ additional Aboriginal Mental Health Workers. Funding is available for 10 positions @ $75,000 per position.

The activity is a component of the Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce Program.

The activity is part of the Non Government Organisation (NGO) Grant Program.

Location

NSW Regions: Central West, Far West, Hunter, Illawarra, Mid North Coast, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Northern, North Western, Richmond Tweed, South Eastern, Sydney

RFT Type

Open Tenders - An invitation to tender by public advertisement with no restriction placed on who may tender. Tenderers will normally be required to demonstrate in their tender that they have the necessary skills, resources, experience, financial capacity, and in some cases licences, accreditations, etc., to fulfil the tender requirements.

RFT Preview Document(s)

Advert for 10 AMHW Tender DOH 08 30.DOC (27 KB)

Additional Details / Instructions

The advertising process for the Request For Proposals will be culturally appropriate and will occur through the Koori Mail on Wednesday 17 December 2008 and Wednesday 14 January 2009.