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Illawarra & Shoalhaven Sexual Health & Blood Borne Infections Directory Illawarra & Shoalhaven Sexual Health & Blood Borne Infections Directory Intention of the directory: What is sexual health? According to the World Health Organisation sexual health is not merely the absence of disease, dysfunction or infirmity, but rather, sexual health includes a holistic state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being. As such, sexual health requires a respectful approach to sexuality and relationships, free of coercion, discrimination and violence. Who is HARP? The HARP Health promotion team promote prevention, early intervention, treatment and management of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and Sexually Transmitted Infections. The HIV and Related Programmes Unit (HARP) activity is guided by National, State and Local Health District strategies that aims to improve sexual health and reduce the harm associated with Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs), HIV and Hepatitis C. The HARP team partner with community organisations who engage and represent people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CALD), young people, Aboriginal people, sex workers, gay men, men who have sex with men (MSM), people living with HIV, people who inject drugs, and heterosexuals with a recent change in partner. HARP provide a range of free resources, work in collaboration with partner organisations on projects and develop awareness raising and capacity building training sessions. What is the intention of HARP? Our intention is to create a positive environment in which the community feel comfortable to approach the issues of HIV, STIs and Blood Borne Infections (BBIs) and acknowledge the realities of their impact both within our own communities and globally. We work towards creating an environment where HIV, STIs and BBIs can be discussed, accepted and ultimately prevented without fear, myth, stigma or discrimination. Such an atmosphere is key to reducing risk factors in the future. How to use the directory: The electronic directory is divided into three sections - The Illawarra, the Shoalhaven, and Sydney and State wide services. The directory is presented in alphabetical order and colour coded according to geographic section - Green for the Illawarra, Blue for the Shoalhaven and Purple for Sydney and State wide services ILLAWARRA REGION ORGANISATION DETAILS DESCRIPTION ACON Southern Outreach staff can be contacted by email and ACON Southern is an outreach based program staffed by Community Health phone during office hours Promotion Officers who work with communities from Wollongong in the Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm North, to the Victorian boarder and west of the range across the Murrumbidgee. ACON Southern programs are concentrated on delivering Illawarra /Shoalhaven/ outcomes that promote the health and wellbeing of the GLBT community Southern (to Bega) and people affected by HIV, with a focus on the reduction of HIV Rebecca transmission. ACON develops and implements a program of outreach Miers [email protected] activities by working in partnership with community groups and other Ph.: 0437 891 397 organisations across the Southern region to: Southern/ Murrumbidgee / Promote HIV prevention messages and campaign materials including safe Far West Hayley Turner sex equipment to GLBT people, people with HIV and other affected [email protected] or communities Ph.: 9206 2114 Promote sex, sexuality, sexual health and other relevant health messages and campaign materials to GLBT people, people with HIV and others Deliver training and information on HIV, and GLBT health and related issues to organisations and groups who work with our communities Host events and activities that promote health and wellness to our communities Provide supported referral to appropriate local services who can respond to individual health and welfare needs Advocate for a healthy, resilient and inclusive GLBT community Raise public awareness of the issues facing our community Albion Park 167 Tongarra Road Pharmacists and their staff are often the first point of contact for people who Pharmacy Fit Pack Albion Park 2527 use drugs and may play a key role in reducing associated harm. They have Scheme Ph: 4256 4610 the opportunity to be part of the Pharmacy Fit pack Scheme and methadone Mon-Fri 8:00am-9:00pm program; sell needles, syringes and other safer injecting equipment; provide information and advice to clients on hepatitis C transmission and safer injecting practices; refer to treatment and counselling services; provide medication maintenance and review and access to sterile injecting equipment and information ORGANISATION DETAILS DESCRIPTION Albion Park Rail Jim Giles Chemist Pharmacists and their staff are often the first point of contact for people who Pharmacy Fit Pack 195 Princes Highway use drugs and may play a key role in reducing associated harm. They have Scheme Albion Park Rail 2527 the opportunity to be part of the Pharmacy Fit pack Scheme and methadone Ph: 4256 1403 program; sell needles, syringes and other safer injecting equipment; provide Mon-Fri 8:00am-8:00pm information and advice to clients on hepatitis C transmission and safer injecting practices; refer to treatment and counselling services; provide medication maintenance and review and access to sterile injecting equipment and information BCS Darcy House Lot 1, Old Port Road Port Baptist Community Service runs the Port Kembla community drop in centre - Kembla 2505 supporting street based sex workers, homeless, marginalized and Ph: 42982800 disadvantaged people living in Port Kembla and surrounding areas. BCS Mon-Fri 10:00am-3:00pm Darcy House provides a safe place where people are supported to address www.bcs.org.au key issues, such as personal health, drug and alcohol dependence, mental health and housing needs. The service also seeks to assist clients in developing skills to build independence and resilience Bellambi Cawley Road Neighbourhood Centres offer a wide range of services and activities. The Neighbourhood Bellambi 2518 centre also provides a secondary Needle & Syringe exchange service Centre Ph:4285 3715 Mon-Fri 9:00am-3:00pm [email protected] Bulli Community Hospital Road Community health centres offer a wide range of services including home Health Centre Bulli 2516 nursing care & counselling. They also provide information on other health & Ph: 4283 0777 welfare services. The centre also provides a secondary Needle & Syringe Mon-Fri 8:30-5:00pm exchange service Bungora Centre 2 Urunga Parade Opioid Treatment Unit. The facility is specifically designed for the daily Wollongong 2500 administration of replacement pharmacotherapies for persons who are Ph: 4228 1511 opioid dependent 1300 652 226 Mon-Fri 7:45am-4:00pm Community Health 1A Denison Street Southern Youth and Family Services Association Incorporated (SYFS), is an for Adolescents in Wollongong 2500 independent, local community-based benevolent (charity) organisation in the Need (CHAIN) Ph: 4226 5816 operating in southern NSW. Mon 9:00am-12:30pm SYFS provides support and assistance to vulnerable, disadvantaged and Tue-Fri 9:00am-4:30pm homeless young people and those at risk of disadvantage and www.syfs.org.au homelessness. This support extends to children and families of young people. CHAIN also provides a secondary Needle & Syringe exchange service Corrimal Pharmacy Andrews Pharmacy Pharmacists and their staff are often the first point of contact for people who Fit Pack Scheme 437 Princes Highway use drugs and may play a key role in reducing associated harm. They have Corrimal 2518 the opportunity to be part of the Pharmacy Fit pack Scheme and methadone Ph: 4284 4445 program; sell needles, syringes and other safer injecting equipment; provide Mon-Fri 8:30am-9:00pm information and advice to clients on hepatitis C transmission and safer injecting practices; refer to treatment and counselling services; and provide medication maintenance and review and access to sterile injecting equipment and information ORGANISATION DETAILS DESCRIPTION Dapto Community 4 Marshall Street Community health centres offer a wide range of services including home Centre Dapto 2530 nursing care & counselling. They provide information on other health & Ph:4261 4033 welfare services. The centre also provides a secondary Needle & Syringe Mon-Fri 8:30-5:00pm exchange service Denny Foundation- PO Box 234 Shellharbour The Denny Foundation was established after the death through suicide of Streetbeat City Centre 2529 the Dennis (Denny) Purcell. Denny was just 25 years of age and battled for Ph: 0412 100 169 most of his short life with mental illness, behavioural problems, isolation and Mon-Fri 8.30-5:00pm addictions. The overall emphasis of the foundation is on developing and www.dennyfoundation.org implementing practical programmes which enhance wellbeing and resilience in children, young people and their families, and the community. The ‘StreetBeat’ project is a mobile information and referral service that provides ongoing support (counselling, assessment, referral), information, food, emergency bed packs and transport to individuals or groups of people on the streets who are at risk of becoming homeless and/or adversely affected by alcohol and other drugs and/or mental health concerns. This service is currently provided in several locations: comprising stationery outreach in Bundaleer Housing Estate, Warrawong, McCabe Park, Wollongong, and in 2013 now incorporates two mobile outreach projects spanning Shellharbour City in the South and Towradgi through to Austinmer in the North. First Step Port Kembla Hospital The First Step Program
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