Beth Walker,
Northern Territory, Director |
Beth Walker is currently the Chief
Executive Officer of TEAM Health, (www.teamhealth.asn.au) the Top End
Association for Mental Health. TEAM Health is a dynamic medium sized
non-government organisation based in Darwin that provides a wide range
services to people with a mental illness in the Top End of the Northern
Territory.
TEAM Health's services for people who have a mental health issue include
providing information, referral to other services, accommodation options,
practical life-skills rehabilitation and practical support with activities
such as banking, shopping and accessing other services. The association also
has aged care packages for older people with a mental illness who are living
in the community. The association also promotes community awareness of mental
health and October each year coordinates Mental Health Week in Darwin. Most
recently TEAM Health has commenced providing family support to families where a
parent has a mental illness.
Beth is a community welfare worker and has since undertaken postgraduate
studies in social housing management and business management. She has a keen
interest in mental health promotion, child and adolescent mental health,
indigenous mental health issues, improving health service accessibility for
people in rural and remote areas and the development of a comprehensive range
of innovative mental health services for people in the Northern Territory.
Contact Beth at: beth.walker@teamhealth.asn.au or phone 08 8981 4128.
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