Individual Recovery Support Program

Providing assistance for prisoners with mental health concerns transitioning back into the community.

Our service
Service location
Refer to service
Funding acknowledgement

Our service

We assist clients to develop personal recovery plans prior to release, coordinate services both pre-release and post-release, facilitate warm referrals and access to essential services and resources.

Service location

We deliver this program in the Capricorn Correctional Centre and in the communities of Rockhampton, Gladstone and other Central Queensland towns in the Rockhampton Local Government Area, working in partnership with the Queensland Health Prison Mental Health Service and Central Coast Corrective Services.

Refer to service

Referrals for this program can only be sent by the Queensland Health Prison Mental Health Team.

Funding acknowledgement

We are funded by Queensland Health Community Services Branch to deliver the program for people who experience serious mental ill health and adversity, requiring additional support on release to stay out of prison and integrate back into the community.

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