Evaluation of the Bringing them home and Indigenous mental health programs
11.3 Recommendations for suggested future directions
- Acknowledgements
- Study Team
- Glossary
- Executive Summary
1. Introduction- 2. Methodology
- 3 Overview of the four programs
- 4 Literature review
- 5 Key outcomes and achievements of the programs
- 6 Key limitations of the programs
- 7 Management and administrative issues
- 8. Workforce issues
- 9. Issues related to the four programs
- 10. Likely future demand
11. Conclusions and suggested future directions- 11.1 Key findings of the evaluation against the Terms of Reference
- 11.2 Good practice principles
- 11.3 Recommendations for suggested future directions
- 11.3.1 Ensuring Link-Up and BTH services have a stronger focus on first generation Stolen Generations members
- 11.3.2 Actions to address workforce issues
- 11.3.3 Develop national guidelines for all four programs
- 11.3.4 Extending the geographical reach of the programs
- 11.3.5 Improving the operation of SEWB RCs
- 11.3.6 Encouraging evaluation and good practice activities
- 11.3.7 Provide additional funding for complementary programs
- 11.3.8 Enhancing coordination between Link-Up and BTH services
- 11.3.9 Improve processes for accessing records
- 11.3.10 Research
- Appendix A: Stakeholders consulted
- Appendix B: Literature review
- References
The findings of this evaluation suggest a number of areas for future action to improve the operation of the four programs.
The findings of this evaluation are highly consistent with those of previous evaluations of the programs, with a similar range of strengths and limitations being identified. While this provides some confirmation of the accuracy of the findings reported here, it also demonstrates that the limitations of the programs are quite entrenched, and have not been fully addressed to date.
Nonetheless, DoHA is in a good position to address some of the limitations of the programs identified, and to improve the effectiveness of and synergies between the programs. This is particularly true now that DoHA is responsible for administration of the whole suite of four programs.
As with the GPPs, many of the suggested areas for future action have funding implications which need to be considered.