Transcript Slide 1

Demographics
NSW : 8 Area Health Services
 Metropolitan
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Northern Sydney Central Coast
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South East Sydney Illawarra
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Sydney South West
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Sydney West
 Rural
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Greater Western
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Greater Southern
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Hunter New England
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North Coast
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Housing & Accommodation
Support Initiative (HASI)
Innovative partnership program
between NSW Health,
Housing NSW and
the NGO sector.
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HASI
 HASI is designed to assist people with mental health
problems and disorders requiring accommodation support
to:
– participate in the community
– maintain successful tenancies
– improve quality of life
– assist in the recovery from mental illness.
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HASI Stage 1
 Commenced 2002/03
 100 high support packages (up to 5 hours support per day)
 Packages went to 7 AHS, 3 different NGO providers
HASI Objectives
 Improve housing stability
 Reduce impact on acute sector and non-acute inpatient
 Reduce impact on crisis calls
 Improve quality of life
 Assist in the recovery of Mental Illness
Eligibility Criteria
 16yrs and over
 Diagnosed with a mental illness
 Eligible for social housing
 High level of psychiatric disability
 Low level of functioning
 Capacity to benefit
 Informed consent
Governance
 Senior Officers Meeting
– Strategic development
– Governance
– Future Planning
 Departmental Executive Committee
– Operational Effectiveness
– Policy oversight
HASI EVALUATION
 The Social Policy Research Centre UNSW – 2
year longitudinal evaluation of HASI Stage One.
 Outcomes:
– Almost 85% successfully maintained their
tenancy
– Reduced hospitalisation rates, frequency and
duration
– Frequency and quality of contact with family
improved
– Increase in community participation
– Improved physical health
– Engagement with community MH services
– Improvement in psychological wellness
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HASI
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Implemented in stages:
STAGE One – 100 high support places (2002/03)
STAGE Two – 460 low support places (2005/06)
STAGE Three A – 126 high support places (2005/06)
STAGE Three B – 50 very high support places (2006/07)
STAGE Four A – 100 high support places (2006/07)
STAGE Four B – 80 medium support and 160 low support
HASI in the Home (2007/08)
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Area Health
Service
(AHS)
Stage 1 (100 X
high,
$50K)
Stage 2 (460 X
lower,
$10K)
Stage 3 (126 X
high,
$50K)
Stage 3B (50 X
very
high,
$70K)
Stage 4A (100
X high,
$50K)
Stage 4B (80 X
medium,
$35K, 160 X
lower,
$11K)
Greater Southern
AHS
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Richmond Fellowship of
NSW
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PRA
6 St Lukes
Nil
2 St Lukes
11 St Lukes
8 PRA
19 PRA
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Richmond Fellowship of
NSW
20 RFNSW
12 PRA
8
Richmond Fellowship of
NSW
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Mission Australia
Hunter New
England
AHS
10
Richmond Fellowship of
NSW
North Coast AHS
Nil
Greater Western
AHS
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Richmond Fellowship of
NSW
Nil
50
PRA
12
Neami
8
Richmond Fellowship of
NSW
12
Neami
30 PRA
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Mission Australia
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New Horizons
Nil
8 New Horizons
30 New Horizons
10 Mission Aust
8 On Track
Northern Sydney
Central
Coast AHS
8
New Horizons
30 Mission Australia
22
New Horizons
Nil
8 New Horizons
30 Uniting Care
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Neami
18
Neami
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Richmond Fellowship of
NSW
8 RFNSW
8 Neami
22 Neami
6 Neami
15 Neami
6 New Horizons
15 New Horizons
8
Richmond Fellowship of
NSW
30 Uniting Care
30
New Horizons
South Eastern
Sydney
and
Illawarra
AHS
16
Neami
Sydney South
West AHS
21
Neami
Sydney West
AHS
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Richmond Fellowship of
NSW
65
Neami
40 Neami
20 Neami
8 New Horizons
40 Aftercare
45 Aftercare
40 Uniting Care
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Richmond Fellowship of
NSW
8 Uniting Care
8 Uniting Care
Emerging Issues
 Funding contracts
 Program funding levels
 Funding sources
 Streamlined reporting/ monitoring
 Tendering process
 Housing stock
Current Evaluation
 A detailed overall analysis and evaluation of the Housing
and Accommodation Support Initiative (HASI) program.
 SPRC – UNSW – an 18 month evaluation commenced in
April 09
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Future Planning
 HASI 5A under development
– A model that is culturally appropriate for Aboriginal
people
 Extended Care HASI
– Currently being scoped
 Youth HASI
Unique Partnership
 Must be a real partnership, not simply a funder to provider
relationship
 Clear Service Level Agreements
 Two Tier Management structure
 Quality Advisory Structure
 Selection Committee
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Selection of Clients
 Selection of clients is by far the most crucial to success
 Clients must be genuinely willing to engage
 The program must be completely voluntary
 Genuine risk assessment to include:
– Vulnerability
– Safety from self
– Safety from others
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What HASI is not
 HASI is not a panacea for all clients currently held in long
stay hospitals
 HASI may not be suitable for many clients
 HASI is not suited to clients requiring high levels of
supervision, High Support does not mean high supervision
 Clients may be eligible for inclusion, but may also be
unsuitable
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What HASI is not (cont…)
 Reasons for unsuitability include;
– Support levels required different from what is availableHigher or Lower
– Client unwilling to engage
– Client does not understand common principles of
community living
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?? QUESTIONS??