TASMANIA
JCTS Tasmania
In Tasmania, JCTS services are delivered through the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC). The TAC is a statewide organisation that represents and supports the Tasmanian Aboriginal community.
TAC operates a statewide services and programs including a holistic and state-of-the-art health service and allied programs, land and sea management, cultural awareness unit and palawa kani language program.
Their Aboriginal Health Service (AHS) provides a comprehensive suite of primary health care services to Aboriginal people and their families throughout the state.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health resources
Local resources
- Tasmanian Government Department of Health: Aboriginal health and cultural respect
- Tasmanian Aboriginal Health Service
- Australian Government Department of Education: Connected Beginnings (0-5years)
- South East Tasmanian Aboriginal Corporation
- Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation
- Flinders Island Aboriginal Association Inc (FIAAI)
- Rural Health Tasmania: No 34 Aboriginal Health Service
- Karadi Aboriginal Corporation Tasmania
- Cape Barren Island Aboriginal Association
- Primary Health Network: Aboriginal Health Resources Kit
- Primary Health Network: Chronic Health Conditions (Aboriginal People)
- Tasmanian Government Department of Health: Aboriginal Cultural Respect in Tas Health Services
- Palawa Business Directory
National resources: JCTS
Uncle Colin Jones sharing his story to registrars in Queensland:
Webinars:
Story Telling Through Dance and Theatre:
Other national resources:
- RACGP: National Guide for Preventive Health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
- RACGP: An introduction to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health cultural protocols and perspectives
- RACGP: Cultural Awareness and Cultural Safety Training
- NACCHO: Why ACCHSs are needed
- Aboriginal Health Council of SA (AHCSA)
- Australian Indigenous Health Infonet
- CARPA Standard Treatment Manual 8th Edition; Women’s Business Manual
- PBS Listings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
- “Close the Gap” Integrated Team Care (ITC) Program
- Medical Journal of Australia
- Australian Human Rights Commission: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
- Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing: Fact sheets
Things to do and places to see: Tasmania
Things to do:
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (Hobart)
- Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery (Launceston)
- NAIDOC week events and flag raising
- Putalina Festival (South of Tasmania)
- Mannalargenna Day (North East of Tasmania)
Places to see:
- Wybalenna Flinders Island
- Blak Led Tours Tasmania
- Wukalina walk/Bay of Fires
Meet the JCTS TAS team
Coming soon