Cairns Mental Health Hub: official opening

selectability's Cairns Mental Health Hub was officially opened on World Suicide Prevention Day!

The facility provides a central location for individuals across the regions to access a range mental wellbeing services including NDIS support, counselling and other government funded programs.

selectability CEO, Debra Burden said they had been operating across the region for over forty years at various locations, but the time had come to create a facility that had room for expansion of services and a more prominent presence.

“It is fitting that we officially open the Cairns Mental Health Hub on World Suicide Prevention Day with the suicide rate continuing to rise across regional Queensland.,” said Ms Burden.

“The move is part of selectability’s commitment to improving the mental wellbeing of regional Queenslanders and contributing to suicide prevention.

“Opening a Mental Health Hub in Cairns has been an important step for us. The site being centrally located on a main highway so people can find us easily was also important to us."

selectability Cairns General Manager, Ingrid Westthorp said the programs on offer at the Hub included dedicated counselling services, psychological support for both adults and children, NDIS support coordinators, clinical assessors and they held regular community-based events to encourage connection and social support for all clients.

“Our new facility is a place where no-one feels alone. We want the people of Cairns to know that even if they’ve never used our services before, we encourage them to pop in if they feel like they are struggling in any way as we are here to support them,” said Ms Westthorp.

“Everyone is welcome and we offer support at every level and we have great referral partners that we work with every day.”

The Mental Health Hub is located at 606 Bruce Highway, Woree, directly opposite the Cannon Park Race Course.