Alcohol and Other Drug AND Mental Health Services Directory

Community Visitor Program (Cvp)
volunteer support
Local Government Area: Darwin
Address:
C/- Anti Discrimination Commission
7th Floor, 9-11 Cavenagh Street
Darwin NT 0800
Postal: LMB 22
GPO Darwin NT 0801
Telephone: (08) 8999 1451 or 1800 021 919
Email:
CVPProgramADC@nt.gov.au
Website:
www.cvp.nt.gov.au
Eligibility:
People receiving treatment under the Mental Health
and Related Services Act (NT) 1998 and their
carers.
Fees:
None
Hours:
Mon to Fri 8:00am - 4:30pm
Services Provided
The CVP provides a complaints resolution and advocacy service for people
receiving mental health treatment and their carers. It ensures the human rights
of people receiving government mental health services are observed and acts
as one mechanism for monitoring the quality of mental health services in the
Territory.
Community visitors visit the Top End Mental Health Service (TEMHS) Inpatient
Unit (Cowdy Ward and the Joan Ridley Unit) every Friday morning. A community
visitor in Alice Springs visits the Mental Health Unit at least once each fortnight.
In addition, any person admitted to an inpatient unit can ask for a visit at any time,
and will be visited within one working day of their request.
Any person receiving treatment from outpatient services in Darwin, Nhulunbuy,
Katherine, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs can receive assistance from a
community visitor.
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