For 50 years, Each has stood alongside communities, providing services to hundreds of thousands of adults and young people across Australia’s eastern seaboard.
We are incredibly proud that Primary Health Tasmania (PHN) has chosen Each to lead this milestone moment for youth mental health, launching Tasmania’s first headspace early psychosis youth service on Hobart’s eastern shore.
Natalie Sullivan, Each CEO emphasised that change comes from collaboration, with young people, their communities and key partners such as Primary Health Tasmania, headspace National, existing headspace lead agencies in Tasmania and Orygen – to shape services that genuinely meet the needs of those they support.
“We support more than 60,000 people annually through our services in Victoria, ACT, New South Wales and Queensland and we are thrilled to now extend our footprint to deliver these important new programs for Tasmania,” she said.
“We have a long, proud history of partnering with headspace National to support young people’s mental health and wellbeing and have seen the extraordinary impact of this model again and again. Services like this help us to achieve our vision that everyone has the power to live well, and we are thrilled to be involved.”
Primary Health Tasmania spokesperson Alison O’Neill emphasised the competitive selection process and expressed strong confidence in Each.
About the service
The headspace early psychosis service will be integrated with existing headspace centres to provide early intervention treatment and support to young people aged 12 to 25 years who are at high risk of or experiencing their first episode of psychosis. It is expected to be gradually rolled out across the state (Hobart, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie) between late 2024 and 2026.
The new headspace is expected to open in 2025, joining Tasmania’s three existing headspace centres in Hobart, Launceston and Devonport and satellite site in Burnie.
headspace centres are a one-stop-shop for young people aged 12 to 25 seeking mental health, physical health (including sexual health), alcohol and other drugs, or work and study support.
