The Suicide Prevention Outreach Team (SPOT) helps people who are in distress, suicidal or at risk of self-harm.
SPOT is a mobile service operating in the Blue Mountains local government area and can come to you.
A person in need of help can speak to a peer worker with lived experience of suicide or to a mental health clinician.
You can request SPOT by calling the Mental Health Line on 1800 011 511.
After contacting SPOT and the team coming to see you, SPOT will provide follow up support for up to 72 hours.
Publicly available mental health information and self-help resources.
Self-help resources and low intensity interventions, including digital mental health, group and peer supports.
A mix of self-help resources, including digital mental health and low intensity interventions. Also psychological services for individuals who require them.
High intensity services including periods of intensive intervention that may involve multidisciplinary support. Where issues may be persistent or episodic without a high level of risk, complexity or disability.
Intensive team-based specialist assessment and intervention (typically state/territory mental health services) with involvement from a range of different mental health professionals including case managers, psychiatrists, allied health workers, and GPs. Includes a high level of risk, disability or complexity.