Rob Lake reflects on the changes and maps out potential responses in his presentation at the AFAO Positive Services Forum 2012.

1. new directions
responding to a changing landscape

2. changing
 Needs
 Ways of engaging with clients
 Demands
 Expectations from government

3. responding
 Different service approaches
 Keeping what works, building other services
 Communicating the significance of changes in treatments
 Using the tools we have, particularly peer work, in both support
and education
 Integrating work to identify and challenge stigma into general
work, not an add on
 Identifying and challenging discrimination ,supporting clients to
do so

4. what do we need
 Evaluation to consider which approaches work (and
which don’t) and what we can learn from others.
 Places to share this learning
 Using research to help answer these questions
 Using evidence from research and evaluations to
build strong arguments for funding
 Demonstration style projects

5. resourcing it
 Identify policy approaches that situate us in emerging
areas- National Preventative Health Authority, NDIS,
Medicare Locals
 Aged care and health models, EACH, etc
 Locate our clients clearly in relevant government
policy and strategy
 Partner with providers