Supporting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people (CALD)

We pride ourselves on delivering culturally appropriate supports to help you cope with difficulties and manage stress in your community of choice.

All cultures have their own values, beliefs, and accepted ways they interact. At Open Minds, we keep these things in mind when supporting someone from a CALD background. There are a number of ways we can support you or your loved one to access services to enhance their mental health, recovery and wellbeing.  We can help you to connect with your community and meet and share your experiences with others who are Culturally and Linguistically Diverse. 

Includes:

  • Assistance with daily activities
  • Connect with support services
  • Connect with groups and activities
  • Identifying personal goals and a plan to reach them
  • Reduce language barriers and assist with communication

Benefits:

  • Be active in the local community
  • Become more confident
  • Join activities
  • Have more life skills

If you speak a language other than English, you can call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450 for support to talk to Open Minds. TIS National covers more than 100 languages and is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, for the cost of a local call.

“May has been my support worker for 20 years. May helps with every day things, going to places where I like to go, and doing shopping. I am happy with Open Minds, they keep me happy.”

Meng

Open Minds Client

Interpret the NDIS

Open Minds can help you access NDIS information in other languages. There are also printable brochures, posters and spoken information in other languages to help you get started with NDIS.

We support people living with mental illness, disability or acquired brain injury.

The National Multilingual Disability Hub

There is a new National Multilingual Disability Hub (hotline and website) that is available to assist participants from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds who speak another language other than English.
 
Information for CALD communities:
 
The Hotline is operated by trained bilingual Hotline Specialists who can answer questions in-language about disability, the NDIS and direct callers to service providers who can support people from CALD backgrounds in their preferred language. 
 
The website contains links to already available in-language information on disability and the NDIS, as well as Service Providers that offer disability services and speak at least one of the 14 languages covered by the website and hotline.
 
Members from the communities below can speak to the bilingual Hotline Specialists in the following 14 languages:  ArabicAssyrianBanglaCantoneseFarsiGreekItalianMacedonianMandarinNepaliSpanishTamilUrdu, and Vietnamese.

Day

Language

NUMBER

LINK

Monday

Arabic

1800 960 972

Monday

Bangla

1800 961 059

Monday

Greek

1800 960 975

Tuesday

Cantonese

1800 960 981

Tuesday

Spanish

1800 960 979

Tuesday

Vietnamese

1800 960 980

Wednesday

Assyrian

1800 960 976

Wednesday

Mandarin

1800 960 982

Wednesday

Tamil

1800 961 057

Thursday

Farsi

1800 961 056

Thursday

Macedonian

1800 960 978

Thursday

Urdu

1800 961 058

Friday

Italian

1800 960 973

Friday

Nepali

1800 961 060

This service is offered at the following locations:

Bundaberg
  • 07 3896 4222
Capalaba
  • 07 3158 4111
Grafton
  • 02 5699 9999
Ipswich
  • 07 3158 4111
Logan
  • 07 3158 4111
Morayfield
  • 1300 69 6463
Sunshine Coast
  • 1300 673 664
Redcliffe
  • 07 3897 1829
Taringa
  • 02 5699 9999
Toowoomba
  • 07 3158 4111
Townsville
  • 07 4412 7200
Woolloongabba
  • 02 5699 9999

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