Kalwun – Bilinga Health Clinic

About Kalwun

Kalwun Development Corporation Ltd is an Aboriginal community controlled organisation providing comprehensive primary health care, human services and community care interventions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, families and communities in south-east Queensland. Kalwun Development Corporation Ltd (Kalwun) was incorporated in 1994. Kalwun delivers and facilitates access to:

• Doctors
• Allied health services
• Dental services
• Community health programs
• Child protection initiatives
• Family support services
• Foster and kinship care support
• Early education programs
• Playgroups
• Aged care and disability support
• In-home care
• Wellness centre
• Community housing
• Housing support

Programs

Social Health Service

Kalwun’s Health Service offers a Social Health Program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people suffering from mental health illness and/or substance misuse disorders.

The program offers case management and care coordination support and works to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of individuals and reduce the harm associated with social and emotional wellbeing, suicide ideation/attempts and alcohol and other drug (AoD) use.

The program aims to improve the health outcomes and quality of life for our people suffering from these illnesses and empower them through joint decision making and recovery-orientated practice. It also works to reduce potentially preventable hospitalisation and encourage access to more appropriate use of existing mental health and AoD resources.

Deadly Choices

The Deadly Choices program aims to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to make healthy choices for themselves and their families.

These healthy choices include to stop smoking, to eat good food and exercise daily. Deadly Choices also encourages our people to complete their annual ‘Health Check’.

Youth Wellbeing Program (don’t provide – Kalwun Families does)

The program aims to build on positive change, strengthen relationships with families and support networks as well as improve life skills and choices.
Kalwun supports young people through a combination of case management, mentoring and group activities. All work is person-centred and designed to meet the needs of children and young people.

Psychology Services

Psychologists specialise in human behaviour and can help people with the way they think, react and feel. They can help clients deal with a range of issues from trauma and loss to anxiety, addiction and behavioural problems.

Adult and Child Psychiatry Services (Across the three clinics)

Psychiatry Services

Psychiatrists are experts in mental health and can diagnose and treat issues and prescribe relevant medication. Additionally, pain clinic treatment and medication reviews. (Appointments occur monthly)

Allied Health Services

Kalwun Bilinga offers a range of bulk billed allied health services that help meet the needs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. The following services are provided at Bilinga are:

• Occupational Therapy
• Audiology
• Podiatry
• Speech Pathology
• Diabetes Education
• Paediatrician
• Optical

Intake, assessment and referral

Access can be by self-referral, GP referral or family/friend referral among other referral pathways.

Additional information

To find out more about the Social Health Program contact the service at 5526 1112.

Kalwun provides a transport service to appointments for clients who do not have access to their own private transport, do not have family to transport them to their appointments or cannot drive or operate a vehicle. This service is for medical, allied health and specialist appointments at the Bilinga health clinic. Call the clinic on (07) 5589 6500 to make a transport service enquiry or booking.

Getting to the clinic

The Bilinga clinic is located in the Airport Central complex on the corner of Terminal Drive and Eastern Avenue at Bilinga, adjacent to Gold Coast Airport.

By car

Off-street parking is available directly in front of the clinic as well as in nearby Airport Central carparks.