WIIMPATJA HEALING CENTRE

Wiimpatja Healing Centre is a rehabilitation program for men who suffer from alcoholism and drug addiction.

The program offers a wrap-around service through MDAS in the fields of health, AOD counselling, well-being, living skills, short courses and farm activities.

The program caters for short (4 weeks), medium (6-8 weeks) and long term (12 week) programs.

Referrals into the program come from corrections, court, justice and self-referral.

Services at Wiimpatja

• Works Program, including general maintenance around the property
• Life Skills Program, including cooking and cleaning skills
• TAFE program – working around the horticulture and landscaping sectors
• Cultural Enrichment Program – including making cultural artefacts, painting and traditional cooking
• Alcohol and Other Drugs Counselling – this program provided individual one on one counselling with the AOD team from MDAS.

Program goals

We will help you to live a healthier life, free of alcohol and drugs.
The program gives you the time to work on your health and wellbeing so you can re-enter the community in a healthy and proactive way.
We offer you a safe space to work on your problems and difficulties, away from distractions of the community and we assist and support your transition back into the community.
The Cultural Enrichment Program focuses on building your strength and self-belief by connecting you back to your culture.
Please note: There are costs associated with the Wiimpatja program – call us for further information.