About Us
Who we are
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (ATSICHS) Brisbane is a not-for-profit community owned health and human services organisation delivering on the unique health and wellbeing needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Brisbane and Logan.
Founded in 1973, we are the largest, most comprehensive Aboriginal medical health service in Queensland and also Australia’s second oldest. We are determined to reinstate the wellbeing of our people—person by person, family by family, generation by generation.
Our team pride themselves on providing health and human services, our way. We’re committed to creating a flourishing future and lasting legacy for our people and their community.
We have five medical clinics, two dental clinics, a midwifery hub and child and family health services. We also offer youth services, social and emotional wellbeing programs and services and an aged cared facility (Jimbelunga). Our services also include a variety of family and child support services including child protection, housing services and a children and family centre at Waterford West. Finally, we also offer kindergarten programs and family wellbeing services.
Our vision for our future
To deliver healthy, connected Indigenous urban communities.
Our commitment to our community
Reinstate the wellbeing of our people: person by person, family by family, generation by generation.
Our reason for being
Every day we will:
- deliver services with cultural integrity and sensitivity on behalf of our peoples for our peoples
- advance the Indigenous health care sector, delivering positive, practical responses to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing needs
- strive to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients and their families
- respect the intent of our founders by committing to keep moving forward and remain agile to meet the needs of our peoples
- provide a suite of tailored, integrated, evidence-based and measurable services that directly address the needs of our clients and their families
- enable and empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to improve their health and wellbeing through awareness, education and engagement
- integrate education, prevention and early intervention strategies
- remember we are many individuals but one organisation. Together we provide a professional, seamless experience for our clients in a way that makes them feel safe and secure
- lead by being inventive, creative and bold in our service delivery while also looking for opportunities to collaborate, partner and integrate with other service agencies and sectors
- celebrate our identity.
Resources
Strategic Plan 2020-2023
Read how our 2020-2023 Strategic Plan sets our priorities and direction for the future.
Annual Report 2021-2022
Read here for our Annual Report 2021-22, Our Community, Our Work, Our Stories.
Our plan for the future
Our community, our future, our way
Creating a flourishing future and lasting legacy for our people and our community
ATSICHS Brisbane has grown immensely in the past three years with many significant and memorable achievements.
We have consolidated and strengthened our programs, services and models of care, including partnerships within the health sectors, to realise our vision to deliver healthy, connected Indigenous urban communities.
The Strategic Plan for 2020-23 sets out the foundations for us to build a high performing, agile and innovative organisation that is focussed on delivering accessible services to our community.
It outlines our key priorities, focussed on a single goal to improve the health and wellbeing of our people.
Connecting with our community is important and we have listened, learnt and improved as we evolve into a high-performing organisation, recognised for the quality of our services, the strengths of our partnerships and our commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of our people.
Our 2020-23 strategic planning process gave us a unique opportunity to look back at our beginnings and our journey and to celebrate, but more importantly, look forward to our future.
Our Community, Our Future, Our Way commits us to five strategic priorities that seek to broaden and improve our primary health care and community services and ensure we are operating in the most efficient and effective way possible.
