Suicide Prevention Outreach Teams (SPOT) help people who are experiencing a crisis, suicidal distress or at risk of self-harm.
SPOT is a mobile service than can come to you. They can come to place where you are comfortable receiving support. You can talk to a peer worker who has experience with suicide or to a mental health clinician.
They can help you with:
You can get help by calling the SPOT service nearest to you or getting a referral from your GP / doctor or local community health centre.
You can also contact the Mental Health Line on 1800 011 511, where a trained mental health professional will ask you questions about your mental health needs. They will then refer you to the appropriate service.
If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, please call Triple Zero 000 or visit your local Emergency Department.
Please note: The direct phone number for a SPOT service may not always be able to provide immediate help
Base location: Bega Community Mental Health, South East Regional Hospital, 4 Virginia Dr Bega 2550
Open: 11:30am - 8:00pm, Tuesday to Saturday
Call Mental Health Access Line (1800 011 511) and specifically request to be seen by SPOT
Base location: Safe Haven Building, Old War Vets Drive, Broken Hill
Provides services to Broken Hil
Open: 2pm-10:30pm Tuesday to Friday, 9am-5pm Saturday
Call Mental Health Access Line (1800 011 511) and specifically request to be seen by SPOT
Base location: Campbelltown
Provides service in the Macarthur region.
Open: 12pm-7.30pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday (including public holidays)
Base location: Corner of Thorncraft Parade and Canterbury Road, Campsie
Provides services for Sydney LHD, including Canada Bay, Strathfield, Burwood and Canterbury-Bankstown council areas
Open: 8am-5pm Monday to Friday
Referrals via Mental Health Access Line (1800 011 511)
Base location: St Vincent's O'Brien Centre (Community Mental Health), 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst
Open: 9am-5pm Tuesday to Friday
Email: SuicidePreventionOutreachTeam@svha.org.au
Base location: Dubbo CMHT, 41 Bultje Street, Dubbo, NSW 2830
Open: 8:30am-5pm Monday to Friday
For non-emergencies, call during open hours
Referral via (02) 6881 4000 (Community Mental Health) during open hours or 1800 011 511 (Mental Health Line) out of hours
Base location: Community Mental Health, 119 River Street, West Kempsey
Open: 7 days a week
Referrals via the Mental Health Access Line (1800 011 511)
Base location: Liverpool
Provides services in the Liverpool and Fairfield regions.
Base location: Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
Open: 1pm-9:30pm Friday and Saturday, 1pm-5pm Sunday
Email: HNELHD-SPOT@health.nsw.gov.au
Service is available to persons aged 18 years and above.
Youth Response Team
Base location: Level 1, Wallace Wurt Building Macquarie Hospital, Wicks Road, North Ryde
Provides services LHD wide for ages 12-17 (18 if still at school) only
Open: 2pm-10:00pm 7 days a week
Base location: Nowra
Provides services within 30km radius of Nowra
Open: 8:30am-5pm 7 days a week
Base location: Curran Centre, 145-147 March Street, Orange
Base location: The Sutherland Hospital, Kingsway and Kareena Road, Caringbah
Provides services to the Sutherland catchment area
Open: 11:30am-7:30pm 7 days a week, including public holidays
For non-emergencies, call (02) 9540 7800, Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4.30pm
Base location: Community Mental Health, The Tweed Hospital, Powell and Florence St
Open 8.30am - 6pm, 7 days a week
Referral via Mental Health Line: 1800 011 511
Base location: 7 Yathong st, Wagga Wagga
Provides services to the entire Murrumbidgee Local Health District
Open: 2pm-9pm Thursday to Monday
Call the Murrumbidgee Local Health District AccessLine on 1800 800 944 and specifically ask for the SPOT service
This SPOT is a VIRTUAL ONLY service
Service location: Western Sydney LHD
Open times: 3:30pm-9:30pm Sunday to Wednesday
Base location: Ngangga Ngara-gu, Suite A1, 654 Pacific Highway, Kanwal
Provides services in the Central Coast area
Open: 8am-4:30pm Monday to Friday
For non-emergencies, call (02) 4394 1580 during open hours
Suicide Prevention Outreach Teams (SPOT) have been set up across NSW to better serve at-risk people in the community where they live.
The SPOT initiative seeks to
This initiative has been developed from innovative and needs-based models, designed with the help of experts in the field including those with lived experience of suicide. InsideOut Institute and Roses in the Ocean have provided implementation and training support for the SPOT initiative.
