Suicide Prevention Outreach Teams (SPOT) help people who are in distress, suicidal or at risk of self-harm.
SPOT is a mobile service and can come to you.
A person in need of help can speak to a peer worker with lived experience of suicide or to a mental health clinician.
You can contact SPOT by calling the Mental Health Line on 1800 011 511.
If you are in suicidal crisis, please contact the 24-hour Mental Health Line 1800 011 511 or call 000 for emergencies.
The direct phone number for a service may not always be able to provide immediate assistance.
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, ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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 ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø 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. and have provided implementation and training support for the SPOT initiative.
