Human and Social Recovery Group
Human and social recovery relates to the emotional, social, physical and psychological health and well-being of individuals, families and communities following a disaster. The Human and Social Recovery Group aims to address:
- access to timely information
- assistance to reconnect with families, friends and community networks
- enabling people to manage their own recovery through access to information and a range of services and/or practical assistance, including financial assistance for those individuals and households who are most vulnerable and do not have the means to finance their own recovery.
- access to emotional, psychological and mental health support at individual, family and community levels (psychosocial support), and
- assistance to maintain a sense of equilibrium in life and move forward into a changed reality.
Lead Agency
Department of Communities, Housing and the Digital Economy
The Human and Social Recovery Group is chaired by the Director-General of the Department of Communities, Housing and the Digital Economy.
Membership
- Department of Energy and Public Works
- Queensland Health (Health system and clinical access, Public Health, Mental Health)
- Department of the Premier and Cabinet
- Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning
- Queensland Reconstruction Authority
- Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
- Office of the Inspector-General Emergency Management
- Local Government Association of Queensland
- Department of Human Services
- Australian Red Cross
- Uniting Care Community
- St Vincent de Paul Society
- Salvation Army
- Queensland Council of Social Science
- Ethnic Communities Council Queensland
- Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority
- Department of Education
- Orange Sky Australia
- Foodbank Queensland
- Good Shepherd Microfinance