Marty Wright
AOD Outreach Worker
QuIHN
Marty works for the Queensland Injector’s Health Network (QuIHN) as an Alcohol and Other Drug support worker. Much of his work is performed in an “outreach” capacity, in partnership with Micah Projects, at the Brisbane Common Ground.
Marty’s passion for social justice and harm reduction stems from his own lived/living experience of substance use, homelessness and mental health concerns both locally and overseas. Marty is passionate about destigmatizing substance use and mental health concerns and is a staunch advocate in these spaces.
SESSIONS
Day 1
2.10
Lived Experience/expertise responses: Opportunities, early identification and intervention, with us, not without us
Practical insights to strengthen early identification in frontline practice
A clearer understanding of how to engage people earlier with dignity
A reminder that effective prevention must be designed with people, not without them
Moderator: Alicia Pont, Founder and Managing Director, Quality of Life Community Services
Marty Wright, AOD Outreach Worker, QuIHN
Duncan Bainbridge, Progressive Communications and Social Impact Professional
Katie Shields, Lived and Living Experience Leader, Consultant and Coordinator, Homelessness Queensland; IMPACT Network – QLEWN; Western Queensland PHN; Director and Policy Advisor, Amity Place Ltd
Ben O’Brien, Homelessness and Outreach Services Manager, Teen Challenge