Hamed Turay - GAICD is a professional with extensive experience in community development and health promotion. Currently serving as the Community Development Team Leader at NSW SERVICE FOR THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF TORTURE AND TRAUMA SURVIVORS (STARTTS), as well as holding the title of Director at Accessible Diversity Services Initiative Limited. With a background as a Senior Community Development Officer at NSW STARTTS and various other roles within the field, Hamed has a strong foundation in community education and capacity building on topics such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. Hamed holds a MSW (PQ), MSoc, Grad. Dip in Community Services, and a BA in Social Work from reputable universities.
NSW SERVICE FOR THE TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION OF TORTURE AND TRAUMA SURVIVORS (STARTTS)
STARTTS is the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors. We provide services to assist people from refugee and refugee-like backgrounds who have experienced torture or other traumatic events before arriving in Australia or as past of their refugee journey. We do this by helping individual refugees and families recover from their experiences, working with refugee community groups to foster empowerment and self-determination, and supporting other organisations and individuals working with refugees. We have been working to heal trauma since 1988 and we are now one of Australia’s leading organisations for the treatment and rehabilitation of torture and trauma survivors.