A small, specialist SIL for adults with co-occurring mental health & intellectual disability.
We do one thing, and we do it well — support this cohort to build lasting independence, quality of life and a real place in their community.
- 1 : 1
- Support ratio
- 30 yrs
- Mental health RN lead
- Registered
- NDIS status
We are set up to grow three things in a participant's life.
Belong is not simply a place to live. Our whole purpose is to help one cohort, over the long term, achieve outcomes that genuinely change day-to-day life.
More days managed by the participant
Managing more of their own daily living, and learning to recognise their own early warning signs — doing more for themselves, relying less on others to manage for them.
A calmer, more settled day-to-day
More good days, a steady routine, and an apartment that genuinely feels like home — rather than another placement to get through.
A life that extends beyond the front door
Connected to activities, places and people in the community — building a real place in Brisbane North, not a life confined to the home.
A real home in Banyo.
A modern, fully furnished apartment in a quiet, established Brisbane North suburb — 14km from the CBD. Set up to feel safe, hold a routine, and support a settled long-term tenancy. A separate overnight worker space provides 24/7 availability while protecting the participant's privacy.
We are honest about who we are right for — because that is what protects the outcome.
Real progress only happens when the placement genuinely suits the participant. So we are clear, from the first call, about who Belong can support well — and we say so if a referral would be better served elsewhere.
- Adults with a dual diagnosis — co-occurring mental health condition and intellectual disability.
- Participants with persistent psychosocial disability whose needs are episodic, not crisis-driven.
- People who do well in a quiet, structured, single-person home with consistent staffing.
- Participants ready to build daily living skills and community engagement with clinical oversight.
- Referrals from Support Coordinators or hospital discharge teams seeking a stable, long-term placement.
When we are not the right home: this is an apartment in a residential complex. It is not the right setting where a participant has a significant history of property damage, high-level externalising behaviours requiring restrictive interventions, or needs hospital-level acute nursing. If that's the case, we'll tell you at assessment and point you toward a provider who fits better.
Outcomes for this cohort take genuine, specialised expertise — applied consistently.
Belong is led by a registered nurse with more than 30 years in mental health, and delivered by a small team specialised in this cohort. Good support here isn't a matter of goodwill — it depends on real clinical understanding and a team that knows the participant well enough to act on it.
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The same faces, every week
A small, consistent worker pool — not a rotating cast of casuals. Continuity is what lets a worker notice the change that matters.
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Reading the signs early
Staff trained to read the function of behaviour and respond early, so episodic shifts don't escalate into crises or ED presentations.
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We share the picture
Active collaboration with Support Coordinators, GPs, psychiatrists and allied health. We stay engaged when it's hard — we don't disappear.
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Built for the duration
Real outcomes take time, so Belong is set up for the long term — not a short-term placement that frays under pressure.
Steve Hallam — Director & Registered Nurse
Steve is a registered nurse with more than 30 years across acute inpatient, community forensic, mobile intensive treatment and ED assessment — in both the UK and Australia. He has spent his career with the participants the system finds hardest to support well: dual diagnosis, persistent psychosocial disability, forensic backgrounds.
He started Belong because he watched too many of these placements fall over — not because participants couldn't make progress, but because no one had built a service around what they actually need to get there. Belong is that service: a small, Brisbane-based, NDIS-registered SIL, directed personally by Steve and delivered by a team specialised in exactly this cohort.
Tell us about your participant.
A short message is enough — diagnosis, current setting, and what's not working. Steve responds personally, usually the same business day.