At Odyssey Victoria, we are committed to providing safe, respectful and person-centred care. Understanding your rights and responsibilities helps create a positive partnership between you, our staff and the wider community. It also ensures you have the information you need to make informed decisions about your care, understand what you can expect from us, and how we can work together to support your recovery.

As a client of Odyssey Victoria

you have the right to:

  • Be treated with dignity, respect and without discrimination

  • Quality professional care based on recognised standards and determined by your needs

  • Be given clear information about all parts of the services and treatment provided

  • Be involved in decision-making about your care

  • Consent or refuse services or treatment; Include or exclude any person in your care (including family members, carers or advocates)
    *This may not apply to clients under the age of 16.

  • Access your personal health records and have confidentiality guaranteed.

you have the responsibility to:

  • Treat staff and others with respect, including respecting others’ privacy
  • Speak and behave in a way that contributes to a safe and supportive environment
  • Provide, to the best of your ability, information to assist your treatment
  • Participate in your service or treatment and ask questions.

As an Aboriginal client of Odyssey Victoria

Odyssey Victoria is committed to supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island clients to maintain and express their identity and culture. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples hold distinct cultural rights under Section 19.2 of Victoria’s Charter of Human Rights, including the right to:

  • Enjoy their identity and culture
  • Maintain and use language
  • Maintain kinship ties
  • Maintain distinctive spiritual, material and economic relationship with the land and waters and other resources with which there is a connection under traditional laws and customs.

Your privacy

Odyssey Victoria is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal and health information. The way in which we collect, store, use, release and delete any information about you follows Victorian and Australian laws relating to confidentiality and privacy.

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Compliments, suggestions and complaints

Odyssey Victoria appreciates all opinions about the services we provide. Your feedback assists our ongoing service improvement. There are multiple methods to tell us what you think:

  • talk to a staff member directly involved in your care, the person in charge of the program or the relevant Executive Manager
  • email us at feedback@odyssey.org.au
  • call our head office on 03 9420 7600
  • use the feedback form below.
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Contact details

You do not have to provide your name or contact details, but you will have to provide a valid email address. Anonymous feedback is also welcomed, and will be taken seriously.
Would you like a response to your feedback?

You can also contact the Complaints Officer at:

Complaints Officer
Odyssey Victoria
660 Bridge Road
Richmond Vic 3121