Capability Statement

Who We Are

Recovery Together is an Aboriginal-owned Australian business delivering disability, mental health, psychosocial recovery, capacity-building, education and workforce-development services.

Based in the Western Plains of regional New South Wales, we support people and organisations across metropolitan, regional, rural and remote settings.

Our current service footprint includes NDIS-funded services across New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia. Workplace training, professional development and tailored organisational programs are available throughout Australia through face-to-face, workplace-based and virtual delivery.

Recovery Together combines:

direct frontline experience
professional qualifications
lived and living experience
Aboriginal community and cultural experience
regional service-delivery knowledge
practical training and program development
recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and person-centred practice.

Our work is grounded in a simple belief:

People should be listened to, respected and supported to build lives defined by identity, connection, choice, capability and hope.

Our Purpose

Recovery Together exists to strengthen the capacity of individuals, workforces and communities.

For individuals, this means practical support that builds confidence, independence, self-determination and meaningful connection.

For organisations, it means developing workers who can communicate with greater confidence, respond safely to complex situations and translate recovery-oriented principles into everyday practice.

For communities, it means supporting culturally responsive, inclusive and locally relevant approaches that recognise the importance of relationships, culture, Country and shared responsibility.

Why Recovery Together

Recovery Together offers buyers and partners a distinctive combination of regional knowledge, Aboriginal ownership, direct-service expertise and national training capability.

We understand both sides of service quality: the needs and rights of people receiving support, and the practical realities faced by the workers and organisations delivering it.

Our programs are designed to create measurable value through stronger communication, more capable workforces, safer practice, better service coordination and improved participant experience.

Who We Work With

Recovery Together’s services and programs are relevant to:

NDIS participants and their support networks
disability and psychosocial support providers
mental health and community-service organisations
Aboriginal organisations and communities
government agencies and local government
education, care and human-services organisations
employers and corporate workforces
frontline teams, supervisors and organisational leaders.

Our Aboriginal Business Story

Recovery Together was founded by Daniel Roy, a Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi descendant from the Paul-Kelly and Salisbury families of Central Western New South Wales, with family connections to the Warrumbungles region.

The business was originally established as Roy Training Solutions, with an initial focus on education and professional development. As Daniel’s work expanded across disability, mental health and psychosocial recovery, the business evolved into Recovery Together.

Today, Recovery Together brings together professional practice, cultural and community experience, education, lived experience and direct service delivery.

Our Aboriginal ownership is an important part of who we are. It is accompanied by a commitment to meaningful Aboriginal economic participation, respectful relationships, cultural safety and the recognition that communities hold their own knowledge, strengths and solutions.

Cultural Foundations

Recovery Together’s cultural foundations are grounded in connection, listening, family, community, Country, identity and shared responsibility.

Daniel’s cultural and professional journey has been shaped both by his Wiradjuri and Kamilaroi heritage and by many years of living and working alongside Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

An important turning point occurred in 2012 while Daniel was working in Nauiyu–Daly River in the Northern Territory, including alongside Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann.

During this period, Daniel was profoundly influenced by Dadirri, a practice associated with deep listening, quiet stillness, reflection and connection.

The experience strengthened Daniel’s understanding of the importance of:

listening before assuming
understanding before directing
creating space for people to be heard
recognising the knowledge and strengths people already hold
walking alongside people rather than taking control.

These principles continue to influence Recovery Together’s approach to recovery, communication, cultural safety, supported decision-making and human connection.

How Culture Influences Our Practice

Our practice is informed by principles of:

deep and respectful listening
yarning and storytelling
connection to Country and place
kinship, family and community
respect for Elders and Knowledge Holders
cultural identity and belonging
collective and shared responsibility
healing through relationships and connection
self-determination
walking alongside rather than taking over.

These principles complement contemporary recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, strengths-based and person-centred practice while recognising that Aboriginal understandings of wellbeing are holistic and relational.

Daniel Roy — Founder and CEO

Daniel Roy brings experience across disability, mental health, psychosocial recovery, counselling, vocational education, Aboriginal community services, youth development and workforce capability.

Daniel completed a Diploma of Counselling (Mental Health) through the Institute of Applied Psychology and is a qualified Trainer and Assessor, Special Needs Edcuator, Financial Literacy Educator and Community Services Worker.

His professional practice has included work as a Support Coordinator, Psychosocial Recovery Coach, Counsellor, Special Needs Educator, Program Developer and Mental Health Literacy Trainer.

Daniel previously served as a Community Services Lecturer with North Regional TAFE in Karratha, Western Australia. His work included delivering community-services education and working with employers, Aboriginal organisations and students throughout the Pilbara. He supported flexible, contextualised and culturally responsive approaches intended to strengthen Aboriginal learner engagement, retention and completion.

Daniel’s Western Australian experience also included work with Robe River Kuruma Aboriginal Corporation and engagement with Kuruma and Martuthunira communities and Elders across youth wellbeing, education, case management, cultural initiatives and community development.

He is a former Board Director of the Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia, contributing governance and strategic experience within the youth-services sector.

From 2018 to 2024, Daniel worked as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid Instructor, delivering culturally informed mental health education and building community and workforce capability.

From 2022 to 2024, he worked internally with Mental Health First Aid Australia, contributing to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health initiatives, including the Talking About Gambling project and the development of Youth Yarns.

Together, these experiences underpin Recovery Together’s ability to connect frontline practice, cultural responsiveness, lived experience, education and practical workforce development.