Human and Social Recovery and Resilience
Human and social recovery focuses on helping people, families and communities recover after a disaster. It includes supporting their emotional, social, physical and mental wellbeing.
Our department leads this work in Queensland and our responsibilities include:
- leading the Human and Social Functional Recovery and Resilience Group
- managing and delivering the Human and Social Recovery and Resilience Plan 2025–28.
Human and Social Functional Recovery and Resilience Group
Chaired by our department's Director-General, the Human and Social Functional Recovery and Resilience Group (FRRG) aims to address:
- access to timely information
- assistance to reconnect with families, friends and community networks
- enabling people to manage their own recovery through access to information and a range of services and/or practical assistance, including financial assistance for those individuals and households who are most vulnerable and do not have the means to finance their own recovery
- access to emotional, psychological and mental health support at individual, family and community levels (psychosocial support), and
- assistance to maintain a sense of equilibrium in life and move forward into a changed reality.
Community Recovery Roundtable – 28 August 2026
Read about the roundtable held with key stakeholders from across the community recovery and disaster management sectors, convened by the Honourable Amanda Camm MP.
Human and Social Recovery and Resilience Plan
The Human and Social Recovery and Resilience Plan 2025–28 (the Plan) sets the strategic direction for how the Queensland Government supports individuals, families and communities to recover following disasters and strategies to build resilience in our communities.
The Plan provides a clear framework to:
- support the emotional, social, physical and psychological wellbeing of Queenslanders after disasters
- strengthen Queensland's overall disaster recovery capability.
Together with our partners, Queensland is strengthening its human and social recovery system, so communities are better supported before, during and after disasters.
Download the Human and Social Recovery and Resilience Plan 2025–28 (PDF, 2.6 MB), (DOCX, 200 KB).
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