Support for Carers
The following organisations may provide supports/services for carers of people with ill mental health: advocacy, counselling, clinical care, education, open access, outreach service, peer support, suicide bereavement, recreational programs, residential care & respite, training and referral to other programs.
The Carer’s Charter of Resilience has some thoughts and tips that may be helpful.
- Break O’Day Mental Health Services Directory
- Baptcare – Family & Community Services
- Catholic Care
- Counselling & Consulting Services Tasmania
- Department of Health & Human Services
- Dr Tess Crawley & Associates
- eheadspace
- Fingal Valley Neighbourhood House
- Hub 4 Health
- Royal Flying Doctor Service
- Rural, Alive & Well Inc
- St Helens Neighbourhood House
- Wellways to Health
- Advocacy Tasmania
- ELPE Health
- Anglicare Tasmania
- Baptcare
- Carers Tasmania
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
- Integrated Living Australia
- Partners In Recovery
- Relationships Australia
- Rural Alive and Well Inc. (RAW)
- Standby Support Service
- Wellways
- Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service
- Young Carers
- Youth, Family & Community Connections
- Advocacy Tasmania
- Anglicare Tasmania
- Baptcare
- Carers Tasmania
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
- Family Based Care Association
- Integrated Living Australia
- Partners In Recovery
- Relationships Australia
- Rural Alive and Well Inc. (RAW)
- Standby Support Service
- Wellways
- Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service
- Young Carers
- Advocacy Tasmania
- Anglicare Tasmania
- Baptcare
- Butterfly Foundation
- Carers Tasmania
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
- Community Based Support
- Family Based Care Association
- Hobart Hamlet Association
- Integrated Living Australia
- Partners In Recovery
- Relationships Australia
- Rural Alive and Well Inc. (RAW)
- Standby Support Service
- The Hobart Clinic
- Wellways
- West Moonah Neighbourhood House
- Veterans and Veterans Families Counselling Service
- Young Carers
- Anne Bevan Counselling – No Web, phone 0400 688 607
Mental Health Families and Friends Tasmania (MHFFT), Mental Health Council of Tasmania (MHCT) and others share their experiences, support and resources through the following links:
- Alternatives to Self Injury
- Considerations providing MHFA to an LGBTIQ person
- Consumers and Carer Information (DHHS)
- Guidelines for assisting adults
- Alcohol use problems
- Guidelines for assisting children
- Depression guidelines
- Eating disorder guidelines
- Panic attack guidelines
- Drug use problem guidelines
- Psychosis guidelines
- Self-injury guidelines
- Suicide thoughts and behaviours
- Helping the confused older person
- An overview of the Mental Health Act 2013
- 7A CCP Clinical Guideline 3 Representative and Support Persons
- Assessment Orders under the Mental Health Act 2013
- Statement of rights – Forensic Patients
- Statement of rights – Involuntary Patients
- Statement of rights – Seclusion and Restraint
- Treatment Orders under the Mental Health Act 2013
- Productivity Commision report on NDIS costs
- New participant pathway
- Project Reachable – Supporting people and services to engage with the NDIS
- Accessing The NDIS – tandem Tip Sheet #1
- Understanding NDIS Language – tandem Tip Sheet #2
- NDIS First Plan Conversation – tandem Tip Sheet #3
- Nominees, Plan Management & Training – tandem Tip Sheet #4
- Translated Resources – tandem
- The NDIS Process – tandem (includes videos and PDF resources
- Carer & Consumer Stories – Videos
- Schizophrenia
- Psychosis
- Bipolar
- Depression
- Substance Misuse
- Australian Borderline Personality Disorder Foundation Limited
- The Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
- Find Help Tas
- Julie’s story-Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Video
- Carer & Family Information Booklet
- International Initiative For Mental Health Leadership
- Head to Health
- healthdirect
- Innowell
- Understanding Depression
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