A new Mind Australia service will provide targeted support to young people who care for someone with mental ill-health or drug and alcohol addiction.
Family, Friends and Carers Support (FFCS) is a youth-focused program that is part of the Victorian Support for Carers Program.
Staff from the Mind-managed headspace services in Greensborough and Plenty Valley discuss depression, how to identify the warning signs and when to seek help. This project was conducted in partnership with The City of Whittlesea Youth Advisory Council.
Nearly half of the support staff in Mind Australia’s psychosocial support programs in South Australia are peer practitioners - trained mental health practitioners who have had their own lived experience of mental ill-health.
Mind Australia will help develop and grow the mental health lived experience workforce with the support of the Victorian Government’s Lived and Living Experience Workforce Development Program.
Young people in the Bendigo and Frankston regions will have better mental health support services with the announcement of a major upgrade of their Youth Prevention and Recovery Care (YPARC) services.
By Gill Callister CEO Mind Australia
Mind welcomes the announcement of the new Strengthening Medicare Taskforce and its terms of reference, particularly the emphasis on universal health care for all and reducing disadvantage.