Youth Prevention and Recovery Care (YPARC) – Traralgon

The Youth Prevention and Recovery Care service in Traralgon provides young people experiencing psychological distress with short term residential stays (up to 28 days) and access to specialist mental health staff 24 hours a day. The goal of YPARC is to support service users to achieve stabilised mental health, and provide the skills to live safely in the community.

About Youth Prevention and Recovery Care

This service provides a schedule of group activities alongside individual one to one support based on each person’s strengths and goals, as identified in a personal recovery plan.

YPARC services – a priority recommendation of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System – are designed to support transitions out of hospital, or to help someone avoid a hospital stay. They provide early intervention care and a range of recovery focused supports, with specialist mental health staff available 24 hours a day.

Traralgon YPARC features 10 bedrooms with their own ensuite bathrooms. There is also communal kitchen, dining and living areas, breakout spaces and outdoor garden areas. These provide space for leisure and recreational activities, recovery focused group activities and tailored one-to-one support.

Traralgon YPARC is proudly delivered in partnership by Latrobe Regional Health and Mind Australia, and is funded by the Victorian Department of Health.

Who is Youth Prevention and Recovery Care for?

Young people (aged 16-25) experiencing psychological distress who need short term intensive recovery support to help them transition out of an acute mental health facility, or help them to avoid hospital admission.

How do I register my interest in Youth Prevention and Recovery Care?

Access to Traralgon YPARC is through Latrobe Regional Health, and facilitated through psychiatric assessment. Contact: 1300 363 322.

This may be via Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (CATT).

Why choose Mind for sub-acute residential recovery care?

Mind Australia provides individualised, evidence-based and recovery focused support to more than 11,000 people experiencing mental health challenges in Australia every year.

We partner with health, community, and government organisations to provide holistic support and a safe environment for people experiencing mental health challenges to live in the community.

Mind is one of the largest providers of community-managed psychosocial services in Australia with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre-based and online services.

We are a leading employer of people with lived experience of mental health challenges, recognising their unique ability to connect with and motivate people and guide recovery.

Mind has been working with young people for more than 25 years. We have an established range of youth services in Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia, including youth residential services, youth Step Up Step Down (SUSD) or YPARC services, youth residential rehabilitation, youth outreach services and headspace centres.

What do our Youth Prevention and Recovery Care service users say?

“This program literally saved my life. I will be walking out with so much knowledge about my mental health and confidence, thank you so much.” – anonymous service user.