Page 3568 - Week 11 - Thursday, 24 September 2015

Mental Health Foundation of the ACT

• Provision of a community mental health information and referral service.

• Provision of short term accommodation support for individuals with mental illness.

• Provision of long term supported accommodation, outreach services and respite type programs for individuals with mental illness.

• Provision of a mental health psychosocial rehabilitation centre - Mental Health Consumer Space -Rainbow Room.

• Housing and Accommodation Support/Recovery Initiative provider (HASI/HARI).

Mental Health Community
Coalition of the ACT

• Provision of a mental health community sector representation, education, development and advocacy. Mental Health Community Sector “peak“

Barnardos Australia

• Provision of respite care for children of parents with a mental illness and for children with a mental illness through school holiday camps and programs, and daily respite programs.

Belconnen Community Service

• Provision mental health resiliency training and support, and referral for “at risk” youth and their families - “Bungee” program.

• Provision of mental health psychosocial recreational (arts and leisure programs) and support programs for individuals with mental illness.

Brindabella Women’s Group

• Mental Health Promotion self help support group targeting mothers in the early infant period

Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT)

• Provision of a Mental Health Consumer Training Program scholarship scheme

Majura Women’s Group

• Mental Health Promotion self help support group targeting mothers in the early infant period.

Carers ACT

• Provision of a mental health carers representative, education and advocacy groups.

• Provision of mental health carer training and support groups.

• Provision of mental health carer peer support targeted at inpatient facilities.

Community Organisations

Service description / programs

CatholicCare

• Provision of long-term, medium level care needs, supported accommodation and outreach. Provision of high level fully supported youth special care accommodation and outreach support.

• Provision of step-down respite accommodation for individuals with mental illness.

• Provision of long-term medium to high level, care needs, supported accommodation for dual diagnosis consumers – the “Lodge”.

• Provision of the Youth 24 hour step up/down supported accommodation and outreach program (13 –17 year olds).

Community Connections

• Brokerage of individual funding arrangements for individuals suffering from mental illness with complex support needs.

Companion House

• Provision of counselling and/or advocacy for the refugee survivors of trauma and torture and/or mental illness.

• Provision Primary (general) Health Care Services.

GROW

• Provision of medium-long term, rehabilitation supported accommodation for individuals suffering from mental illness.

• Provision of self-help groups providing support for individuals suffering from mental illness