Service Provider Details
Gaining Ground Program
The aim of the Gaining Ground Program is to promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people under 18 years of age who have a parent with a mental health problem or disorder.
| Service Provider Type: | NSW Health |
| Address: | Liverpool Hospital Level 1, Mental Health Centre LIVERPOOL 2170 NSW |
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| Mailing Address: | Mental Health Centre, Level 1 Liverpool Hospital, Locked Bag 7103 LIVERPOOL BC 1871 NSW |
| Phone: | 02 9616 4256 |
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| Fax Number: | 02 9601 2773 |
| Other Number: | 0438 891 241 |
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| email: | alison.sneddon@swsahs.nsw.gov.au |
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| Areas Serviced: | South Western Sydney |
Services Offered
| Program | Program Description | Location |
| Getaway Camps | Aims to provide specific activities in which children/young people can have fun, explore their feelings, enhance their coping, communication and social skills in a friendly supportive environment. It seeks to provide a respite from stress. | campsites around NSW |
| Adolescent Peer Support Program | Brings teenagers together with the aim of enhancing their resiliency. Aims to develop coping skills, break down stigma and isolation and develop skills in stress management, communication and self esteem. | south western Sydney |
| Education and Consultancy | Aims to provide education forums and workshops to staff working with children, young people and families living with parental mental illness. | South Western Sydney |