Service Provider Details
Carers NSW, Inc
| Service Provider Type: | Community Organisation/NGO |
| Address: | Roden Cutler House Level 18, 24 Campbell St SYDNEY 2000 NSW |
| Directions: | 5 minute walk from Central Station |
| Mailing Address: | PO Box 20156 WORLD SQUARE 2002 NSW |
| Phone: | 02 9280 4744 |
| TTY Number: | |
| Fax Number: | 02 9280 4755 |
| Other Number: | |
| HelpLine: | 1800 242 636 |
| email: | contact@carersnsw.asn.au |
| website: | www.carersnsw.asn.au |
| Annual Membership Fees: | $10.00 for individuals; $20.00 for support groups; $66.00 for nonprofit organisations; $110.00 corporate/gov't |
| Areas Serviced: | whole of NSW |
Services Offered
| Program | Program Description | Location |
| National Carer Counselling Program | Individual counselling | varying |
| Young Carers Project | Offers outings, annual camps and telephone group counselling. Visit the Young Carers Project interactive website to read young carer stories, post questions to the project workers and read frequently asked questions. It's at www.youngcarersnsw.asn.au. | |
| Enhancing Relationships with Carers | Education for Mental Health professionals and community and Health Industry professionals | varying |
| SMILES Program | Educates about the most frequent mental health problems and aims to improve the young carer's capacity to cope | varying |
| 8 Stages of Healing | Aims to assist carers to work through their own healing process by introducing alternatives to common patterns of coping | varying |
| Carer Support Kit | Information package available in a range of languages. To obtain, telephone between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday. | |
| Koori Carer Yarning | Live-in camp for carers and service providers | varying |
| Carers Directory of Mental Health Services South Western Sydney | A comprehensive guide listing more than 370 mental health support services for carers | |
| Carers Talk-Link | Teleconferencing based on mutual support model (Closed group: 6 participants and 2 facilitators). This experience reduces the sense of isolation and may develop existing coping skills as well as providing a sense of connection. | |
| 14 Principles of Coping | Educates about types of mental illness, coping with stress, loss and grief; issues around dependency; setting limits and sources of help | varying |
| Seasons for Growth | Coping with grief and loss | varying |