Service Provider Details
ARAFMI Illawarra
Provides support to families and carers of people with a mental illness. Also provides information, liaison and education services to other community agencies and Health Department.
| Service Provider Type: | Community Organisation/NGO |
| Address: | 1 Atchison St WOLLONGONG 2500 NSW |
| Directions: | close to Wollongong train station and bus route |
| Mailing Address: | 1 Atchison St WOLLONGONG 2500 NSW |
| Phone: | 02 4254 1699 |
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| Fax Number: | 02 4254 1696 |
| Other Number: | |
| HelpLine: | 1800 655 198 |
| email: | arafmi_i@bigpond.net.au |
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| Annual Membership Fees: | $22.00; concession/pensioner $11.00 |
| Areas Serviced: | Illawarra |
Services Offered
| Program | Program Description | Location |
| Carers Coping Skills | ARAFMI Brisbane Inc model | Wollongong |
| Multiple Family Groups | McFarlane model: Involves the whole family with the purpose of empowering them and is delivered in the clinical setting. It engages the person with mental illness, the carer and the mental health professional. | Wollongong |
| About Mental Illness | Programs about schizophrenia, dual diagnosis, depression and long term mental illness | Wollongong |
| Family Support Worker | Ongoing individual and family support and crisis assessment; referral and advocacy to carers. | Wollongong |
| Carers Weekly Drop-In Group | Weekly informal drop-in group offers support and information including videos and other resources. | Wollongong |
| ARAFMI Wollongong MHU Carers Support Group | Inpatient carer groups | Wollongong Hospital |
| Information Pack | Information package. To obtain, telephone between 9am and 2pm, Monday to Friday. | |
| ARAFMI Illawarra and Illawarra Womens Health Centre | Drop-in group for women only. Conducted by ARAFMI Illawarra and Illawarra Womens Health Centre. | Warilla |
| Resource Library | Provides material to give information and support to carers | Wollongong |
| Coping Skills Workshop | Robert Bland model | Wollongong area |
| Information and Support Line | Telephone information, support and referral | available around NSW |