Resources for Education and Training
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| Program | Service Provider | Program Description | Location |
| 14 Principles of Coping | Carers NSW, Inc | Educates about types of mental illness, coping with stress, loss and grief; issues around dependency; setting limits and sources of help | varying |
| 14 Principles of Coping | Greater Western Area Mental Health Service | Program delivered by local mental health professionals in conjunction with Carers NSW. | Bathurst, Orange |
| 8 Stages of Healing | Carers NSW, Inc | Aims to assist carers to work through their own healing process by introducing alternatives to common patterns of coping | varying |
| 8 Stages of Healing | Greater Western Area Mental Health Service | Program offered by telephone in conjunction with Carers NSW. It presents alternatives to common patterns of coping. It aims to teach behaviours designed to form mutually satisfying relationships with others including the person with a mental illness. | Orange |
| 8 Stages of Healing | Hunter New England Mental Health Service | 8 stage program coordinated by an ARAFMI member, promoting self awareness and mutual support. Program commencing in September 2005. | Newcastle |
| 8 Stages of Healing Program | ARAFMI Hunter | This program, developed by Julie Tallard-Johnson, presents alternatives to common patterns of coping. It aims to teach behaviours deisgned to form mutually satisfying relationships with others including the person with a mental illness. | Hunter |
| About Mental Illness | ARAFMI Illawarra | Programs about schizophrenia, dual diagnosis, depression and long term mental illness | Wollongong |
| About Mental Illness | Blacktown City Mental Health | Programs about general mental illness, first episode psychosis, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, dual diagnosis, depression, anxiety disorders, personality disorders and long term mental illness | Bungarribee House, Blacktown Hospital |
| About Mental Illness | Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Mental Health Service | Programs on general mental illness, first episode psychosis, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders, personality disorders and long term mental illness | Hornsby area |
| About Mental Illness | Royal Nth Shore Hospital & Community Mental Health Service | Education about general mental illness, first episode psychosis, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and long term mental l illness | Northern Sydney |
| About Mental Illness/Psychosocial Support | On Track Community Program | Education programs about general mental illness, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorders, personality disorders and long term mental illness | South Tweed Heads |
| Accommodation | Alice's Cottages Inc | Medium term accommodation for women with a history of psychological distress and their dependent children. Emphasis is placed on a stable environment, as well as the implementation of living skills programs for the women and children. | Doonside |
| Adolescent Peer Support Program | Gaining Ground 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 |
| Anger Management | Serenity NSW Inc | Anger management program | Campsie |
| Assertiveness | ARAFMI Hunter | Addresses the function of assertiveness in relationships. Focusses on goal setting, listening, handling difficulties and communication techniques. The effects of being assertive with a person with a mental illness are recognised. | Hunter. Other areas on request. |
| Bathurst Carer Support Group | Greater Western Area Mental Health Service | Meetings run by carers with guest speakers | Bathurst |
| Bilingual Group Leader Training Course (NESB Carer Support Project) | NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre | A six day training course for Bilingual Group Leaders | North Parramatta |
| Camps | On Fire! | Provide peer support, mental health learning groups and life skills development for children whose parents or sibling have mental health issues. An opportunity for young people to talk about feelings and experiences and learn ways of coping. | various |
| Cantonese Speaking Carer Support Group (NESB Carer Support Project) | NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre | Provides support, information, referral and leisure activities. This is done through support group meetings, guest speakers, linking carers to community services, and organisng fun events. Carers are encouraged to form suppport networks. | Surry Hills |
| Care for Carers Project | Lifeline Western Sydney | A program of therapeutic & support groups for carers of people with a mental illness or disorder conducted in conjunction with Parramatta Mission. Proposed programs for groups, couples and individuals. | Parramatta and Blacktown |
| Carer Advocacy Course | NSW Institute of Psychiatry | Carer advocacy course designed for VETAB accreditation | Cumberland Hospital |
| Carer Advocate, Central Sydney | Carers Support Unit | Provides information about mental illness and the mental health system, education, individual advocacy and emotional support in the inner west of Sydney. | Gladesville Hospital |
| Carer Advocate, Greater Murray | Carers Support Unit | Provides information about mental illness and the mental health system, education, individual advocacy and emotional support. | Wagga Wagga |
| Carer Advocate, Hunter | Carers Support Unit | Provides information about mental illness and the mental health system, education, individual advocacy and emotional support. | Newcastle West |
| Carer Advocate, Illawarra | Carers Support Unit | Provides information about mental illness and the mental health system, education, individual advocacy and emotional support. | Bulli |
| Carer Advocate, Macquarie | Carers Support Unit | Provides information about mental illness and the mental health system, education, individual advocacy and emotional support in the Macquarie area | Dubbo |
| Carer Advocate, Mid North Coast | Carers Support Unit | Provides information about mental illness and the mental health system, education, individual advocacy and emotional support. | Wauchope |
| Carer Advocate, Northern Sydney | Carers Support Unit | Provides information about mental illness and the mental health system, education, individual advocacy and emotional support. | Gladesville Hospital |
| Carer Advocate, South Western Sydney | Carers Support Unit | Provides information about mental illness and the mental health system, education, individual advocacy and emotional support. | Campbelltown |
| Carer Coping Skills | Blacktown City Mental Health | Programs on self esteem, stress management and problem solving | Bungarribee House, Blacktown Hospital |
| Carer Coping Skills | Macquarie Hospital | Programs about coping skills for carers groups in hospital units. Times arranged by Unit staff. | Macquarie Hospital |
| Carer Coping Skills | Royal Nth Shore Hospital & Community Mental Health Service | Programs about self esteem, stress management, problem solving and coping with grief and loss | Northern Sydney |
| Carer Coping Skills | Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Inc | Education about stress management and coping with grief and loss | Gladesville |
| Carer Information Program | Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Mental Health Service | Programs on problem solving | Hornsby area |
| Carer Support Group | WAROMI | Support group meets monthly to provide advice collectively. Reviews problems/successes and offers asistance/ advice/ sources of help. | Katoomba |
| Carer Support Meeting | Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Association Inc (HKA) Action for Mental Health | Monthly information talks by specialists on topics ranging from housing for consumers, NISAD, Carelink etc as well as personal advice from committee members. | Wahroonga |
| Carer Support Worker | Headway Adult Development Program | Group based support for carers of adults who have acquired brain injury. Referral, education and training programs. | Bankstown |
| Carers Coping Skills | ARAFMI Central Coast | Psychoeducational group program | Central Coast |
| Carers Coping Skills | ARAFMI Hunter | Designed to assist carers to gain understanding of how they can improve their coping skills. Will help to develop insight and strategies to improve their coping. | Hunter. Other areas on request. |
| Carers Coping Skills | ARAFMI Illawarra | ARAFMI Brisbane Inc model | Wollongong |
| Carers Network Meeting | Tweed Valley Mental Health Carers Network | General network monthly meeting providing carer education with guest speaker and light refreshments. | Tweed Heads |
| Carers Resource Library | Woodville Community Services Inc | Inhouse Mental Health resource library offering books, tapes, videos and CD's. Computers with internet access available. | Villawood |
| Carers Support Group | Ryde Community Mental Health Carers Support Group | Informal get together to provide oppoprtunities to discuss concerns as carers. Occasional guest speakers. Supper provided by Ryde Community Mental Health Centre. | Eastwood |
| Carers Support Unit | Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Inc | Carer Advocates who offer support services face to face or via telephone/ teleconferencing in 8 areas of NSW. They provide information, education, advocacy, emotional support and referrals. | Northern Sydney, Central Sydney, South Western Sydney, Hunter, Mid North Coast, Illawarra, Macquarie and Greater Murray areas |
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health | Eastern Suburbs Mental Health Service | Family counselling, group programs, parent education, individual counselling, medication | Randwick Hospital campus |
| Coping Skills | Co.As.It.: Italian Association of Assistance | Programs about stress management | Leichhardt/ Harris Park |
| Coping Skills | Relationships Australia (NSW) | Coping skills including specialised services for families with special needs | |
| Coping Skills Workshop | ARAFMI Illawarra | Robert Bland model | Wollongong area |
| Coping Skills Workshop | Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Mental Health Service | Robert Bland model | Hornsby area |
| Coping Skills Workshops | Tweed Valley Mental Health Carers Network | Workshops to assist carers | Tweed Shire |
| Coping with Christmas | ARAFMI Hunter | Focusses on coping with Christmas stress. Addresses the potential stressors, issues for a person with dual diagnosis and coping strategies. | Hunter |
| Cumberland Prospect Carers Support Project | Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association of NSW | Education and training/ support groups | Sydney |
| Depression and Anxiety Information | Sydney Women's Counselling Centre | Education about depression and anxiety | Campsie |
| Early Psychosis Education and Support Group | Hunter New England Mental Health Service | Offers education, information and support. Conducted by ARAFMI Coordinator and Centre for Psychotherapy Social Worker. | Newcastle |
| Early Psychosis Family and Friends Information Sessions | Hunter New England Mental Health Service | Didactic information about psychosis, medication, recovery, the future. Conducted by clinical staff, STEPS, PAS. Program to be conducted in June, August and November 2005. | Newcastle, Maitland |
| Early Psychosis Intervention Team | Eastern Suburbs Mental Health Service | Family counselling, grief and loss counselling, individual counselling, group counselling. Programs about self esteem, stress management, problem solving, coping with grief and carer coping skills. | Bondi Junction |
| Early Psychosis Parents Support and Advocacy Network | Eastern Suburbs Mental Health Service | Ongoing information, education and support | Bondi Junction |
| Family and Carer Support Program | Greater Southern Area Health Service | Programs about general mental illness, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression and anxiety disorders. Includes support group. Also available by telephone/teleconferencing. Information package available. | Queanbeyan, Young, Goulburn, Yass, Cooma, Bombala, Bega, Bungendore, Batemans Bay |
| Family Education Program | Fairfield and Liverpool Mental Health Service | Sydney South West | |
| Farsi Speaking Carer Support Group (NESB Carer Support Project) | NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre | Provides support, information, referral and leisure activities. This is done through support group meetings, guest speakers, linking carers to community services, and organisng fun events. Carers are encouraged to form suppport networks. | Hornsby |
| General Course for Carers | Carers Network (Northern Beaches) | Information and advice for carer wellbeing | northern Sydney |
| General Programs about Mental Illness | Sydney West Area Mental Health Services | Various topics | several venues in Sydney West Area Health region |
| Getaway Camps | Gaining Ground Program | 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 |
| Greek Speaking Carer Support Group (NESB Carer Support Project) | NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre | Provides support, information, referral and leisure activities. This is done through support group meetings, guest speakers, linking carers to community services, and organisng fun events. Carers are encouraged to form suppport networks. | Campsie, Canterbury, Eastlakes, Liverpool and Rockdale |
| Group Counselling | Carers Network (Northern Beaches) | Group counselling/support ansd social | northern Sydney |
| Healing Your Life | Petrea King Quest for Life Centre | Learn how to gain peace and healing in your life. Also some weekend programs and time-out/respite opportunities. | Bundanoon |
| Healthy Ageing for Carers | Illawarra Retirement Trust | Wollongong | |
| Information Service | Tweed Valley Mental Health Carers Network | Drop in centre, offering carer advocacy, mental health education, peer & family carer support, face to face & via telephone. Can also provide guest speakers to address community groups. | Tweed Heads |
| Khmer Speaking Carer Support Group (NESB Carer Support Project) | NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre | Provides support, information, referral and leisure activities. This is done through support group meetings, guest speakers, linking carers to community services, and organisng fun events. Carers are encouraged to form suppport networks. | Cabramatta |
| Kirkwood Combo "Double Trouble" Family Information Group | Hunter New England Mental Health Service | Multi family group model provides information and promotes problem solving and support. Includes barbeque lunch and sessions for clients only; family only; and family and clients. Conducted by clinical staff of Dual Diagnosis Service. | Newcastle |
| Korean Speaking Carer Support Group (NESB Carer Support Project) | NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre | Provides support, information, referral and leisure activities. This is done through support group meetings, guest speakers, linking carers to community services, and organisng fun events. Carers are encouraged to form suppport networks. | Burwood |
| Lake Macquarie Care and Share Group | Hunter New England Mental Health Service | Provides mutual support and guest speakers. Supported recovery Liaison person available to groups. | Cardiff |
| Life Skills | Relationships Australia (NSW) | Programs about self esteem, stress management and coping with grief and loss | |
| Lithgow Carer Support Group | Lithgow Carer Education Support Group | Meetings based on the 14 Principles of Coping Program. Educates about types of mental illness, coping with stress, loss and grief; issues around dependency; setting limits and sources of help. | Lithgow Hospital |
| Living Works ASIST | Baptist Community Services | Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training. ASIST is the most widely used suicide prevention training program in the world. It provides participants with the necessary attitudes, knowledge and skills to evaluate the risk of suicidal behavaviour. | Bankstown |
| Livingworks ASIST Suicide Prevention | Lifeline Harbour to Hawkesbury | Suicide prevention skills program run over 2 days | Gordon |
| Livingworks ASIST Suicide Prevention | Lifeline Sydney | A 2 day suicide prevention skills workshop | Surry Hills |
| Loss and Grief Workshop | ARAFMI Hunter | Addresses specific losses that carers of someone with a mental illness may experience. Focusses on the carer's response to mental illness and the function of grieving. Includes ways of coping with loss and grief. | Hunter |
| Managing Stress | Carers Network (Northern Beaches) | Programs about stress management and coping with grief and loss | northern beaches |
| Mandarin Speaking Carer Support Group (NESB Carer Support Project) | NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre | Provides support, information, referral and leisure activities. This is done through support group meetings, guest speakers, linking carers to community services, and organisng fun events. Carers are encouraged to form suppport networks. | Rockdale |
| Maximising Family Strengths | Hunter New England Mental Health Service | Promoting problem solving strategies and communication skills. Coordinated by ARAFMI and Welfare Worker from Supported Recovery Lake Macquarie. Offered May and September 2005. | Cardiff |
| Mental Health First Aid Course | Mental Health First Aid | Flexible delivery course developed by the Centre for Mental Health Research to improve the Mental Health literacy of the community. The course covers mental health crisis situations and ongoing mental health problems. | Courses can be run in most parts of NSW |
| Monthly General Meeting | Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Association Inc (HKA) Action for Mental Health | Monthly general meeting features talks by Head of of Mental Health Service and other relevant professionals from Hornsby Hospital | Wahroonga |
| Multiple Family Groups | ARAFMI Illawarra | 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 |
| Multiple Family Groups | Blacktown City Mental Health | 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. | Bungarribee House, Blacktown Hospital |
| National Carers Counselling Program | Relationships Australia (NSW) | Program run jointly with Carers NSW under the National Carers Counselling Program, in which we provide: counselling for carers and their families; relationship education seminars/programs; training for professionals working with carers and their families. | Counselling is provided by phone, face to face and online at locations in Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle |
| Northern Beaches Mental Health Support Group | Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Inc | Information and education for consumers and carers. | Dee Why |
| OMNI : Old Men New Ideas | Co.As.It.: Italian Association of Assistance | Support through change in retirement | Leichhardt |
| Personal Coaching Initiative | On Fire! | Phone based initiative for children whose parents or sibling have mental health issues. | Sydney area |
| Sane Bookshop | SANE Australia | Online service for purchasing publications and other products related to mental illness and healthy lifestyle. Materials include SANE guide books, videos, CD's and audio tapes and can be ordered by phone during office hours or online at any time. | |
| Scars on the Inside | Southern Community Welfare Inc | A community project aiming to increase awareness and education around deliberate self injury | various Sydney venues |
| School Holiday Program | Sydney South West Area Health Service (Eastern Sector) | A 3-day non residential program for young people & children living in families where a parent has a mental health problem. Some program aims are to help build resilience and decrease isolation. Includes activities such as sport, craft, self development. | Concord |
| Seasons for Growth | Carers NSW, Inc | Coping with grief and loss | varying |
| Self Empowerment | Serenity NSW Inc | Workshop | Penrith |
| Self Esteem Project | ARAFMI Hunter | Programs to assist carers to become more self aware and to enhance their self esteem | Hunter. Other areas on request. |
| Seven Skills of Serenity | Serenity NSW Inc | Workshop teaching skills such as relaxation | Penrith |
| SMILES Program | Carers NSW, Inc | Educates about the most frequent mental health problems and aims to improve the young carer's capacity to cope | varying |
| SMILES Program | Greater Western Area Mental Health Service | Simplifying Mental Illness and Life Enhancement Skills: Educates about the most frequent mental health problems and aims to improve the young carer's capacity to cope | Bathurst |
| Spanish Speaking Carer Support Group (NESB Carer Support Project) | NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre | Provides support, information, referral and leisure activities. This is done through support group meetings, guest speakers, linking carers to community services, and organisng fun events. Carers are encouraged to form suppport networks. | Fairfield and Canley Heights |
| Special Needs Parenting Skills | Relationships Australia (NSW) | Specialised support groups in parenting skills | |
| Stress Management Workshop | ARAFMI Hunter | Focusses on factors of stress, symptoms and sources of stress, awareness and coping strategies to assist carers. The workshop addresses particular values, beliefs and self-perceptions which may create or reduce stress. | Hunter. Other areas on request. |
| Support Group Meeting | Mental Health Support Group of Tamworth & District | Programmed monthly meetings with guest speakers or information obtained from conferences/media | Tamworth |
| Support Groups | Serenity NSW Inc | Groups for consumers and carers held in a number of locations. May include stress management, coping with grief and loss, information about mental ilness, coping skills and group counselling | greater Sydney |
| Telephone Support | Mental Health Support Group of Tamworth & District | Telephone information/support to many rural/remote centres. Listed in telephone directory under "Community Support". | |
| Turkish Speaking Carer Support Group (NESB Carer Support Project) | NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre | Provides support, information, referral and leisure activities. This is done through support group meetings, guest speakers, linking carers to community services, and organisng fun events. Carers are encouraged to form suppport networks. | Auburn and Mt Druitt |
| Vietnamese Speaking Carer Support Group (NESB Carer Support Project) | NSW Transcultural Mental Health Centre | Provides support, information, referral and leisure activities. This is done through support group meetings, guest speakers, linking carers to community services, and organisng fun events. Carers are encouraged to form suppport networks. | Fairfield |
| Well Ways | Carers Support Unit | An eight week education program for families and carers of people living with mental illness. | Gladesville, Wagga Wagga, Newcastle, Wollongong, Dubbo, north coast, Campbelltown, Tamworth |
| Well Ways | Schizophrenia Fellowship of NSW Inc | General course about mental illness and how to cope provided by the Carers Support Unit. | |
| Wellbeing Group | Co.As.It.: Italian Association of Assistance | Education about coping skills for mental illness through activity, exercise and relaxation. | Leichhardt |
| Young ARAFMI | ARAFMI Central Coast | A comprehensive service including counselling, consultations, advocacy, liaison with other services, liaison with schools, phone support, group work, education and training. Newsletter includes articles by young people and relevant information. | Central Coast |
| Young People Connecting | ARAFMI Central Coast | Support group for carers aged 13 to 18. Includes managing stress, information on mental illness, coping skills and goal setting. | Bateau Bay |