Mental Health Families and Friends Tasmania – Carers of people affected by mental ill health

COVID-19 Vaccinations

COVID-19 Vaccination Saves Lives COVID-19 is a respiratory virus with serious outcomes for people infected. To date there have been over 250 million [...]
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Caring Voices – November 2021 eNews

Read our final eNews for 2021 You will find links to on-line programs, services and resources, how to join our Families & Friends Representative [...]
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Talking Point: Carer Peer Workers

This month, we want to focus on the Carer Peer Worker role in Mental Health Services. The role of the Carer Peer Worker is to support the families and [...]
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National Initial Assessment and Referral

As part of the National Initial Assessment and Referral (IAR) for Mental Healthcare initiative, the Department of Health has been progressing work to [...]
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The primary organisation providing systemic advocacy for and with mental health families and friends in Tasmania.

We do this through:

Ensuring mental health families and friends have access to quality personal support, peer support and knowledge of available mental health and alcohol and other drugs services and families and friends support.
Providing training, education and information for mental health families and friends about the practical aspects of advocating for their care recipient and building their own capacity to continue to provide support.
Providing families and friends with relevant information on current policies in relation to mental health and alcohol and other drug funding of services both locally and nationally and avenues to provide feedback on their implementation.
Ensuring mental health families and friends have input to research development and implementation.
Recruiting, training and supporting mental health families and friends to participate in our Families and Friends Representation Program which ensures their perspective is represented on Tasmania’s Mental Health Services committees, staff selection panels and consultation forums.
Supporting Statewide Mental Health Services to consult with and learn from mental health families and friends.
Representing the “Caring Voice” across Government and non-Government Mental Health Services in how to engage with mental health families and friends .