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

Safe Space Forum – Tues. 24th March

Peer support for families, friends and carers. An invitation to friends, families and carers of people with mental ill health. Join us in a [...]
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Conversations with Statewide Mental Health Services Staff – Hobart (3rd March)

An information session for friends, families and unpaid carers of someone who has mental ill health. [...]
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Training for Health Consumer Representatives

Health Consumers Tasmania is offering an introductory training session to health consumer representatives. [...]
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Open Arms Training

Open Arms are offering the following courses to veterans and their family members: [...]
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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 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 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 .