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mental health families & friends TASMANIA provides systemic advocacy from a carer/family perspective drawing upon lived experience to improve mental health services and the well-being of carers.  Mental health carers are central to everything we do at mental health families & friends TASMANIA.  Our purpose is to make sure the voices of mental health families and friends are heard.  We work with families and friends to support them and to champion their needs and aspirations.  In order to be effective, we need to ensure that our approach to engagement is appropriate, inclusive and influential.

We provide input into state and national research, policy review and development.  We are active members of TASCOSS and Mental Health Carers Australia.

You may also wish to contribute to the Sane Hocking Community Grant Survey. The research project aims to support the introduction of best practice community-based carer support services throughout Australia, and empower those caring for loved ones with complex mental health issues.

Complete the Survey.

Carer Representative Program

Government agencies, community service organisations and other employers are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits of including people who have lived experience of mental ill health in a range of workplace activities. These include planning, staff training, interview panels and policy and service development. One huge way that mental health families & friends TASMANIA provide systemic advocacy is through our Carer Representative Program. Through this program, mental health families & friends TASMANIA assists employers to access family and friends of someone with mental ill health, who have the knowledge, skills, and commitment to assist them to achieve their aim to develop quality programs and services to support people with mental ill health in Tasmania.

There are many ways our Carer Representative Program can benefit people. It provides support and opportunities to individuals to;

  • Recognise the value of their lived experience
  • Gain additional skills and experience which may increase self-confidence and well-being
  • Participate in their local community
  • Challenge stigma and discrimination related to mental ill health
  • Provide input directly into improving mental health services in Tasmania.

 

For more information on how you can become a Carer Representative, you can give us a call, send us an email or drop into our Office in Glenorchy!

You can also find the Carer Representative Application Form HERE

 

The Guide

  • A Practical Guide for Working with Carers of People with a Mental Illness.
  • A Practical Guide for Working with Carers of People with a Mental Illness Baptcare Implementation Project.
  • MHCTas - headspace Hobart Demonstration Project Report January 2018
  • Ramsey Demonstration Project Report 2018
  • HelpingMinds Demonstration Project Report 2018

Survey for friends, families & carers of people with mental ill health

  • Survey Report January to June 2018
  • Final results of 2019 survey report

Caring voices Project 2015

  • Caring voices project overview
  • A place to call home
  • Caring a job & a half
  • Caring in a world of government policies
  • Navigating a road to treatment, support & recovery

Diversity Guideline and Standards, MHCTas March 2016

  • Diversity guidelines & standards

Economic Value of Informal Caring

  • Economic Value of Informal Caring in Australia December 2016

Preventative Health and Mental Health Carers Campaign – June 2017

  • Preventative Health and Mental Health Carers

MHCTas Submissions

  • Tasmanian Carer Action Plan 2017-2020
  • 2018-2019 State Budget Community Consultation Submission
  • I Care Campaign – February 2018
  • Inquiry into Assessibility and quality of mental health services in rural and remote areas of Australia – May 2018
  • DSS Integrated Carer Support Service: Regional Delivery Partners: A draft regional delivery model – May 2018
  • Tasmanian Child & Youth Wellbeing Outcomes Framework – August 2018

Recent news

  • DERWENT VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID COURSES
  • SORELL/TASMAN MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID COURSES
  • Conversations about Suicide
  • Paid workshop for families & friends – what makes a good NDIS worker
  • Mental Health First Aid Training (Glenorchy)
  • Our 2021-2022 Budget Priorities Submissions
  • Online and Face-to-Face Safe Spaces
  • Peer Work and the NDIS Induction Training – free 2 day workshops

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