Who does the Family Mental Health Support Service near Mount Martha support?
Everyone wants a happy, functioning family. Part of this is having good mental health. If one of your children or your family unit are struggling with your mental well-being and you live in Mount Martha, you don’t have far to travel to access trusted family mental health support services. Better Place Australia provides a Family Mental Health Support Service near Mount Martha (FMHSS).
Better Place Australia has been trusted for providing sound, mental health support for more than 35 years now and we enjoy seeing positive outcomes for children and families.
Our Frankston office is easy to get to from Mount Martha. Simply take the Moorooduc Highway all the way to Nepean Highway and turn right. Better Place Australia Frankston office is situated at 435 Nepean Highway between Wells Street and Ross Smith Avenue.
It’s best to get on to Better Place Australia sooner rather than later if you suspect the mental well-being of your children is deteriorating. The process supports families and caregivers to provide early intervention with the goal of improving mental health outcomes.
What does the Family Mental Health Support Service near Mount Martha do?
Always try to be aware of your children’s moods and movements. Dips in moods may be more than just a moment of not feeling 100%. Better Place Australia mental health support service near Mount Martha provides early intervention individual support for children, young people and families.
This includes:
- supporting the development of healthy coping strategies, communication skills and resilience
- increasing the awareness with children, young people, and their families
- preventing ongoing mental health concerns
- facilitating service coordination and access to other services for the individual where need be.
There is also the opportunity to participate in free group programs. These are safe, nurturing spaces for children, families and carers and are ideal for developing healthy self-coping strategies and behaviours, alongside emotional awareness and effective communication skills.
Individual case management is also accessible directly to the young person with the involvement of a family member or carer.
If there are additional specialist services needed to address the matter, our practitioners will discover those and make the necessary suggestions.
This could include referrals for:
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- family violence
- drug issues
- alcohol issues
- specialist teams for crisis or sexual assault services.
Who is eligible for this free service?
A person does not need to be formally diagnosed with a mental illness to access free family mental health support from Better Place Australia Frankston office (or any of the other Better Place Australia offices).
The service is available to:
- children or young people showing signs of, or are at risk of, developing difficulties with mental health
- a family member or caregiver of a child or young person actively engaged with the FMHSS team
- those who reside in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula local government areas.
Our practitioners adopt a whole of family approach and are not able to work with a child or young person without the involvement of a family member or carer.
Who can refer to the service?
Referring to family mental health support services is easy.
You can:
- refer yourself by calling us
- be referred by an external agency
- be referred by a school within the Frankston & Mornington Peninsula local government areas.
How much does the service cost?
In two words, it’s free. This is because Better Place Australia’s Family Mental Health Support Service near Mount Martha is funded by the Australian government.
Availability
If you reside across the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula local government areas, you can access this free service.
Enquiries
Make a confidential enquiry now by phone, or feel free to email us and we will endeavour to get back to you promptly.
