Who does the Family Mental Health Support Service near Tyabb support?
A happy, functioning family is what all of us want. If you suspect that one (or more) of your children or your family unit are showing signs of deteriorating mental well-being and you live in Tyabb, you’re Better Place Australia office in Frankston is the best place to seek support.
Better Place Australia provides a trusted Family Mental Health Support Service near Tyabb (FMHSS) and has been seeing positive outcomes for children and families for more than 35 years now.
Our Frankston office is easy to get to from Tyabb. Take either the Frankston-Flinders Road, Jones Road or Coolart Road in Tyabb to Frankston. At the Nepean Highway, turn right, and you’ll find Better Place Australia Frankston office at 435 Nepean Highway between Wells Street and Ross Smith Avenue.
Be proactive. It’s best to contact Better Place Australia sooner rather than later to avoid the issues escalating.
What does the Family Mental Health Support Service near Tyabb do?
Your child’s dips in moods may be more than just a moment of not feeling 100%. By being proactive, Better Place Australia’s mental health support service near Tyabb can provide early intervention individual support for children, young people and families. Families and caregivers are supported during the process with the aim of providing early intervention skills for improving mental health outcomes.
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 are also group programs run by Better Place Australia. These are safe spaces for children, families and carers to develop 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’s a need for additional specialist services, our practitioners will tell you about those and what the next steps look like.
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.
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?
There are a variety of ways you can be referred to this service.
You can:
- self-refer simply 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?
Better Place Australia’s Family Mental Health Support Service near Tyabb is free to those who live in the area. This is because we are funded by the government to provide this service in Frankston and on the Mornington Peninsula.
Who can access free family mental health support services?
If you are a resident in Frankston or on the Mornington Peninsula in the local government areas, you can access this free service through Better Place Australia.
Enquiries
Make a confidential enquiry now by phone, or feel free to email us and we will endeavour to get back to you promptly.
