Mental Health Carer Advocacy Service

UnitingCare Wesley Adelaide has recently been funded through the Country Mental Health Unit to provide Carer Advocacy Support Services to carers of people with mental illness. Funding has also been received to provide respite support to carers of people with mental illness. The funding is part of a range of new mental health strategies developed by the SA Mental Health Unit to deliver increased and improved recovery focussed support service to mental health consumers and their carers.

The Carer Advocacy Support Service has a range of objectives to meet the funding requirements including:

• Individual support and advocacy to enable carers to better negotiate the service system and support them in dispute resolution processes.
• Increased carer participation in care planning and treatment processes.
• Systemic advocacy to enable changes in the service system to respond to the needs of carers of people with a mental illness.
• Formal evaluation of advocacy needs for carers of people with mental illness.

Programme Location: Port Augusta, Tanunda, Port Lincoln
Programme Commenced: 2005

• Commonwealth Carelink Centre
• Commonwealth Carer Respite Centre - North and West Country
• Community Overnight Respite Service - EYRE House
• Horizons
• Employed Carers
• Mental Health Respite
• Renewal and Rest
• Respite to Go
• Wakefield Supported Recovery
• Young Carers Respite

Contact

Mental Health Project Worker
Port Augusta: 8641 2455
Tanunda: 8563 3333
Port Lincoln: 8682 3571