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headspace
Esperance
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83b Dempster Street, Esperance, Western Australia 6450
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Phone (08) 9034 5160
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headspace.e@hopecs.org.au
About
If you ever feel that you:
- are feeling down or stressed or worried
- can't deal with school, bullying or struggling with friendships
- want to talk about sexual health, sexuality, identity or relationships, drinking or drug use
headspace Esperance is a safe place where you can come to have a yarn about any of these issues. We provide early intervention services to young people aged 12 to 25.
to book an appointment, download and complete our referral form and return it to us at headspace.e@hopecs.org.au.
call us on 08 9034 5160 for any referral enquiries.
Our services are free!
Hours
- Monday: 8:30am - 5:00pm
- Tuesday: 8:30am - 5:00pm
- Wednesday: 8:30am - 5:00pm
- Thursday: 9:30am - 7:00pm
- Friday: 8:30am - 3:30pm
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
headspace Esperance is operated by Hope Community Services. All headspace services are funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. Administration of funding is carried out by the headspace centre’s local Primary Health Network, in this case, WAPHA.
Services
Get tips on how to prepare your resume and present for interviews. Find out about local employment opportunities (full time, part-time, or casual).
Workers either on site or linked to the centre who can assist you with any alcohol or other drug concern.
Centres have a range of programs and activities for young people. Just ask your centre what they have on.
Mental health workers – which may include psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors and other workers – that can help if you're just not feeling yourself.
A group of young people who help with events and some decision making at a centre. Ask your centre about getting involved.
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Jobs and volunteering
Positions currently available at headspace Esperance
Salary: Salary rate: $49.28 p/hr + $1.01 p/hr regional allowance + super
Deadline: 31 Oct 2024, 5:00 pm
About the opportunity:
The Mental Health Clinician, based at headspace Esperance, will provide high level clinical services, consultation and leadership to the headspace team and advanced clinical services to young people and their families and friends by co-ordinating the triage and intake process for enquiries and referrals and providing direct services to a caseload of young people with complex needs in Esperance.
Key clinical tasks of this role are to:
- Provide clinical services in accordance with the headspace model and utilising evidence-based practice.
- Maintain case records, in the agreed format and within expected timeframes that clearly documents activities undertaken and ensure all documentation is comprehensive, factual and complies with relevant legislation, professional guidelines and organisational policies.
- Work closely with the Clinical Lead to manage referrals, intake, waiting lists and case allocations.
- Demonstrate familiarity with ethical standards and show clinical awareness of available support in areas such as forensic and legal topics, mandatory reporting of abuse, confidentiality and managing risk.
About you:
- Allied health professionals (AHPs; psychologists, social workers), and psychiatrists who have full and current professional registration to practice from relevant peak professional body (e.g. AHPRA, AASW).
- Occupational therapists who have full and current professional registration to practice from AHPRA, and who have completed additional mental health training/endorsement in mental health.
- Division 1 Mental Health Nurses who have full and current professional registration.
For more information contact:
Name: headspace Esperance Manager
Phone: 9034 5160
Email: hr@hopecs.org.au
Deadline: 31 Oct 2024, 12:00 pm
Key clinical tasks of this role are to:
- Provide clinical services in accordance with the headspace model and utilising evidence-based practice.
- Maintain case records, in the agreed format and within expected timeframes that clearly documents activities undertaken and ensure all documentation is comprehensive, factual and complies with relevant legislation, professional guidelines and organisational policies.
- Work closely with the Clinical Lead to manage referrals, intake, waiting lists and case allocations.
- Demonstrate familiarity with ethical standards and show clinical awareness of available support in areas such as forensic and legal topics, mandatory reporting of abuse, confidentiality and managing risk.
About you:
- Allied health professionals (AHPs; psychologists, social workers), and psychiatrists who have full and current professional registration to practice from relevant peak professional body (e.g. AHPRA, AASW).
- Occupational therapists who have full and current professional registration to practice from AHPRA, and who have completed additional mental health training/endorsement in mental health.
- Division 1 Mental Health Nurses who have full and current professional registration.
For more information contact:
Name: HOPE People and Culture Team
Phone: (08) 9034 5160
Email: hr@hopecs.org.au
More information
Creative Coping
Creative Coping is a 5-week program for young people aged 12-15yrs to manage their physical and emotional wellbeing with creative coping skills. We will cover ways to become friends with your nervous system, cope with emotions and develop healthier connections with self and others.
Creative Coping starts in week 4 of this Term and is held on Wednesday afternoons from 3:30pm to 4:30pm.
We meet in our group room, a quiet space with lounges, fidgets, weighted blankets and all that you need to feel comfortable to participate. We will also share afternoon snacks!
Each week you will learn to notice when your body and mind feels safe and connected. Feeling safe and connected helps us to manage our emotions and feel empowered to know what to do when moments in life become challenging. By the end of the program, you will have a creative coping toolkit specific to you and your body to use with life’s ups and downs.
It is a small group of up to 6 people, with 2 headspace clinical team members. Having a smaller group of people makes it less intimidating for us to share in a respectful & comfortable environment. You only have to share if you feel comfortable and safe. Remember your sharing needs to be appropriate in a group environment!
Our headspace clinical team members are there to have a chat afterwards if you feel like you need some support about a topic that comes up in group discussions.
To make sure you get the best outcome from the group, it’s important to commit to coming to each of the 5 sessions. If you can’t make it to a session, you can let the staff at headspace know to keep you in the loop of what you may miss!
If you are interested in coming to Creative Coping, please let a team member at headspace know, or get a family member to let us know. This can be done by giving us a call on 90345160, registering online via the link below, or when visiting us at headspace Esperance.
headspace Esperance is committed to providing the best possible service to young people, their family and friends. We welcome and value your feedback so we can improve the services we provide.
There are a few ways that you can provide feedback to headspace Esperance:
- Call: (08) 9034 5160
- Email: headspace.e@hopecs.org.au and title the email subject "Feedback"
- Complete the electronic headspace feedback form
- Complete the paper copy feedback form and send it through post, email or by dropping it in.
The paper copies and electronic copies of the feedback forms are also kept in reception.
Thank you, we appreciate the thought and time that goes into providing all kinds of feedback.
headspace National
If you would like to provide your feedback on a National Level:
Complete the feedback form. *this feedback will go directly to headspace National
headspace National Office: (03) 9027 0100
headspace Esperance Youth Advisory Group (YAG)
headspace Esperance have a dynamic group of young people who work closely with the staff to ensure that headspace Esperance is a relevant and youth friendly service.
Being apart of the YAG gives you heaps of opportunities to get involved in shaping headspace Esperance as a service and promoting headspace in the wider community. YAG are involved in planning and delivering events in Esperance such as Mental Health Week, NAIDOC week, R U OK Day, IDAHOBIT and other special events that headspace Esperance are a part of.
Young people join because they want to make a difference in the Esperance community. It is a great way to get involved and make changes for young people in the area. There is always the potential to go on and be involved on a National level with the headspace youth national reference group hY NRG.
The commitment we ask of young people is they attend monthly meetings (held after school hours).
If you are keen to join YAG or to find out more about what YAG does contact Rani on 0477 583 869 or email: rani.smart@hopecs.org.au
Community Engagement Requests
headspace Esperance recognises the importance of increasing awareness and reducing stigma of mental health in the community. The role of the Community Engagement team is to:
- raise awareness of headspace services
- educate about youth mental health, healthy coping strategies and help-seeking skills, and
- challenge stigma that surrounds mental health and related youth issues.
We can deliver a range of community engagement activities to groups of young people, family and friends, and others who support young people, for example:
- Presentations (in-person or online)
- Panel discussions
- Workshops
- Expo stalls
- Centre tours
For all requests please complete the Community Engagement Request Form. Due to a high number of requests and staff capacity, please allow a maximum of 2 weeks response time. We try to support as many services and schools as possible, but we do not always have the capacity to accommodate every request.
Presentations
The Community Engagement team provides a standard 60 minute presentation which includes:
- An overview of headspace services and how to access support.
- What is mental health?
- How you can help a friend.
- Tips for a healthy headspace
- Eheadspace
For all presentations:
- We require a minimum of 10 people.
- Please allow two weeks for standard presentations.
- Please allow at least two month's planning time before requesting a date for a customised presentation.
- We require two consultation meetings prior to the proposed date. Firstly, to assess your organisational needs and the context for the presentation. Secondly, to confirm the presentation outline prior to delivering.
- Please note that we do not provide presentations as an intervention to address situational crisis.
Workshops
headspace Esperance can offer workshops and school holiday activities to schools, youth centers, community groups and organisations. Contact us to see how we can engage with young people in our community.
- The same criteria for us to deliver our presentations applies to our workshops.
- Please allow a minimum of 2 months to allow for planning of workshops in addition to meetings.
- Please note that we do not provide workshops on mental health first aid.
headspace Schools & Communities
headspace Schools & Communities is an early intervention and independent service that assists schools to optimise the health and wellbeing of students.
Workshops available for students:
- Let’s Talk About It: Mental Health
- Looking out for your friends: Notice, Ask, Connect
- Standing Strong: Bullying & Mental Health
- Transitions: Primary to Secondary
- Transitions: Leaving School
- Self-care: looking after your mental health
- Naming & understanding our emotions
Workshops available for parents and carers:
- Supporting young people: Notice, Ask, Connect
For more information visit https://headspace.org.au/schools/
Stalls
headspace Esperance can offer a stall at your next event with pamphlets, brochures, merchandise and friendly faces!
Networking
headspace Esperance is committed to building and developing relationships in the Esperance Community and we would love to be a part of your next networking event!
headspace Esperance hosts the Esperance Youth Interagency Network bi-monthly meeting. If you would like to be apart of this network, please get in contact with our community engagement officer, Rani Smart, on rani.smart@hopecs.org.au.
Merchandise
Please contact us with your request. As headspace receives a large volume of requests for merchandise only, we may not have requested stock available at times.