headspace
Frankston

Are you a family member or friend of a young person at headspace Frankston?

We understand that young people's family and friends are often the first to notice that a young person isn't travelling well - you also have an incredibly important role in their support and recovery!

We have programs and groups here to support you

MIND carers support information can be found HERE
Peninsula Carer Council information can be found HERE

MIND and Peninsula Carer Council both operate services from the headspace Frankston site, to make it easier for you to link in.  

To inquire about upcoming groups, or other services listed above, please speak to a worker or chat to one of our reception team.

More info around supporting young people can be found HERE 

You can also access eheadspace - for more information can be found HERE

headspace Frankston receives a large number of requests from the community, yet we have very limited resources. Therefore, we must prioritise requests according to the areas of greatest need, staff availability, demand and fair and equitable coverage of the local community.

Priority is given to the following local organisations:

• Schools & education providers (eg. Community VCAL, university students)
• Youth organisations
• Our partner organisations
• Community organisations, charities and not-for-profits with a youth and/or mental health focus
• Family & Carer support organisations

Requests from other types of organisations will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

We are unfortunately not able to fulfil all requests. Allowing at least 10 weeks notice will increase the likelihood of us being able to fulfil your request. 

Depending on what type of organisation you are, our community activities are mostly free or low cost. Some requests may incur larger fees to cover part or all of our costs due to the nature of the activity (for example, requests from commercial organisations, weekend and evening requests, specialised content etc).

Once you have submitted your form our team will review the request and aim to respond within 10 working days.

To request a presentation, please fill out the form here>> https://form.jotform.co/headspacefrankston/headspace-frankston---community-act

headspace frankston has a range of youth friendly staff, happy to help.  Most of the staff members work part time with headspace so you may need to check which days they work.

Program Manager
Leisl 

Administration/Reception
Caitlen
Maureen 
Vanessa
Emma

Leadership Team
Sally - Clinical Lead
Vanessa - Operations

Access Team
Geoff 
Britt 
Aroma
Daniel

Counselling Team
Steve
Laura
Sue
Natalie

BounceBack Team
Carlye 
Clare 
Phil
Aki
Narelle (Family Worker)
Jaimie (Peer Worker)

Aboriginal Health Team
Kylie
Shane

Youth Health Clinic Team
Dr Brad  - Lead GP
Dr John  - GP
Dr Steph - GP
Dr Tim - GP
Dr Maria - GP
Nicole - nurse
Cathy  - sexual health nurse

Youth Team
Bethany - Community Engagement + Youth Participation
Heather - Peninsula Pride LGBTIQA+ Program

We also have workers and programs from YSAS, Peninsula Youth and Family Services, MIND, Peninsula Support Services, Peninsula Carer Council, Centrelink, and Skillsplus here during the week.

headspace Frankston is made up of a consortium of 12 local services, including:

 - YSAS (Youth Support and Advocacy Service) - Lead Agency

 - Peninsula Health (including Psychiatric Services, Community Health, Peninsula Community Health Services, PenDAP)    

- Mornington Peninsula Shire Council    

- Frankston City Council    

- MIND    

- Peninsula Carer Council    

- MentisAssist    

- Skills Plus    

- Monash Health (Dual Diagnosis, CAMHS)

- Taskforce

We are also a signatory to the Frankston Mornington Peninsula Young People's Charter of Practice Principles.  

 The "front door" of headspace Frankston is our clinical care workers.  What help do you need?  Our clinical care workers can help you work it out, and organise referrals to services that are here to help!

We also have a bulk billing GP clinic for young people not currently linked in with a GP. We have both male and female doctors, and appointments are available Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Bulk billing psychologists - providing free counselling sessions for young people.

Psychiatric registrar - working with young people, and providing secondary consultations to other workers and services.

Please note, we are not a crisis service - if you have immediate concerns for a young person's safety, please contact 000 or:

- for under 18 years - 1300 369 012   

-  for 18 and over - 1300 792 977