Rural Youth Mental Health

Rural Youth Mental Health service works with young people experiencing mental health concerns to work towards living the life they choose. We support young people to overcome barriers, learn new skills, connect with services and build positive coping strategies. All of our work is focused on building the social and emotional wellbeing of young people. We help young people to recognise and manage their mental health concerns. We offer mental health interventions, case management and group work to reduce the impact of a range of difficulties on a young persons mental health and wellbeing. Our services are flexible, using  a stepped care model. We outreach to run wellbeing group work, provide one on one supports and therapeutic interventions. We work together with young people to arrange a personal service based on their own strengths and needs.

Rural Youth Mental Health program supports young people who may be; feeling down, sad or upset, stressed, nervous, anxious or worried, having difficulty talking about how they are feeling, need support or someone to talk to about sexuality and gender, experiencing relationship difficulties, have low self esteem or confidence, finding it hard to manage anger, feeling overwhelmed or without hope. 

Rural Youth Mental Health services include:
• Individualised mental health supports
• Information about wellbeing and health
through self services available online or
in person in your community
• Connecting to social and community
networks
• Referrals and case management
• Groups tailored to local community needs
to promote social and emotional wellbeing