Program

Families where Parents have a Mental Illness (FaPMI)

Location

Various regional and rural sites across Loddon Campaspe Southern Mallee region

Service provided

Families where Parents have a Mental Illness (FaPMI) aims to increase the capacity of specialist mental health services (clinical and community mental health support services), to provide a family focused response of the broader service network to recognize and respond appropriately to parental mental illness and lastly, in partnership with consumers and carers, strengthen the capacity of the service systems to support the needs of all family members.

The FaPMI coordinators are available for secondary consultation about specific families, or interagency issues for Bendigo Mental Health Service Clinicians as well as other service providers.

Kids with Confidence & Family/Carer Support Worker provides carers with support, information and education in many ways individual emotional support, regular support groups, workshops, a bi-annual carer conference, respite activities, linking carers in with support services within their local community and carer specific booklets and brochures. 

Target population

Workers providing a service to families.

Referral pathway

Phone (03) 5454 7612 or e-mail FaPMI@bendigohealth.org.au