Student Services
What is Resilience?
Resilience enables young people to shift back along the mental health continuum towards good mental health. Looking at this continuum, it’s not static but is something that can change over time due to experiences and circumstances.
Mental health can be thought of as existing on a continuum, with positive mental health at one end, mild and moderate symptoms in the middle and severe symptoms at the other end.
Resilience is particularly important for children and young people. A young person’s ability to be resilient can depend upon many things. Depending upon their situation, a young person’s resilience may vary. Importantly, specific situations or events that one young person may find challenging, another may not.
Being resilient is associated with better academic performance and school behaviour and over the longer term, fewer mental health issues and greater life opportunities. Individual resilience is something that can be fostered and developed over time.
For more information on Resilience – check out Beyond Blue ‘Be You’ factsheet on Resilience (see link below):
https://beyou.edu.au/fact-sheets/wellbeing/resilience
(Source: https://beyou.edu.au/)
COMMUNITY AGENCIES | CONTACT NUMBER |
Casey Community Health Service | 5990 6789 |
Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues | 8594 1550 |
City of Casey Youth Services | 9705 5200 |
Cranbourne Information & Support Service | 5996 3333 |
Foundation House (support for refugees/asylum seekers) | 8788 3333 |
Hanover Dandenong – Housing Support | 1800 825 955 |
Headspace, Dandenong & Narre Warren | 1800 367 968 |
Parentzone (Anglicare) | 1300 984 011 |
Relationship Australia | 1300 364 277 |
Springvale Monash Legal Service | 9545 7400 |
South East Community Links | 9547 0511 |
Southern Migrant & Refugee Centre | 9767 1900 |
Taskforce Drug & alcohol counselling | 9532 0811 |
QLIFE (support for LGBTI) | 1800 184 527 |
Uniting Connections (Child First) | 9705 3939 |
Victorian Legal Aid (Dandenong) | 9767 7111 |
WAYYS (Crisis accommodation) | 9703 0044 |
Windemere | 1300 946 337 |
YSAS (Youth Support & Advocacy Service) | 1800 458 685 |
24 HOUR NUMBERS | |
DHS Child Protection Southern Region Intake (Mon- Fri 9 am to 5 pm) | 1300 655 795
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DHS Child Protection (After Hours) | 131 278 |
Directline 24 hr drug/alcohol info | 1800 888 236 |
Family Drug Help Line | 1300 660 068 |
Family Violence Service ‘Safe Steps’ | 1800 015 188 |
Grief Line 12 noon-3 am | 1300 845 745 |
Kids Help Line | 1800 551 800 |
Life Line | 13 11 14 |
Police / Fire / Ambulance | 000 |
Psychiatric Triage Team – Mental health issues | 1300 369 012 |
Sexual Assault Crisis Line | 1800 806 292 |
Suicide Help Line | 1300 651 251 |