Support Services Available During the Term Break
Dear Families and Students,
As we head into the term break, we want to remind our school community that support is always available, even when school is closed. If you or someone you know needs guidance, mental health care, or assistance during the holidays, please reach out to the confidential services listed below.
Immediate Assistance
Emergency: Call 000 if you or someone else is in immediate danger.
Mental Health & Counselling Support
- Your local GP can provide you with additional support
- headspace Counselling: Victorian Government secondary school students, including those who have just finished schooling, can access counselling services from headspace. During the holidays, you can self-refer by calling your local headspace centre.
- eheadspace: 1800 650 890 / www.headspace.org.au/eheadspace
- Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800 / www.kidshelpline.com.au
- Lifeline: 13 11 14 / www.lifeline.org.au
- Beyond Blue: 1300 224 636 / www.beyondblue.org.au
- Head to Help: 1800 595 212 / www.headtohelp.org.au
Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467 / www.suicidecallbackservice.org.au
Family violence support and resources
- Safe Steps: 1800 015 188 / www.safesteps.org.au
- 1800RESPECT: 1800 737 732 / www.1800respect.org.au
- Child Protection Emergency Service 13 12 78 (5pm to 9am Monday to Friday, 24 hours on weekends and public holidays) Business hours contact numbers are listed on this webpage: DFFH Child protection contacts
- Orange Door (Western Melbourne) 1800 271 045 Mon – Fri 9:00am – 5:00pm (closed public holidays)
What’s okay at home:www.woah.org.au
Helpful Online Toolkits & Resources
- Getting a mental health care plan (ReachOut)
- How to help when someone is suicidal (SANE Australia)
- What you need to know about self‑harm (headspace)
- Learn how to handle tough times (headspace)
- Get into life (to keep your headspace healthy) (headspace)
- Understanding mental health – fact sheet (Orygen)
David Baskaran
Mental Health Practitioner