Holiday Support
Community Contacts
Wyndham Youth Services:
Address: 86 Derrimut Rd, Hoppers Crossing VIC 3029 Phone: (03) 8734 1355
Website: https://www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/services/youth-services
Counselling Team at Wyndham Youth Services:
Phone: (03) 8734 1355
Or online referral via:
The Orange Door, Werribee (Family Violence support services):
Address: 15-17 Watton St, Werribee VIC 3030 Phone: 1800 271 045
Website: https://www.orangedoor.vic.gov.au/
GenWest (Family Violence support services):
Address: 317-319 Barkly Street, Footscray VIC 3011 Phone: 1800 436 937
Website: https://genwest.org.au/
Centre for Multicultural Youth:
Address: 80B Harvester Road, Sunshine, VIC 3020 Phone: ( 03) 9340 3780
Website: https://www.cmy.net.au/
Foundation House (Support for refugees/asylum seekers):
Address: 163 Harvester Road, Sunshine VIC 3020 Phone: ( 03) 9389 8900
Website: https://foundationhouse.org.au/
Uniting Wyndham (Housing support):
Address: 1 Duncans Rd, Werribee VIC 3030 Phone: (03) 9051 2000
Website: https://www.unitingvictas.org.au/locations/werribee-1-duncans-rd/
Headspace, Werribee:
Address: 13/5 Duncans Rd, Werribee VIC 3030 Phone: (03) 8001 2366
Website: https://headspace.org.au/headspace-centres/werribee/
Anglicare Victoria, Werribee (Family services):
Address: 2 Market Road, Werribee VIC 3030 Phone: 03 9731 2500
Website: https://www.anglicarevic.org.au/our-services/family-and-parenting-support/family-services/
Relationship Australia (Family services):
Address: F1 Harvester Centre, 4 Devonshire Rd, Sunshine VIC 3020 Phone: (03) 8311 9222
Website: https://www.relationships.org.au/
QLIFE (LGBTQIA+ support):
1800 184 527
Website: https://qlife.org.au/
Rainbow Door (LGBTQIA+ support):
Phone: 1800 729 367
Website: https://www.switchboard.org.au/rainbow-door
24 Hour Emergency Numbers
- DFFH Child Protection Western Region Intake (Mon-Fri 9 am to 5 pm): 1300 664 977
- DFFH Child Protection (After Hours): 13 12 78
- Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre: 1800 015 188
- Directline drug/alcohol info: 1800 888 236
- Family Drug Helpline: 1300 660 068
- 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 crisis: 1300 369 012
- Sexual Assault Crisis Line: 1800 806 292
- Suicide Help Line: 1300 651 251
- Parent Line: 13 22 89
- Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636
USEFUL SITES/APPS
Bite Back Mental Health Fitness Challenge
Six weekly challenges to help you improve your mental fitness, increase your happiness, reduce stress, improve your friendships and your focus. Each completed week rewards you with a token. Collect three or more of the same token to go in the draw for 1 of 6 $50 vouchers for your favourite brand.
The BRAVE program
The BRAVE program is an online program that provides teenagers and their parents with information and skills to help cope with worries and anxiety. If you are a teenager who worries about things then you will find the program useful. Parents of teens who worry or suffer from anxiety will also benefit. You can do the programs individually or you can do them at the same time as your parent/teenager. www.brave4you.psy.uq.edu.au/teen-program
moodgym
moodgym is an interactive program designed to help you identify whether you are having problems with emotions like anxiety and depression and to learn skills that can help you cope with these emotions. moodgym is based on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy which have been shown to be successful in preventing and treating depression and anxiety. www.moodgym.com.au
Sleep Ninja
Sleep Ninja is a free, evidence based smartphone app shown to be effective in helping young people with sleep problems. Half of all mental illnesses start during early high school by 14 years. At this critical stage of development, 40% of young people will face significant sleep problems heightening their risk of anxiety or depression. By addressing good quality sleep, we are setting up the foundations to promote emotional, social and physical wellbeing and academic performance, now and in the future. It is available to download free on the App Store and Google Play. www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/resources-support/digital-tools-apps/sleep-ninja/
Finch
Finch is a self-care pet app that helps you feel prepared and positive, one day at a time. Take care of your pet by taking care of yourself! Choose from a wide variety of daily self-care exercises personalised for you. It has a daily self-care tracker, daily check-ins, mindful habits, guided mood journal, mindfulness and more. It is available to download free on the App Store and Google Play. www.finchcare.com
Calm Harm
Calm Harm is an app that provides some immediate techniques to help break the cycle of self-harm behaviours and explore underlying trigger factors; build a ‘safety net’ of helpful thoughts, behaviours and access to supportive people; and provides the opportunity to journal and self-reflect. It also provides signposts to help. The Calm Harm app is private, anonymous and safe. Please note that the Calm Harm app is not a substitute for the assessment and individualised treatment by a health/mental health professional.
headspace app
Meditation has been shown to help people stress less, focus more and even sleep better. Headspace is meditation made simple and will teach you the life-changing skills of meditation and mindfulness in just a few minutes a day. www.headspace.com/headspace-meditation-app
eSafety Commissioner: Online safety
eSafety is Australia's independent regulator for online safety. We educate Australians about online safety risks and help to remove harmful content such as cyberbullying of children, adult cyber abuse and intimate images or videos shared without consent.