Sage Hill Carers Service
Victoria
Sage Hill Carers Service provides advice, advocacy and peer support to carers of people with a mental illness, living in Southwest Victoria. The Service was established in 1995 and since that time has provided support to over a 1000 carers.
Services include:
- The opportunity to talk about caring for someone with a mental illness and strategies for caring
- Assistance with managing your own stress and related health issues
- Individualised support for carers and the opportunity to share experiences with other carers (peer support)
- Information about carer resources and carer support groups available in our local area
- Information about mental illness and its treatment
- A visiting service to carers throughout the Southwest of Victoria.
- Planned Respite
- Educational workshops, forums and lectures
- Regional monthly support groups in Portland, Hamilton, Warrnambool and Camperdown
- A monthly newsletter with upcoming events and other relevant information
- Special projects such as The Carer Safety Project. This is a training program run in partnership with other service providers to assist carers in dealing with the variety of situations they may face
- Sage Hill Carers Advisory Panel (CAP)
The CAP has a long history of providing supportive input into program development at Sage Hill, having evolved from the self titled "tribal elders" that among other activities were instrumental in the initial establishment of Sage Hill.
For more information including the referral process, please contact Sage Hill, Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm.
Contact Details
1 Princess St
Warrnambool 3280
Ph:
03 5561 5261
Fax:
03 5561 5263
E-mail: sagehill@aspire.org.au
Contact Us
Southwest Victoria
Organisational Head Office
505 Raglan Pde
Warrnambool VIC 3280
Ph:03 5560 3000
Fax:03 5561 6193
E-mail: aspire@aspire.org.au
Tasmania
State Head Office
266 Charles St
Launceston TAS 7250
Ph:03 6333 3111
Fax:03 6331 9117
E-mail: aspiretl@aspire.org.au