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We run the Mental Health Matters Awards, and coordinate Mental Health Month, seminars and conferences. People can join groups to work on their anxiety, phobias, grief or loss. We can present at your school, community organisation or workplace.Check out our Top Ten Tips to Stress Less. You'll find factsheets packed with information on how to face daily stressors.
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Living Well: mental health across the lifespan will focus on the mental health challenges that are common for young people, adults, and older people.
Living Well will be held at the Mantra Hotel in Parramatta on 3 May 2012.
Go to the conference page to view the Program and to Register.
We are delighted to announce the theme for Mental Health Month 2012:
Connect
Celebrate
Grow
It is about connecting with others by paying attention to your close relationships, or by reaching out and making new friends. Mental Health Month 2012 is about
And it is about growing; expanding your horizons and trying something new that creates meaning and purpose for you.celebrating the positive events in your life, as well as the strengths and values that have helped you through more challenging times.
We’ll be developing lots of new resources including a Starter Kit which will be released on 1 June. We can’t wait to find out about your great ideas and are excited about working with you again in 2012!
Update - 2 February 2012
The Mental Health Association NSW has supported the ASU's Equal Pay campaign for many years and is thrilled to share the recent news of this historic win for social and community service workers!
In summary the Tribunal decision means that:
• The work of social and community service workers ha
s been undervalued on the basis of gender.
• The rates of pay should be significantly increased
• The rates of pay should effectively be the same as the Queensland rates of pay
• The new rates should phase in over an 8 year period not a 6 year period
• The graduate entry points for 3 and 4 year graduates should be increased one pay point on the new Modern Award scale so that they are the same as the Queensland Award
For information on this historic campaign please read this summary of the desicion made by Fair Work Australia, or visit www.asumembers.org.au
Update - 1 February 2012
Under the Better Access scheme an additional six sessions of treatment will be allowed, 'under exceptional circumstances' for a transitional period from 1 March - 31 December 2012.
The standard number of rebatable sessions under Better Access will remain at 10 (6+4 sessions), but eligible clients can receive up to 16 sessions during the transitional period where ‘exceptional circumstances’ apply.
Download this factsheet about the new Better Access arrangements.
