Top Task - Council

This organisation provides information, needs assessment, referrals, connection to agencies.

Senior Psychologist Education, Highlands School

Senior psychologist education, Highlands School

Telephone: 02 4872 3088

Early Childhood Australia

Telephone: 1800 356 900

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Website: earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au

This organisation provides policy submissions, professional development and parent education.

Smith Family - Scholarship Support

Telephone: 1300 326 459 or 1800 280 223

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

Website: thesmithfamily.com.au

This organisation provides welfare for children and education support for disadvantaged children.

Social - Financial Counselling

Below you will find skilled professionals who provide advice and support to people struggling with bills and debt.

National Debt Helpline

Telephone: 1800 007 007

Email: chat form on website

Website: ndh.org.au/debt-problems/bushfires-financial-difficulty/

This organisation provides financial counselling.

Rural Assistance Authority (RAA)

Telephone: 1800 678 593

Website: raa.nsw.gov.au/disaster-assistance

This organisation provides financial assistance grants, loans form primary producers, rural small businesses.

Community Links - Recovery Support Services

Telephone: 4683 2776

This organisation provides information, needs assessment, referrals, connection to agencies.

Rural Financial Counselling

Telephone: 1800 319 458 or 1300 771 741

Website: rfcsnsw.com.au

This organisation provides loans, grants, mentoring, counselling, mental health to primary producers and small businesses.

Anglicare Counselling Southern Region

Telephone: 1300 651 728

Website: anglicare.org.au

This organisation provides financial counselling.

Salvation Army Moneycare

Telephone: 0403 193 321

Website: salvationarmy.org.au/need-help/financial-assistance/financial-counselling/

This organisation provides financial counselling.

Social - Health

Below you will find links, contacts and information for health services. This covers prevention, assessment and health maintenance.

South Western Sydney Local Health

Telephone: 02 8738 6000

This organisation provides links, contacts and information for health services.

Aboriginal Health Services

Telephone: 02 8781 8020

This organisation provides health services for the Aboriginal population.

Primary & Community Health Services

Telephone: 02 4621 8762

Email: [email protected].

Website: swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/CommunityHealth/default.html

This organisation provides prevention, early intervention, assessment, acute/post-acute treatment and health maintenance.

Wingecarribee Community Health Centre

Telephone: 02 4861 8000

Website: swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/CommunityHealth/centres_wingecarribee.html

This organisation provides child, youth and family services community health nursing.

South Western Sydney Primary Health Network Bushfire Support Resources Mental Health Intake

Telephone: 02 4632 3000 or 1300 797 746

Website: swsphn.com.au/aboutswsphn.com.au/bushfire-support

This organisation provides contacts to health professionals in the region and links to bush fire recovery resources.

Social - Psychosocial Support and Wellbeing

Below you will find mental health recourses, counselling options and referral services:

Suicide Call Back Service

Telephone: 1300 659 467

Email: Contact form on website

Website: suicidecallbackservice.org.au

This organisation provides telephone and online mental health counselling.

Head to Health

Website: headtohealth.gov.au

This organisation provides a search portal and links to digital mental health resources.

Mindspot Clinic

Telephone: 1800 614 434

Website: mindspot.org.au

This organisation provides a digital mental clinic – online training, assessment.

MensLine

Telephone: 1300 789 978

Email: Contact form on website

Website: mensline.org.au

This organisation provides telephone and online counselling, information and referral service for men with family and relationship concerns.

South Western Sydney Local Health

Telephone: 02 8738 6000

This organisation provides links, contacts and information for health services.

Aboriginal Health Services

Telephone: 02 8781 8020

This organisation provides health services for the Aboriginal population.

Primary & Community Health Services

Telephone: 02 4621 8762

Email: [email protected].

Website: swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/CommunityHealth/default.html

This organisation provides prevention, early intervention, assessment, acute/post-acute treatment and health maintenance.

Wingecarribee Community Health Centre

Telephone: 02 4861 8000

Website: swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/CommunityHealth/centres_wingecarribee.html

This organisation provides child, youth and family services community health nursing.

South Western Sydney Primary Health Network Bushfire Support Resources Mental Health Intake

Telephone: 02 4632 3000 or 1300 797 746

Website: swsphn.com.au/aboutswsphn.com.au/bushfire-support

This organisation provides contacts to health professionals in the region and links to bush fire recovery resources.

Recovery Point - South Western Sydney Mental Health Directory

Telephone: 1300 787 799

Email: online form on website

Website: recoverypoint.org.au/directory

This organisation provides a search portal - directory of mental health services.

Star4Kids

Telephone: 1300 797 746

Website: swsphn.com.au/star4kids

This organisation provides access to free psychological therapies for children aged 3-12, referred by GPs.

Reframe

Telephone: 0455 104 104 or 1300 797 746

Website: www.swsphn.com.au/reframe

This organisation provides free psychological therapies for young people aged 12 to 25 living in Wollondilly and Wingecarribee, with no referral.

You in Mind

Telephone: 1300 797 746

Email: [email protected]; [email protected]

This organisation provides psychological therapies for people who have a diagnosed mild to moderate mental illness - by GP referral.

Kids Helpline

Telephone: 1800 551 800

Website: kidshelpline.com.au

This organisation provides telephone counselling supporting ages 5 - 25 and parents.

NSW Mental Health Line

Telephone: 1800 011 511

Website: health.nsw.gov.au/mentalhealth/Pages/mental-health-line.aspx

This organisation provides telephone counselling, professional help and advice, referrals to local mental health services, links to mental health services.

NSW Dept. of Education

Website: education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/department-contacts

This organisation provides policies and guidelines for primary and high schools.

Community Links - Recovery Support Services

Telephone: 4683 2776

This organisation provides information, needs assessment, referrals, connection to agencies.

Rural Financial Counselling

Telephone: 1800 319 458 or 1300 771 741

Website: rfcsnsw.com.au

This organisation provides loans, grants, mentoring, counselling, mental health to primary producers and small businesses.

Anglicare Counselling Southern Region

Telephone: 1300 651 728

Website: anglicare.org.au

This organisation provides financial counselling.

Red Cross NSW Bowral

Telephone: 02 9229 4111 or 02 4861 5727

Website: redcross.org.au

This organisation provides welfare services and financial assistance counselling.

Headspace

Telephone: 1800 650 890

Email: contact form through website

Website: headspace.org.au/eheadspace/

This organisation provides telephone and online counselling, referral for young people 12-25 years.

Beyondblue

Telephone: 1300 224 636

Email: contact form through website

Website: beyondblue.org.au

This organisation provides telephone counselling, information and support, links to mental health and wellbeing services.

Lifeline

Telephone: 13 11 14

Email: contact form through website

Website: lifeline.org.au

This organisation provides telephone counselling, crisis support and suicide prevention.

Lifeline Bushfire Recovery Crisis

Telephone: 13 43 57 (13Help)

Email: contact form through website

Website: lifeline.org.au/get-help/information-and-support/bushfire/

This organisation provides telephone counselling for bushfire related mental issues.

Relationships Australia

Telephone: 1300 364 277

Email: Contact form on website

Website: relationships.com.au

This organisation provides telephone counselling, relationship support services for individuals, families and communities.

Reachout Australia

Telephone: 02 8029 7777

Website: au.reachout.com

This organisation provides telephone counselling and self-support tools for under 25s and parents.

Blackdog

Telephone: 02 8627 3314

Website: blackdoginstitute.org.au//bush-fire-support-service/

This organisation provides telehealth assessment and counselling for emergency service workers.

Rural and Remote Mental Health

Telephone: 1300 515 951

Website: rrmh.com.au

This organisation provides mental health awareness, prevention and intervention programs for remote rural population.

NALAG National Association for Loss and Grief (NSW)

Telephone: 02 6882 9222

Website: nalag.org.au; Grief.org.au

This organisation provides bereavement counselling.

Highlands Community Centre

Telephone: 02 4862 1122