Wellness Connect
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About this service
Wellness Connect offers one-to-one coaching and group activities that support recovery for people with severe mental health challenges.
Support can focus on receiving practical help with daily living, looking after your health, finding a home, gaining employment as well as improving your connections with family, friends and the community.
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About Wellness Connect
What to expect
Using a recovery focus, we support you at the times when you need it most. An experienced mental health support worker will walk beside you in your recovery.
You’ll learn strategies and develop skills that help you to:
- Identify your strengths
- Build healthy coping skills
- Achieve your goals
- Find people to help you improve your health and wellbeing
- Strengthen your support networks
- Stay safe
This service is free for all participants.
- One-on-one support for 3-6 months to identify goals, link into local services and supports, build confidence and networks
- A group-based program of up to 12 months. Groups cover 3 broad areas – social and recreational skills, practical skills and emotional self-regulation
- Support to test eligibility for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), including assistance to gather evidence and complete an application.
Each week we run a diverse range of groups, including bowling, walking, fishing, culture and arts, peer support, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills and coffee groups.
How to access this service
Complete a referral form
If you prefer, you can also call our service during opening hours. Your call with our staff will be confidential.
Call us
Call our team on 1300 358 220, and we can help you get started on the program.
Other support services
- SANE
Free digital and telehealth services providing ongoing tailored support to people with complex mental health needs.
Visit www.sane.org/referral
- Lived Experience Telephone Support Service
After-hours telephone support for people experiencing mental health challenges. Available every day from 5 pm – 11:30 pm
Phone 1800 013 755
- MensLine Australia
Free telephone and online counselling services offering support for Australian men anywhere, anytime.
Phone 1300 78 99 78 or visit www.mensline.org.au
- QLife
Mental health support for people in the LGBTIQA+ community via telephone or web chat 3 pm – midnight each day.
Phone 1300 184 527 or visit https://qlife.org.au/resources/chat - Lifeline
24-hour crisis support and suicide prevention services for people experiencing emotional distress.
Phone 13 11 14
Commitment to diversity, inclusion and reconciliation
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Partners
Wellness Connect is delivered across metropolitan Adelaide led by Neami National, working with Life Without Barriers, Mind Australia, Skylight, and Community Access and Services SA.
Wellness Connect is funded by the Adelaide Primary Health Network – an Australian Government Initiative.
Nearby services
The Urgent Mental Health Care Centre (UMHCC) provides high-engagement support in a calm, “lounge room like” space to help with your urgent mental health needs.