Social Inclusion Programs

The service’s key role is to support recovery and improve quality of life of individuals through providing:

People who are referred to the service have the opportunity to access any of the three streams or all, depending on their needs.
For further information about the streams of Social Inclusion, please contact Gracie Street reception on on 8327 1700.

Social Inclusion services are available to adults, 16 years and over who have an experience of mental illness which affects their ability to live independently in the community, require support to participate in groups and activities in the community and who reside in the cities of Moonee Valley and Melbourne and have a willingness to engage in their recovery.

Referrals can be made by any organisation or people can refer themselves.
For further information about referring to Social Inclusion services, please contact the Mental Health Intake Worker on 8378 3500.

Quit - starts Monday 20 May (12 noon to 1.30pm at 15-19 Gracie Street, North Melbourne)

Money Matters - starts Thursday 30 May (1pm to 3.30pm at Waratah)

Mi Recovery - starts Friday 24th May (12.30pm to 3.30pm at 15 -19 Gracie Street, North Melbourne)

Optimal Health - starts Tuesday 4th June (1.30pm to 3pm at 15 - 19 Gracie Street, North Melbourne)

Flourish - starts Monday 1 July (1.30pm to 3.30pm at 15 - 19 Gracie Street, North Melbourne)

Flourish - starts Monday 1 July 1.30pm to 3.30pm at 15 - 19 Gracie Street, North Melbourne

Flourish promotes growth, values and strengths helping people to live a life well lived. Group participants are encouraged to identify a vision of their future and with a program coordinator’s support, develop action plans to achieve their goals. Focusing on hope, identity, meaning and responsibility, Peer Workers support participants to strive to reach their full potential, and flourish.

Who for

Anyone experiencing mental health illness who would like to make improvements in their life.

Run by

Peer Workers (who have experienced mental illness) and are trained Flourish facilitators with a lived experience of recovery

Cost

free

Information

Doutta Galla Community Health
Gracie Street North Melbourne
Phone 8327 1700

Optimal Health - starts Tuesday 4 June 1.30pm to 3pm at 15 - 19 Gracie Street, North Melbourne

The Optimal Health Program is designed to help individuals enhance and maintain health in their lives by finding a balance between physical, emotional, social, spiritual, occupational and intellectual health. In the course people learn about stress and develop individual management strategies to enable them to increase their sense of control and create opportunities for choice.

Who for

People who experience mental illness and want to learn skills to find a balance between all aspects of one’s health, to effectively manage symptoms and to develop self efficacy within the recovery process.

Run by

Trained Optimal Health Program facilitators

Cost

free

Information

Doutta Galla Community Health
Gracie Street North Melbourne
Phone 8327 1700

QUIT - starts Monday 20 May 12 noon to 1.30pm 15 - 19 Gracie Street, North Melbourne

Have you ever wanted to quit/cut down and/or learn how to manage your smoking? In a group setting, this course is designed to help you recognise and understand:

Who for

People who would like to reduce or stop smoking.

Run by

Trained Quit facilitators

Cost

free

Information

Doutta Galla Community Health
Gracie Street North Melbourne
Phone 8327 1700

Run by

A Peer Educator (a woman who has experienced mental illness), a trained Power On facilitator plus
a trained support facilitator

Cost

free

Information

Doutta Galla Community Health
Gracie Street North Melbourne
Phone 8327 1700

Money Minded starts Thursday 30 May 1pm to 3.30pm at Waratah

Planning and budgeting looks at personal savings goals and money plans. This topic helps people recognise spending leaks and set achievable goals.

The workshops include:

Goals – considers the importance of setting savings goals, discerning between needs and wants, how to manage a money plan and stopping spending leaks.

Saving and spending – outlines some techniques to save money and use it more effectively and considers obstacles to saving, how to save, where to keep savings and different types of interest.

Money planning – focuses on the benefits of money planning, how to start saving and common types of savings accounts.

Who for

People who want to take charge of their finances and save money.

Run by

Trained facilitators

Cost

Free

Information

Doutta Galla Community Health
Gracie Street North Melbourne
Phone 8327 1700

Mi Recovery - starts Friday 24 May 12.30pm to 3.30pm at 15 - 19 Gracie Street, North Melbourne

The Mi Recovery provides information, support and skills to manage mental illness and empower to re-discover and achieve hopes and dreams.

Information: legal rights, work and study, triggers, relapse prevention
Peer support; meet others
Communication; managing relationships
Personal change; self discovery

Do you:

Planning and budgeting looks at personal savings goals and money plans. This topic helps people recognise spending leaks and set achievable goals.

Run by

A trained facilitator who also has a lived experience

Cost

Free

information

Doutta Galla Community Health
Gracie Street North Melbourne
Phone 8327 1700