Courses that teach people how to help someone who is having a mental health problem or crisis. Includes courses for adults, for people supporting young people, teens, and older people, plus Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander courses.
Audience: Organisations
-
Orygen: Cultural diversity and mental wellbeing resources
Free practice resources for workers supporting young people from diverse cultural backgrounds, including fact sheets, toolkits, podcasts, videos and webinars.
-
Transcultural clinical consultation (QTMHC)
Help for Queensland clinicians and services working with people from multicultural backgrounds, including clinical consultation, cultural training and multilingual information.
-
Transcultural Mental Health Centre (NSW) for professionals
Clinical consultation for public mental health services, and education and training for health professionals working with multicultural communities in NSW.
-
Mental Health Australia
The national peak body for the mental health sector. It works on policy and advocacy and runs the Embrace Multicultural Mental Health project. It does not provide crisis or clinical services.
-
Suicide Prevention Australia
The national peak body for the suicide prevention sector, working on advocacy and policy. It does not give crisis support; it points people to Lifeline and the Suicide Call Back Service.
-
Black Dog Institute
A medical research institute focused on mental health for all ages. It also offers free online self-help tools such as myCompass for mild to moderate depression, anxiety and stress.
-
Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network (MYAN)
The national peak body for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. It works on policy, research, youth leadership and training for the sector. It does not provide direct support services.
-
Health Translations
A free online library of translated health and wellbeing information from trusted Australian sources, including mental health.
-
Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY)
A Victorian organisation that supports young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds aged about 12 to 25, with outreach, one-to-one case management, mentoring, and help with study and work.