Alliance - Newsletter of the Kingston Bayside Primary Care Partnership

Alliance - Spring highlights The Spring edition of Alliance is now available for download and we share some highlights with you here.   Bayside Medicare Local Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, announced on the 4th of November that Bayside Medicare Local is one of 18 organisations selected to commence operations from January 1, 2012.   This is an exciting new opportunity for all of us to improve primary healthcare in our communities. The CEOs of Bayside, Southcity and Monash Divisions of General Practice would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank all agencies and their teams who have contributed to the Bayside Medicare Local submission............     Bayside Disability Strategy and Action Plan 2010-2013 Bayside City Council has a new Three year Disability Strategy and Action Plan that provides direction for the development and coordination for services that impact on the lives of people with a disablility, their families and carers in Bayside...........   Download the rest of these articles in the latest edition of Alliance.

New & useful resources

Vicnet Internet Training Workbooks

Vicnet's Internet workbooks are written in Easy English, using simple language and illustrations to introduce new concepts and skills.

The workbooks are designed to be used with the support of a trainer. They are particularly suitable for training people with a disability, seniors, people from non-English speaking backgrounds, and people with low literacy levels.

Titles include:

Finding help for someone with a mental health problem: a resource for workers in the community care system
Finding help for somebody who is experiencing distress from a mental illness or who is in a mental health crisis can be a challenge.

This guide provides a user friendly outline of the services and supports that make up the Victorian mental health system. It focuses mainly on public mental health organisations and can be downloaded from: www.carersvictoria.org.au

Multicultural Resources Directory 2010-2011

The South Eastern Region Migrant Resource Centre have updated their Multicultural Resources Directory 2010-2011, and although it largely relates to South Eastern Region, many of the ethno-specific organisations are the contact point for  communities outside of the SE.  It is now available on their web site for FREE download.

Please download a full copy of Alliance - Winter 2011 for more KBPCP news, resources, workforce development, and community events.