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headspace Frankston Peninsula

What's in your headspace?

  • feeling like something's not quite right?
  • sleeping too much or not enough?
  • got problems and don't know who to talk to?

We can help!

Peninsula headspace is a health service for young people living in the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula region.  We are based at Level 1, 12 Keys Street (near the Bayside Shopping Centre) in Frankston. 

Other services located with us include YSAS (Youth Drug and Alcohol Services), Peninsula Youth and Family Services (Reconnect, Youth Housing) and Taskforce (Youth Transition and Support Initiative).

We also outreach to Shed 11 in Hastings and the YLounge in Rosebud

 

Current Services

The "front door" of Peninsula headspace is our clinical care workers.  What help do you need?  Our clinical care workers can help you work it out, and organise referrals to services that are here to help!

  • GP Clinic - for young people not currently linked in with a GP. We currently have GP's here Thursday and Friday, so if you would like an appointment, give us a call.
  • Bulk Billing Psychologists - providing free counselling sessions for young people
  • Psychiatric Registrar - working with young people, and providing secondary consultations to other workers and services

 

Please note, we are not a crisis service - if you have immediate concerns for a young person's safety, please contact 000 or

for under 18 years - 1300 369 012

for 18 and over - 1300 792 977

Peninsula headspace is made up of a consortium of 12 local services, including:

Click on any of the service's names to access their website.


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Locations

Peninsula headspace

Address:
Level 1, 12 Keys Street Frankston 3199
Opening Hours:
Mon - Fri - 9am - 5pm


Intake workers are available from 11am - 4pm
Monday to Friday
Contact Details:
phone - 03 9769 6419
fax - 03 9770 5688
headspace@peninsulaheadspace.org.au

As we are not a crisis service, we do not offer after hours support. If you require urgent assistance, please contact Frankston Hospital on 9784 7777 or Psychiatric Triage on 1300 369 012

People

Our people

Rose Mary Dowling

Program Manager

 

Dr Stephen Knightbridge

Clinical Manager

 

Courtney Jackson

Clinical and Community Education Officer

 

Kate Zarifopoulos

Administration/Reception

 

Sharon Arnheim

Office Manager

 

Phil Hinz

Geoff Hubbard

Care Coordinators

 

Blake Edwards

LJ Jackett

Youth Outreach Worker

 

Suzie Adam

Family/Carer Support Worker

 

Dr. Marcus Aitken

Psychiatric Registrar

 

Dr. Julie Van Andel

Dr. Brad Gray

General Practitioners

 

Lynn Benson

Anne Boscutti

Jane Fletcher

Alistair Wardle

Jenny MacGowan

Psychologists

 

Neil Shaw

Mental Health Nurse

headspace is funded by the Australian Government under the Promoting Better Mental Health - Youth Mental Health Initiative.