Relationships
According to the Relationships Australia website: 'People in supportive, loving relationships are more likely to feel healthier, happier and satisfied with their lives and less likely to have mental or physical health problems or to do things that are bad for their health'.
People in supportive, loving relationships help each other practically as well as emotionally. Supportive partners share the good times and help each other through the tough ones.'
The following links provide an interesting array of internal and external information that aids in creating and maintaining strong relationships.
Internal resources:
| EAP |
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides free, independent and confidential counselling and support services for all CSU employees and their immediate families. |
| Managers Helpline | A telephone-based service designed to support managers in proactively addressing issues at an early stage, and to provide access to useful HR resources. |
| Work/Life balance | Details the policies and procedures to facilitate and improve balancing career and personal commitments. |
| Carers Leave | Carers leave can be taken for the purpose of caring for or supporting a person(s) who is ill and for whom you have responsibility as a member of your immediate family or household |
| Childcare at CSU | Children's Centres aim to provide a homely, loving, stimulating and safe environment for permanent long day care for children 0-six years within the University and wider community. Centre’s are open in Albury-Wodonga, Bathurst and Wagga Wagga |
External provider links:
General
| Family Relationships Online |
Family Relationships Online provides all families (whether together or separated) with information and advice about family relationship issues. It also allows families to find out about a range of services that can assist them to manage relationship issues, including agreeing on appropriate arrangements for children after parents separate. |
| Relationships Australia | Relationships Australia is a leading provider of relationship support services for individuals, families and communities. |
| MensLine Australia | MensLine Australia is a professional telephone and online support, information and referral service, helping men to deal with relationship problems in a practical and effective way. |
| Centacare Bathurst | Centacare Professional Family and Community Services was established in Bathurst by the Bishop and Trustees of the Catholic Diocese of Bathurst in June, 1988 to provide a range of social welfare services to children and families across the region. |
| Centacare Wagga | Centacare Catholic Family Services is a social service agency of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Wagga Wagga and a member of the wider network of Catholic social service organisations across Australia, known as Catholic Social Services Australia. |
The early years (Babies to Teenagers)
| Raising Children Network | Educational Tools and Resources for families raising children from birth to 8 years. |
| Care For Kids |
Australia’s online child care resource. |
| Parenting | |
| Steve Biddulph | Steve Biddulph is one of the world's best loved parenting authors and educators. His books include Secret of Happy Children, Raising Boys and The New Manhood. |
Teenagers
| Headspace | Headspace is Australia's national youth mental health foundation. The organisation provides mental and health wellbeing support, information and services to young people aged 12-25, and their families. Headspace has 30 centres across Australia |
| The Line | What exactly is The Line? And what happens when you cross it? Some things are never acceptable, like violence, rape and abuse. But in other areas, the line can be blurry. Where do you draw the line? At the end of the day, it's a personal thing. Here, you'll find a heap of stuff that will help you decide |
| Resourcing Parents | |
| Celia Lashlie | Researcher and social justice advocate Celia Lashlie is the author of two best-selling books. Her first book The Journey to Prison: Who goes and why was published in 2002 and was followed in 2005 with the hugely successful He'll be OK: Growing Gorgeous Boys into Good Men, a book based on the Good Man Project she undertook in 25 boys' schools in New Zealand. This book has since been released in both Australia and the UK. |
| Michael Carr-Gregg | Michael is one of Australia's highest profile psychologists. He works in private practice as a nationally registered child and adolescent psychologist and is passionate about delivering national and international evidence based psychology workshops and seminars that make a difference to the health and wellbeing of young people. |
| Understanding Teenagers | An adult's guide to the teenage world. |
Aged Care
| Aged Care Australia | The Aged Care Australia website is the Australian Government's premier website about aged care. It provides access to government and non-government information and services and will help people make informed decisions about aged care options for themselves and their family members. It hosts a number of features including an Aged Care Home Finder, a Community Care Service Finder and the My Page feature which allows consumers to store material they have selected from the site. |
| Aged Care Assessment Team Finder | The Aged Care Assessment Team (ACAT) finder can help you find Aged Care Assessment Teams. |
| MyAgedCare |
Australia's comprehensive guide to aged care products, aged care services and aged care facilities.
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| Department of Health and Ageing | The Age Page is a collection of useful contacts relating to age related topics. It provides a range of contacts for national, state and local community organisations. |
| Dementia | Information for those affected by or caring for someone affected by dementia |
Have we missed anything? Do you know of any other organisations that should be included in our Wellness program? Please email your suggestions to healthyu@csu.edu.au