The North West Women’s Prevention and Recovery Care centre aims to deliver the following benefits:
Increased capacity
This new purpose-built 12-bed facility will enable more Victorian women to access specialist mental health treatment and support in a residential environment.
The North West Women’s PARC centre will increase the range and number of safe, flexible and responsive mental health services available in northwest metropolitan Melbourne and is expected to help 150 women each year (based on 12 beds with an average 28-day stay).
Family-first
The new North West Women’s PARC centre will be the first in the state to provide accommodation for accompanying dependants, with the facility offering the flexibility to add up to three additional beds for young children.
There is currently only one women-only PARC service available in Victoria, a 10-bed facility in Springvale. The addition of this new centre will provide increased family-inclusive services which are essential for effective therapeutic treatment.
Residential support, close to home
With around-the-clock treatment and support, the centre aims to offer a safe and supportive residential setting for people suffering mental illness who may find it difficult to cope at home. The centre helps fill the service gap between community and hospital-based care.
Therapeutic design
The facility will create a welcoming, therapeutic and supportive environment for women and their children, while providing recovery-focused, holistic mental health treatment and support.
Co-ordinated, recovery-oriented treatment and support
PARCs are designed to improve the integration of recovery orientated care and support services.
Residents can access holistic treatment programs in a supportive, residential environment where they can establish their recovery plan and connect with the services they need, close to home.