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Profile of Tandem

• Organisation’s Name: Tandem, Representing Victorian Mental Health

Carers• Address: Level 1/37 Mollison st, Abbotsford

Victoria• Website: www.tandemcarers.org.au

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• Tandem, is an peak body for families and carers of people in Victoria experiencing mental ill health

• Carers have very important role in people with mental health problem’s life.

• Therefore they need sufficient knowledge need education and support

• Should be involved since very begining• Vision: Better mental health involves

everyone.

Aim(s)• To meet the needs of carers by providing

funding to assist carers int their role, to promote and sustain the caring relationship and improve the wellbeing of carers.

Beneficiaries• Family members or friends who are in a

caring relationshio with a person who is receiving services from a Victorian public mental health service.

• Professional workers (psychologist, social workers, etc).

Scope of Service(s)

• Information• Education• AdvocationIn throughout Victoria

Outcome(s) of Services

• The availability of sufficient support for the persons experience with mental health and the carers

• Better life of both side

Lesson Learnts• Regulation that focus on the carers is urgently needed. The

regulation should take into account of security, convinience, and the quality life of carers and all family members of person with mental health disability.

• The carers need appropriate education, information and advocacy, regarding to the problem of mental health disability. should be well coordinated.

• Social workers need support from environment, families and communities.

• Increasing involvement of carers is very important to be developed in Indonesia, through dissemination, education, information and so on. This effort need increase role of social workers.

• Intervention order

Ideas for Implementing in Indonesia• The carers in Indonesia mostly are hidden

victims, who never taken into account in almost everything.

• In Indonesia, families (or carers) should be responsible to the person with mental health problem without any support from government.

• Recommendation should be input explisitly in the Mental Health Law: the right of advocacy of carers Legal protection

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• Education for carers (about the issue of mental health problems and how to coping them)

• Government gives more attention and support to the carers (individual and organization: such as: KPSI, KSJ, PJS), in terms of: financial, information, education and advocacy.

Challenges vs Opportunities for Implementing in Indonesia

Challenges Opportunities Strategy to Overcome

Regulation issues Not yet mentioned: right, protection, support of carers

- Advocacy

Financing issues Government supports carers (individual/ organization)

- Recommendation

Coordination and Collaboration issues

- Establish a peak body

Human Resources KPSI, KSJ, PJS

Services Education, Information, advocation

Infrastructure A building with sufficient facilities

- Build a new or rent a building

Monitoring and Evaluation (including data system)