This page isn’t for counselling or emergencies—call Lifeline on 13 11 14 for immediate help. Wunya Ngulum, welcome everyone! headspace Caloundra is located on Kabi Kabi land on the Sunshine Coast. We provide a range of free, confidential services, programs, and support to assist young people aged 12-25 with their health and wellbeing. We offer services that are accepting and inclusive of all people. Ready to reach out? It’s easy to refer yourself or someone you care about. To learn more about our services, group sessions, and activities —or to make an appointment—just give us a call on (07) 5222 4009, send an email to [email protected], or drop by. We're at 3a/67 Bowman Road, Caloundra. Friends, family members, health workers, or community services can also make an appointment on your behalf. You don’t need a mental health care plan or GP referral to access our services, but let us know if you have one. Who operates the centre? All headspace services are funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care. Administration of funding is carried out by the local Primary Health Network, in this case, Country to Coast, QLD. Lives Lived Well is the lead agency for headspace Caloundra.
*** INFORMATION ABOUT THIS FACEBOOK PAGE ***
The headspace Caloundra page is a space to learn about our services and engage in discussions about mental health and youth issues. Please note that this page is not intended for counselling or emergency assistance. We are unable to provide crisis support, respond to appointment inquiries, or offer specific counselling services through Facebook. For any queries about appointments, please contact our team directly by phone or email. Our social media channels, including this page, are not monitored daily and may not be checked on weekends or public holidays. If you need immediate support, please reach out to Lifeline at 13 11 14 or Kids Helpline at 1800 551 800. Remember, this page is for informational purposes only and cannot offer support or emergency assistance. When engaging with this page, please be respectful of all points of view, and refrain from personal attacks on other users. headspace Caloundra will remove any posts that:
• are likely to be offensive to other readers
• discusses methods of suicide or self-harm
• discussed drug usage in an unbalanced way, e.g. omit the negative effects
• contains unhelpful advice, such as blaming a person for their depression
• are dogmatic, such as setting out courses of action as “the only way”
• are racist, sexist or discriminatory
• are obscene, or use graphic sexual language
• are defamatory, or overly critical of services or organisations which provide help to others
• for any other reason is likely to cause harm/distress to other young people reading the story
• are posted for commercial purposes
• promote inaccurate, inappropriate or harmful health advice. headspace Caloundra encourages community members to share information about events, support groups or other mental health organisations but requests information is only posted once to maintain a flow of discussion and ensure that no one event is given undue prominence. Multiple posts promoting a service, group or product will be removed. In certain circumstances, if a post raises concerns about your safety, we may try to contact you to check that you and/or others are safe. If there are significant concerns, we may need to pass on your contact information to authorities who can help protect you and/or others, such as a crisis service or the police. Our preferred way to do this would be to support you to seek help. We are obliged to try to protect you and/or others if the information you submit tells us that:
• you are being seriously hurt by someone else
• you are thinking of seriously harming yourself
• someone else is being, is likely to be, seriously hurt by you or another person. headspace Caloundra can take no responsibility for comments on our page, or any interactions fans may have on or off our page.
