This document is useful for clients who want support attending appointments, need help understanding their rights or navigating the healthcare system, or wish to have someone speak on their behalf during their interactions with Ballarat Community Health.
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The Prevention Toolkit for Schools has been developed in response to the rapid rise of vaping and e-cigarette use amongst young people over the last couple of years. Ballarat schools have reported spending many hours a week responding to vaping issues and have requested support from Ballarat Community Health (BCH). Whilst this resource is intended to support schools to create healthy learning environments which aim to prevent students vaping at school, we also acknowledge the need for schools to explore effective responses to e-cigarette use. This Toolkit focuses on specific information for schools, principals, teachers, parents and carers. Other key information included is a Vaping and E-cigarette Checklist for schools, local support services, policy template and a range of evidence-based curriculum resources.
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This document is useful for clients who want to understand what information BCH collects and why, particularly those who may have concerns about privacy or the relevance of certain questions.
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This guide aims to help young people, families and their carers navigate the mental health system in Ballarat. Think about what is happening for you at the moment and use the chart below to help decide the level of support that fits you.
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know your options: find the right mental health support in Ballarat This guide aims to help young people, families and their carers navigate the mental health system in Ballarat. Think about what is happening for you at the moment and use the chart below to help decide the level of support that fits you.
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The ‘Where can you go for Mental Health Support in Ballarat’ is a resource developed by headspace Ballarat to assist in service navigation and expectation management. The resource uses scaling questions broken up into 5 levels of distress, these levels are based on the 5 levels of support within the IAR-DST to ensure continuity between the youth self-reporting tool and the tool used by clinicians to support decisions during assessment. The tool was designed to provide guidance for young people to access the right service for them sooner.
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Whistleblower protection allows people to report serious concerns or wrongdoing in Aged Care including fraud, dishonesty, corruption, illegal activities and unethical actions.
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This document is useful for clients who want to understand how their personal and health information will be handled and protected when using Ballarat Community Health services.
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This document is useful for new clients, current clients seeking to understand their rights, or anyone wanting to know what to expect when engaging with Ballarat Community Health services.
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The sun’s UV radiation can cause sunburn, skin and eye damage and skin cancer. UV damage accumulated during childhood and adolescence is associated with an increased risk of skin cancer later in life. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in Australia. It is also one of the most preventable.
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