Mindset TAS

Mindset Tas is a state-wide, community-based mental health service that evolved from Baptcare’s MyCare (now Foundations) program, which began in 2013.

The Foundations program was designed and implemented in response to a service gap identified by Tasmanian Mental Health Services – a gap that left some of the state’s most vulnerable people without adequate support.

Foundations is now a successful nationally accredited, evidence-informed program supporting many Tasmanians each year. Mindset Tasmania has grown rapidly and now has a range of state-wide mental health programs that are state and federally funded. These programs provide a continuum of statewide mental health services that range in intensity – depending on client requirements.
The suite of services offered by Mindset include:

• Foundations – working with adults with severe mental health issues in partnership with Mental Health Services;
• Choices – supporting people exiting the Department of Psychiatry, including transitional accommodation when necessary;
• Connections – working with adults with severe and persistent mental health issues in the community;
• Horizons – providing group and short-term individual interventions for people with severe and episodic mental health issues; and
• Mental Health TasConnect – helping people navigate the mental health system and refering them to the right supports, as well as providing access to peer workers to support when applying for the NDIS.

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Having strong, independently evaluated (by Monash University) and evidence-informed mental health programs is essential to ensure that service provision is consistently high quality, accessible and meets the needs of Tasmanians in the best possible way. Mindset has also developed a strong peer workerbased workforce. This is an important feature of the Mindset model, as it ensures programs can provide holistic and integrated support to our client group(s).