A NEW centre has opened in Frankston to help Mornington Peninsula residents recover from mental health and drug and alcohol-related problems.
The $1.5 million Tarnbuk Centre in Nepean Highway brings together two of Peninsula Health’s existing services – the mental health service and the alcohol and other drugs service.
The partnership is designed to improve continuity of care and provide a collaborative working environment for staff.
The Tarnbuk Centre includes a wellness clinic, dietetics, exercise physiology and music therapy.
Frankston MP Paul Edbrooke said the centre would “ensure that more people living in Frankston and on the peninsula can access the mental health, alcohol and drug services and support they need under one roof, closer to home”.
Peninsula Health’s acting chief executive, Helen Cooper, welcomed the opening of the centre. “The aim of co-locating these two services is to improve continuity of care for clients and to provide a more collaborative working environment for staff across both services,” she said. “We have already seen an uplift from staff, who have been working in this building for the past three weeks.”
“Having a new, contemporary, open and light-filled building provides a much better working environment for staff and will allow us to continue to attract the best people to deliver these services into the future.”
“Just walking around, you can see the smiles on the faces of our staff and we can tell how much of a difference this new facility has made for them.”