About Peninsula Carer Council

Aims of the PCC

• Ensure that all carers of a person with a mental illness know about the services on the Mornington Peninsula which can inform, support and encourage them.
• Provide information about the range of available services for carers of people with a mental illness and those for whom they care.
• Represent carers with the aim of increasing their access to mental health services.
• Link carers with other support services.
• Provide direct input to services on current carer issues and ensure that the services recognise and respond to these issues.
• Promote an environment which values the carer role within mental health services.
• Identify issues of concern for carers on the Peninsula, and work towards a strategy to address them.
• Assist carers by providing referrals to a service, advice or advocacy.

PCC Policy

• Members are beginning to work towards the development of policies as they listen to carers and research common issues.
• The development of policies from a carer perspective will of course be a very gradual process. It will take considerable time to develop these policies but work has already begun.
• Identification and needs of carers living on the Peninsula.
• Advocacy for quality accommodation both short and long term.
• The issue of confidentiality.
• The issue of intervention relating to voluntary and involuntary patients.
• Early intervention.


• Gradually the PCC will develop a position on systemic issues and the input of members at mental health service meetings will reflect research, discussion and consensus of the Council.