General
Life
Line - 13
11 14 (local call) || www.lifeline.org.au
A national 24-hour phone counselling service, which is
there to help you through any problem no matter how big
or small.
Kids Help Line -
1800 55 1800 (free call) || www.kidshelp.com.au
A national phone and web-based counselling service for young
people aged 5 to 18 years - it's free, anonymous and confidential.
Reach Out - www.reachout.com.au
A place online where you can find the info you need and some
space to chill out. Reach out. Find out. Move on.
The
Source - www.thesource.gov.au
A great site for information on a range of issues concerning young people, from
tips on money and careers to info on drugs and alcohol, plus a whole lot more.
Employment & Training
Job
Guide - www.jobguide.dest.gov.au
My
Future - www.myfuture.edu.au
Queensland TAFE - www.tafe.qld.gov.au
Job Juice - www.jobjuice.gov.au
Australian Jobsearch - www.jobsearch.gov.au
For more specific employment and training links click here
Drugs & Alcohol
Drug Aware - www1.drugaware.com.au
Drug
Arm - www.drugarm.com.au
Family
Drug Support - 1300 368 186 (local
call) || www.fds.org.au
Family Drug Support is an organisation for those who need
help with someone they love. It's made up of volunteers who've
experienced first-hand the trauma of having family members
with drug problems.
Where's
Your Head At - www.drugs.health.gov.au/internet/drugs/publishing.nsf/index.htm
The National Drugs Campaign's website which is designed
specifically for young people.
Ted Noff’s
Foundation - 1800
151 045 (free call) || www.noffs.org.au
Providing essential services for young people and their families
who are experiencing drug and alcohol problems and related
trauma.
Australian
Drug Information Network (ADIN) - www.adin.com.au
ADIN provides easy access to more than 1200 professionally
reviewed websites and links to drug and alcohol agencies,
from small regional groups to nation-wide organisations.
alcohol.gov.au -
www.alcohol.gov.au
The Australian Government's national alcohol information
site, created by the Department of Health and Ageing.
QUIT Smoking
OxyGen - www.oxygen.org.au
Oxygen encourages healthy lifestyle choices and provides
interactive activities and information about tobacco for
young people
Why Quit? - http://whyquit.com
All the motivation, information and support you will need
to quit smoking.
Quit Smoking
Guide - www.quit-smoking-guide.com
Steps to quitting smoking.
www.stopsmokingcentre.net
Mental Health
SANE
Australia -
1800 18 7263 (free call - available 9-5 Mon-Fri) || www.sane.org
Mental health information and help on the phone (Monday to
Friday, 9am - 5pm) or online.
It's AllRight - www.itsallright.org
The SANE website for young people who have friends and relatives
with a mental illness.
Bipolar
Disorder - www.bipolar.com
Children
of parents with a mental disorder -
www.copmi.net.au
Information
relating to the care and management of families where a parent
has a mental illness.
Self Harm
Reach
Out - www.reachout.com.au
Young People and Self-Harm - www.selfharm.org.uk
This site is a key information resource for young people who self-harm, their
friends and families, and for professionals working with them.
Depression
DepressioNet - www.depressionet.com.au
A comprehensive online resource for Australians living with depression and their
families and friends .
Beyond Blue - www.beyondblue.org.au
beyondblue: the national depression initiative. Opening our
eyes to depression throughout Australia.
ybBlue - www.ybblue.com.au
Information on depression for young people
Sexual Abuse
I
Survive - www.isurvive.org
A website for survivors of abuse
Parenting Resources
Triple
P parenting - www10.triplep.net
www.acdparenting.org
The
National Parenting Centre - www.tnpc.com
Stepfamily
Zone - www.stepfamily.asn.au
