If you are aged between 12 to 25 & are going through a tough time headspace Hastings is here to help
Link to join online chats : headspace.org.au/online-and-phone-support/join-the-community/chats-by-professionals This headspace Hastings page is for people to find out more about headspace Hastings, the services we offer, as well as discussion about important mental health and youth issues.
headspace Hastings will remove any posts which:
- are likely to be offensive to other readers
- discusses methods of su***de or self-harm
- discussed drug usage in an unbalanced way, e.g. omit the negative effects.
- contains unhelpful advice, such as blaming a person for their depression
- is dogmatic, such as setting out courses of action as “the only way”
- is racist, sexist or discriminatory
- is obscene, or uses graphic sexual language
- is defamatory, or overly critical of services or organizations which provide help to others
- for any other reason is likely to cause harm / distress to other young people reading the story
- are posted for commercial purposes, and
- promote inaccurate, inappropriate or harmful health advice. headspace Hastings will remove posts promoting organizations, products, services, events, competitions or information that is not relevant to the post. If you think your organization, product, service, event or competition may be relevant to the headspace Hastings community, please drop us an email at [email protected] with information and we'll be in touch. In certain circumstances, if a post raises concerns about your safety, we may try to contact you to check that you and/or others are safe. If there are significant concerns, we may need to pass on your contact information to authorities who can help protect you and/or others, such as a crisis service or the police. We are obliged to try to protect you and/or others if the information you submit tells us that:
- you are being seriously hurt by someone else
- you are thinking of seriously harming yourself, and
someone else is being, is likely to be, seriously hurt by you or another person. Please note headspace Hastings recognizes that sometimes people need immediate help and support. The headspace Hastings page cannot provide you with specific counselling, crisis services or support. If you need immediate assistance please call Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800 or Lifeline on 13 11 14. headspace Hastings does not check the page over the weekend or on public holidays. headspace Hastings can take no responsibility for comments on our page, or any interactions fans may have on or off our page. Please note that this page is for information sharing only. If you need to talk to someone to make an appointment please call us on 1800 367 968.
