The South West Healthcare Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) centre is South West Victoria’s new dedicated prevention and recovery care service for people experiencing mental illness.
The centre helps people who are unwell or recovering from an acute mental illness. It offers professional care in a modern, home-like environment.
The new facility is named Ngootyoong, an Aboriginal word that means new, fresh, healthy, and strong. Ngootyoong aims to boost local services and mental health partnerships within the community, and to ease pressure on other local health services.
This centre is now one of 20 Prevention and Recovery care facilities operating across Melbourne and regional Victoria.
Prevention and Recovery Care centres are part of the Victorian Government’s $325.7 million investment in mental health services outlined in the 10-year Mental Health Plan.