The Grow Residential Rehabilitation program has been successfully providing a structured rehabilitation service for people with co-existing drug, alcohol and mental health issues for over 30 years. GROW has been successfully providing residential rehabilitation services to people with a dual diagnosis in South West Sydney for more than 30 years. Located in Hoxton Park, NSW, our methods have enabled us to identify areas of need and improvement, which in turn has assisted in providing an effective program to combat mental health issues, as well as drug and or alcohol addiction. This unique facility successfully provides structured recovery and rehabilitation services to individuals first and foremost with mental health issues and further services if an individual presents with the co-morbidity of alcohol and drug addiction, or dual diagnosis as it is known. 

The GROW Residential Community offers a safe space where people can recover both their mental and physical health, their belief in their own personal value, go through drug referral, learn to live in community with others and establish habits that will support their transition to a full and purposeful life. The GROW Program is the foundation of all that occurs in the GROW Residential Community. The commitment of our staff and the lived experiences of Residents and Growers are the key resources that demonstrate the GROW Program philosophy. All the daily activities are designed to activate the proven features of recovery as developed for more than 60 years.

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eGrow Groups run the same as the Grow Program. The only difference is we meet using Zoom and the program is offered online. You can join a group and participate in the Grow Program from the comfort of your own your house. If you’re unable to attend a physical GROW group you can access meetings across Australia at a time that is suitable to you by using eGrow. Over the course of each meeting, the group engages in a series of group discussions that follow the same structure and format as a face-to-face meeting. Any member from any location can now receive mental health support and connecting with others at a time most convenient to you. It is important to register for your online meeting.

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Frow meetings take place in a safe, caring and confidential way, whether the meetings are face-to-face, or online, known as eGrow groups. Their members meet weekly and follow the Group Method. The meetings run for about two hours and the groups vary in size from 3-10 members. We are a peer-to-peer led support group, where newer members are supported and mentored by experienced members who have worked through the Grow Program and have taken on a leadership role within the group.

• Mt Gravatt Grow Group - St Marks Lutheran Church - 71 Newnham Rd Mt Gravatt Australia
• West End Grow Group - A Place to Belong - 69 Thomas St West End QLD Australia
• Chermside Grow Group - Uniting Church - Cnr Gympie & Rode Roads Chermside QLD Australia
• Crestmead Grow Group - Crestmead Community Centre - 6 Gimlet Street Crestmead QLD Australia
• Bridgeman Downs Grow Group - Church of the Resurrection - 30 Ridley Road Bridgeman Downs QLD Australia
• Eagleby Grow Group - Eagleby Giants Rugby League Football Club Eagleby Australia
• Pine Rivers Grow Group - Neighbourhood Centre - 865 Gympie Road Pine Rivers QLD Australia
• Palm Beach Grow Group - 1 /19 Fifth Avenue Palm Beach QLD 4221 Australia
• Tweed Heads Grow Group - Anglican Church - Cnr. Florance & Powell St Tweed Heads NSW Australia
• Maroochydore Grow Group - Uniting Church - 6 Millwell Road Maroochydore QLD Australia
• Toowoomba Grow Group - 121 Russel Street Toowoomba QLD Australia
• Lismore Grow Group - Grow Centre18 Union Street Lismore NSW Australia
• Casino Grow Group - Casino Community Centre - 35 Walker Street Casino NSW Australia
• Gympie Grow Group - Gympie Community Health - 20 Alfred Street Gympie QLD Australia
• Ballina Grow Group - CWA Rooms River Street Ballina NSW Australia
• Yamba Grow Group - Treelands Community Centre - Treelands Drive Yamba NSW Australia
• Grafton Grow Group - New School of Arts - Neighbourhood House Corner of Spring & Skinner Street Grafton NSW Australia
• Port Macquarie Grow Group - Colonial Meeting Rooms - Cnr William & Hay Sts Port Macquarie NSW Australia
• Yeppoon Grow Group - Yeppoon Community Centre - 80 John Street Yeppoon QLD Australia
• Wyong Grow Group - McKinnon Hall - Bakers Lane Wyong NSW Australia
• Bateau Bay Grow Group - Baptist Church8 Yakalla St Bateau Bay NSW Australia
• Dubbo Grow Group - St Brigit’s Parish198 Brisbane St Dubbo NSW Australia
• Woy Woy Grow Group - Anglican Church Hall151 Blackwall Road Woy Woy NSW Australia
• Hornsby Grow Group - Fusion Centre 5 Jersey Street Hornsby NSW Australia
• Chatswood Grow Group - Chatswood Adventist Church Johnson St & Devonshire St Chatswood NSW Australia
• West Ryde Grow Group - West Ryde Community Hall - 3-5 Anthony Rd West Ryde NSW Australia
• Blacktown Grow Group - St Patricks Parish Church - 51-59 Allawah Street Blacktown NSW Australia
• Mt Druitt Grow Group - The Hubat Ayers Grove - Mt Druitt NSW Australia
• Penrith Grow Group - C3 Church Penrith1/450 High Street Penrith NSW Australia
• Camperdown Grow Group - Common Ground Building31 Pyrmont Bridge Rd Camperdown NSW Australia
• Lidcombe Grow Group - Lidcombe Community Centre - 3 Bridge Street Lidcombe NSW Australia
• Burwood Grow Group - Baptist Church - 23 Conder Street Burwood NSW Australia
• Newtown Grow Group - Newtown Neighbourhood Centre - 1 Bedford Street Newtown NSW Australia
• Newtown Grow Group (Greek Speaking) - Greek Welfare Centre - 378A King Street Newtown NSW Australia
• Bathurst Grow Group - The Wellways Building - 129 Piper Street Bathurst NSW Australia
• Orange Grow Group - Senior Citizens Centre77 Kite Street Orange NSW Australia
• Jannali Grow Group - See Change Church Hall, Level 140-42 Railway Parade Jannali NSW Australia
• Warrawong Grow Group - Warrawong Community Health Centre - Greene Street Warrawong NSW Australia
• Cowra Grow Group - Mission Australia Building - 87 Brisbane St Cowra NSW Australia
• Nowra Grow Group - Wellways, Morrison Arcade, 103 Junction St Nowra Australia
• Nowra Grow Group - Community Health Centre - 5 Lawrence St Nowra NSW Australia
• Belconnen Grow Group - Belconnen Community Centre - Cnr of Swanson Court and Chandler St Belconnen ACT Australia
• Queanbeyan Grow Groups - Queanbeyan Baptist Church - 1-3 Munro Road Queanbeyan NSW Australia
• Narrabundah Grow Group - Grow House - 9 Anembo St Narrabundah ACT Australia
• Leeton Grow Group - Community Health Centre - Seminar Room 2C/- Leeton Hospital-Palm Ave Leeton NSW Australia
• Griffith Grow Group - Griffith Neighbourhood Centre - 80 Benerambah St Griffith NSW Australia
• Townsville Grow Group - Ryan Community Centre - Morindo Drive Townville QLD Australia
• Wangaratta Grow Group - 41 Ovens St41 Ovens St Wangaratta VIC Australia
• Benalla Grow Group - Waminda Community House - 19 Ballintine St Benalla VIC Australia
• Shepparton Grow Group - South Shepparton Community Centre - 11 Service St Shepparton VIC Australia

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The Get Growing program is a specialised mental health program for school aged participants aged from 11 to 17 years old. This program has been developed to meet the needs of young people, where early intervention can help to prevent mild depression which can often develop into deep despair. The program runs over 10 weeks with a new topic explored each week including:

• Resilience
• Feelings
• Friendship
• Problem solving
• Safety
• Personal value
• Strengths
• Goals
• Stress
• Dealing with a crisis

There’s often only help available to young people who have sever and urgent needs. Get Growing is targeted at young people who ma be at risk to prevent or minimise mental health issues before their mental health declines or reaches crisis point.

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Grow's Carer Program, Grow Better Together, encourages and supports caregivers of people experiencing mental illness. It utilises the same key elements of the Grow Program encouraging carers to further develop their own personal resources, friendships and supports to overcome barriers they experience as part of their caring role.

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Australia

Contact Person / Email
national@grow.org.au

Call 1800 558 268

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GROW is a community-based national organisation that has more than 60 years’ experience in developing a unique program for improving and maintaining mental health. Grow’s programs are based on lived experience meaning Grow groups are a meeting of peers, made up of people who are striving to develop and maintain good mental health.

The Grow Program is based on a 12-step program of personal growth of mutual help and support. The Grow Program is all-inclusive and draws on many principles for mental, social and spiritual health. At each meeting, members share about how they came to GROW and how they are exploring self-improvement strategies on their road to recovery. It’s not a straight road, and that’s where the support of other GROW members helps – everyone in the group has opportunities to share their experiences of coping with mental wellness. You’ll be motivated by the stories you hear from Growers, and you’ll soon realise you’re not alone.

Joining a Grow group is free – you don’t need to have a referral or a doctor’s diagnosis. Groups are confidential and members can choose to remain anonymous. Our meetings take place in a safe, caring and confidential way, whether the meetings are face-to-face, or online, known as eGrow groups. Our members meet weekly and follow the Group Method. The meetings run for about two hours and the groups vary in size from 3-10 members. We are a peer-to-peer led support group, where newer members are supported and mentored by experienced members who have worked through the Grow Program and have taken on a leadership role within the group.

At each meeting, GROW members will have opportunities to share any of their life challenges or issues, but this is your choice. Some first-time members may choose not to speak or share, and that’s okay. What makes GROW so special is the practical advice and the lived experiences that are shared every week by our members, also known as Growers. This peer-to peer style of support has been proven to be a positive way of helping you remain on the road to recovery. Meetings are free with voluntary contributions welcome.

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What is Odd Socks Day?

Grow will be celebrating the annual Odd Socks Day on Friday 9 October. This is their annual national mental health anti-stigma campaign. On this day, we ask all our supporters to help stamp out the stigma around mental health by wearing their Odd Socks and start the conversation about everyone’s mental health. Ways you can make a difference:

• Be a Friend – be there for others, during the ordinary and extraordinary
• Be Brave – don’t tolerate discrimination or the stigma
• Be Open – share your experiences
• Be Informed – know the truth and dispel the myths
• Be Good to Yourself – recognise the need for self-care

So, this Odd Socks Day, do something that spreads the word in the community and your place of work. Get involved in the fight against stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness.

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GROW operates supported accommodation for people with a mental illness in NSW and ACT. The accommodation in NSW provides a transition from the Residential Rehabilitation Program for up to 17 people The ACT house provides accommodation and support for up to five residents as they prepare for independent living. 

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Grow's Young Adults Program, encourages and supports people aged 18-35 with their mental wellbeing. It utilises the same key elements of the Grow Program but with a tailored method which encourages young adults to further develop their own personal resources, friendships and supports to overcome barriers they’re experiencing. Along with GROW material, we also use Ted Talks, YouTube clips, podcasts and articles to assist in our learning and discussions. With a strong caring and sharing community in and outside of meetings, members organise a variety of social activities that are held weekly and monthly (e.g. dinners, coffees meetups, games nights, movie nights, mini golf etc.) As this is a GROW Vic/Tas initiative there are currently 4 groups available only in Victoria:

• Caulfield
• Carlton
• Hawthorn and
• Springvale

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Australia

Contact Person / Email
vic@grow.org.au

Call 9528 2977

IPS Advanced Training (3 days) is a 3-day Advanced Training to take IPS practice a step further, play out the principles and tasks using real-life scenarios, heighten self-reflection, enhance ways of building mutual connections, and sustain the practice. Our Advanced Trainings are for anyone who has completed a Core Training, and are tailored to fit your organization or community’s needs.

Co-reflection is a vital practice where people regularly come together to reflect on their relationships using the IPS framework. Here is an opportunity to examine relationships, look at assumptions, and sustain the tasks and principles. Our Core Training gets you started with Co-Reflection, and our Advanced Training helps you master it. Click here for our free Co-Reflection Guide.

Traditionally, crisis in mental health has been viewed as something undesirable or harmful, and risk assessment has led to fear-based responses that keep people stuck. In the Advanced Training, we focus on using crisis instead as an opportunity to connect, maintain mutuality, and create a culture of healing. Respite programs will find particular use as we further explore what it means to be trauma-informed, work with conflict and challenging situations, develop flexible boundaries, use pro-active crisis planning, and prepare for program evaluation.

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IPS Core Training (5 days)  is a 5-day introduction to this innovative framework and is designed to have you practicing right away. In a highly interactive environment, participants learn the tasks and principles of IPS, examine assumptions about who they are, and explore ways to create relationships in which power is negotiated, co-learning is possible, and support goes beyond traditional notions of “service.” IPS is all about opening up new ways of seeing, thinking, and doing, and here we examine how to make this possible. The IPS Core Training is for anyone interested in mutual support and has been widely used as a foundation training for people working in both traditional and alternative mental health settings. During the Core Training, participants learn to:

• Seek ways to connect, become aware of  disconnects, and work to reconnect
• Explore how we have “come to know what we know”
• Strive for mutuality in relationships
• Stay curious, question assumptions, and own judgements and opinions
• Open up new ways of listening
• Use experience to relate and build trust
• Name and negotiate power in relationships
• Approach crisis as an opportunity to grow
• Share risk and responsibility
• Focus on the quality of relationships instead of fixing one another
• Pay attention to the impact of clinical and labeling language
• Understand how trauma affects lives
• Keep the energy in relationships moving towards what we want
• Understand peer support in the context of social change and social justice

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IPS Train-The-Trainer is a hands-on seminar that prepares and designates IPS Organizational Trainers to teach the Core Content within the organization where they work. The IPS Organizational Trainer pathway is intended for organizations of 25 or less employees to increase sustainability of IPS after that organization has been trained in the IPS Core Training. At larger organizations, the scope of an IPS Organizational Trainer may be limited to specific programs or regions. Please contact us for more information. These are the basic steps to become an IPS Organizational Trainer:

1. Complete an IPS Core Training
2. Practice IPS for at least a year
3. Submit a Train-the-Trainer Application
4. Complete an IPS Train-the-Trainer Course
5. Become designated as an IPS Organizational Trainer upon demonstrating the IPS tasks and principles, strong communication skills, and a willingness to self-reflect
6. Regularly engage in Co-Reflection
7. Complete an IPS Refresher Course every two years to re-designate as an IPS Organizational Trainer

More information about becoming an IPS Organizational Trainer can be found in the Organizational Trainer Pathway and Organizational Trainer Agreement. Train-the-Trainer Courses can be arranged in your area by contacting us directly. We also host at least one “pay-by-the-seat” Train-the-Trainer Course in the U.S. per year, and once scheduled will be listed on our upcoming trainings page.

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