Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC)

Eastern Health has two Prevention and Recovery Care (PARC) services, located in Mont Albert and Ringwood.  They are short-term, residential community services, providing early intervention for people who are becoming unwell in the community with the hope of preventing admission to acute services. PARC also offers step down support to those who are in the early stages of their recovery following an acute admission with the aim of strengthening and consolidating gains from the inpatient setting. 

Eastern Health and a not-for-profit community mental health provider work in partnership to offer service to people and their families. The PARC multi-disciplinary team includes mental health clinicians, community mental health recovery workers, occupational therapists and a peer workforce. 

Together, staff from both agencies work collaboratively with consumers, carers and their treating teams, to assist consumers to reach goals identified via individual recovery plans.  The PARC team will also work in collaboration with an individual’s community supports and familyies to ensure continuity of care on discharge from the service. 

PARC is a voluntary service and people considering a PARC stay participate in an initial assessment to identify what they hope their stay would look like, and to ascertain whether the PARC is the appropriate option at that time.