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After a successful 2024, Federation University Australia’s training clinic, FedCare Psychology, is excited to announce new and extended partnerships to expand capacity and enhance essential psychological support to the greater Ballarat region.

New schools including Daylesford Primary School, Delacombe Primary School, Our Lady Help of Christians and Ballarat Christian College will join the 12 primary and secondary schools already undertaking FedCare’s school outreach program while FedCare’s partnership with St Patrick’s College will be extended to increase assessment services.

A partnership with the Ballarat and District Aboriginal Corporation (BADAC) will include a new clinical registrar position, and a new funded clinical placement, a huge win for the local Indigenous community while FedCare’s pilot partnership with the Grampians Health Assessment clinic has been extended for a further 12 months.

In 2024 over 70 provisionally registered psychologists studying Federation’s Master of Psychology (Clinical) completed placement at the state-of-the-art psychology clinic at the university’s Mount Helen Campus to provide low-cost mental health support services.to the community with 6654 sessions to 940 clients.

Federation University’s Master of Psychology (Clinical) course is now one of the largest clinical training programs in Australia, reflecting the university’s dedication to bolstering the mental health sector through education and practical training.
For more information on Federation’s Master of Psychology (Clinical) course, please visit https://study.federation.edu.au/course/DYL9.

Quotes attributable to Federation University Associate Professor, Head of Clinical Services and Programs, Psychology | Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Megan Jenkins 

“FedCare Psychology remains committed to training postgraduate students to grow a sustainable mental health workforce in rural and regional Victoria. Our Master of Psychology students do an outstanding job representing the University and provide much-needed mental health services.” 

“Traditionally, FedCare has had strong demand for psychological services for children and adolescents, including assessment services to support the development of learning plans for school-aged children, but recently we have seen increased demand for FedCare’s low-cost, high-quality services in adults. Federation is proud to support the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve.”