Different By Design
How SafeWatch Is Different
Your Village Of Trusted Support
A different kind of support
There are many ways to get support. SafeWatch is different by design.
Australia has excellent mental health services, wellbeing tools, peer communities, carer services and digital treatment programs.
SafeWatch isn't designed to replace them.
SafeWatch helps strengthen the people around you, family, friends, carers, peers and other trusted supports, so wellbeing doesn't have to be navigated alone.
We call this your Village: the people who know you,
the people who can help you, and the people who get you.
Because the people who know us well can sometimes notice when something has changed, and being connected can make it easier to support each other.
Because the people who know us well can sometimes notice when something has changed, and being connected can make it easier to support each other.
Understanding the landscape
Different approaches to supporting wellbeing
Different services are designed for different purposes. Rather than ranking them, here's a simple way to understand where different approaches tend to start.
Approach
Typically starts with
Examples of support
SafeWatch
Your chosen Village
Trusted relationships, connection and mutual support around the individual
Wellbeing tools
The individual
Wellbeing activities, self-management, reflection and healthy habits
Mental health services
The person seeking support
Assessment, counselling, treatment and professional support
Peer-support communities
Shared experience
Connection with people who may understand similar experiences
Carer services
The carer
Support, education, counselling, respite and practical assistance
These approaches aren't mutually exclusive.
A person may benefit from several of them at the same time.
SafeWatch is designed to complement, rather than replace,
professional and community services.
The broader support ecosystem
How SafeWatch Fits Alongside Other Australian Services
Australia has an extensive ecosystem supporting mental health and wellbeing.
Many of these organisations provide services that SafeWatch users may already use, and we believe that’s a good thing.
Some provide professional care. Some provide evidence-based self-help. Some build wellbeing skills. Some connect people with peers. Some specifically support carers.
SafeWatch starts somewhere different: with the people you choose to have around you.
Your Village may include family, friends, carers, peers, mentors, support workers or services.
Different services. One connected ecosystem.
Different approaches support wellbeing in different ways. Rather than ranking them, here's a simple way to understand where they tend to start, and how SafeWatch fits alongside them.
Wellbeing tools
Building healthy habits
Typically starts with
The individual
Services
PACE
What the service primarily offers
A daily wellbeing app helping people identify,
plan and track actions that support wellbeing
across Pause, Act, Connect and Enjoy.
How SafeWatch is different
PACE primarily helps an individual build and
maintain their own wellbeing practices.
SafeWatch is designed to make trusted
relationships themselves part of the ongoing
support environment.
Smiling Mind
What the service primarily offers
Preventive mental fitness and wellbeing
programs for children, families, adults and
schools, including resources that involve
parents, educators and wider school communities.
How SafeWatch is different
Smiling Mind's core model is mental fitness,
prevention and skill-building. SafeWatch's
core model is the ongoing network of trusted
relationships surrounding the person.
myCompass
What the service primarily offers
A free, research-backed, self-guided program
for adults that includes psychological learning
activities and tracking of depression, anxiety,
stress and sleep.
How SafeWatch is different
myCompass primarily equips an individual with
self-management tools and psychological
techniques. SafeWatch focuses on adding the
person's trusted relationships to the wellbeing
equation.
How SafeWatch fits
Trusted relationships around the individual.
Mental health services
Professional support
Typically starts with
The person seeking support
Services
headspace
What the service primarily offers
Mental health, physical health, alcohol and
other drug, work and study support for young
people aged 12–25, including online, phone and
in-person services. headspace also offers
specific support for families, friends and carers.
How SafeWatch is different
SafeWatch is designed around an ongoing,
user-chosen network of trusted relationships,
rather than primarily around access to youth
health and professional support services.
MindSpot
What the service primarily offers
Free psychological assessment, online treatment
courses and teletherapy, including access to
qualified therapists and symptom tracking.
How SafeWatch is different
MindSpot is principally an assessment and
psychological treatment service. SafeWatch is
not a treatment service; it focuses on the
everyday human support network surrounding
the individual.
THIS WAY UP
What the service primarily offers
Evidence-based online CBT treatment programs
that can be completed independently or with
clinician monitoring.
How SafeWatch is different
THIS WAY UP primarily delivers structured
psychological treatment. SafeWatch does not
deliver CBT treatment; it focuses on
relationships, connection and the individual's
chosen Village.
Innowell
What the service primarily offers
Measurement-based mental healthcare tools
supporting assessment, personalised care,
risk monitoring, outcomes and communication
between patients and care teams.
How SafeWatch is different
Innowell is designed principally around
measurement-based care and the patient-care-team
relationship. SafeWatch starts with the wider
trusted relationships surrounding everyday
wellbeing.
How SafeWatch fits
A Village around everyday wellbeing.
Peer-support communities
Shared experience
Typically starts with
Shared experience
Services
ReachOut Australia
What the service primarily offers
Online mental health support for young people,
parents and carers, including self-help
information, PeerChat, digital tools and
school resources.
How SafeWatch is different
SafeWatch's focus is a private Village made
up of people the individual chooses from their
own life, rather than principally content,
self-help or connection with service-provided
peers.
MOST by Orygen Digital
What the service primarily offers
Digital mental health support for young people,
combining evidence-based therapeutic content,
moderated online community, peer workers and
one-to-one clinical support.
How SafeWatch is different
MOST brings professional, therapeutic and peer
support together. SafeWatch instead centres the
individual's existing and chosen trusted
relationships as their Village.
How SafeWatch fits
People from your own life who understand you.
Carer services
Support for carers
Typically starts with
The carer
How SafeWatch fits
Carers as part of a broader Village.
SafeWatch
Your chosen Village
Starts with
Your chosen Village
Your Village may include
Family
Friends
Carers
Peers
Mentors
Support workers
What SafeWatch adds
Connection and mutual support around the individual.