Counselling, health and support services

Community information services:

The following offices provide information, referral, emergency relief and legal advice:

• Hampton East
  12 Katoomba Streen 
  T: 9555 6560
• Brighton
  104 Bay St
  T: 9596 7283
• Sandringham
  Cnr. Abbott & Station Streets
  T: 9598 0422
• Bentleigh Bayside Community Health Service
  4 Livingston Street, Highett
  T: 9553 6033
• Gardeners Road, Bentleigh East
  T: 9575 5333
• Family life
  197 Bluff Road, Sandringham
  T: 9598 2133

Counselling:

• BayCISS
  Bayside Community Information and Support Service
  Information and Referral Service:
  12 Katoomba Street Hampton East
  T: 9555 6560
  F: 9555 9579
• Lifeworks
  St Andrews Centre, 19-21 St Andrews Street, Brighton
  T: 9654 7360
• Relationships Australia
  46 Princess Street, Kew
  T: 9261 8700

Financial and legal advice:

• Family Mediation Centre
  Level 4/1001 Nepean Highway, Moorabbin
  T: 9555 9300
• St Kilda Community Legal service
  T: 9534 0777

Emergency housing:

The following services provide short-term housing to women who are homeless because of violence, family breakdown or other crises:

• Hanover Housing
  T: 9532 2780 (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
• Statewide Women’s Community Housing Service
  T: 9387 1033

Parenting support:

• Australian Multiple Birth Association
  T: 9513 2050
• Anglicare - Parentzone
  51 Playne Street, Frankston
  T: 9783 4888
• Council of Single Mothers and their Children
  Level 2, 52 Victoria Street, Carlton South Mon-Thurs 9-3pm
  T: 9654 0622 or for speech and hearing impaired T: 9639 3980
• Post and Ante Natal Support Association (PaNDa )
  T: 9428 4600
• Australian Breastfeeding Association (and Information on Breast Pump Hire)
  T: 9885 0855
  Helpline: 1300 302 201

Special needs:

• Moira Child and Family Support
  T: 9532 1316
• Bayside City Council: Families with special needs
  T: 9599 4444

Early parenting centres:

Residential and day stay programs focussing on supporting parents to manage problems associated with feeding, sleep, settling, behaviour issues and depression.

• Tweddle Child and Family Health Service, Footscray T: 9689 1577
• Queen Elizabeth Centre Noble Park T: 9549 2777
• O’Connell Family Centre, Canterbury T: 9882 2326

Private Mother and Baby Units:

• Masada Private Hospital, 26 Balaclava Road, East St. Kilda, T: 9527 5145
• South Eastern Private Hospital, Heatherton Road, Noble Park, T: 9547 1000

MBU’s for mothers with a psychiatric referral:

• Albert Road Clinic, 31 Albert Road, Melbourne, T: 9256 8311
• Melbourne Clinic, 130 Church Street, Richmond, T: 9429 4688

Public Mother and Baby Units:

• Mercy Hospital for Women, Clarendon Street, East Melbourne T: 9270 2501
• Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road, Clayton T: 9594 1414

Support services operating after hours:

• The Maternal & Child Health Line
  T: 13 33 39 (24 hours/ 7 days)
• Parentline
  T: 13 22 89 or 13 63 88 (for hearing or speech impaired)
  (8am – midnight Mon-Fri, 10am - 10pm weekends)
• Poisons Information Centre
  T: 13 11 26 (24 hours/ 7 days)
  operated from the Royal Children’s Hospital
• Lifeline
  T: 131114
• Victorian Statewide Suicide Helpline
  T: 1300 651 251 (24 hours/ 7 days)
• Women’s Domestic Violence Crisis Service
  T: 9329 8433 (24 hours/ 7 days)
  Counselling, support and referral to alternative accommodation.