Child & Family Health

We provide a range of community health and support services for children and their parents or carers to give every child the best possible start in life. 

Services may be offered in the home, or in community health centres and clinics. Care is provided by a multidisciplinary team of child health nurses, health workers and early intervention clinicians (either social workers or psychologists). 

Services 

• Health assessments, surveillance, and screening 

• Growth and developmental checks 

• Early feeding support 

• Nutritional information 

• Immunisation information 

• Parenting support (seminars, groups, and individual interventions) 

• Referrals to other services 

• School based youth health service