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Statewide Child and Family Centre

12-14 Grieve Street, Macleod, Victoria, 3085, Australia

The Victorian Government invested $7.3 million to deliver a Statewide Child and Family Centre in Melbourne’s north.

The Victorian-first centre will improve access to mental health services for children up to 11 years of age, in a safe and supportive residential setting.

The new 12-bed centre will allow children and their families to stay onsite while they receive flexible, family-centred therapy and support from child and family mental health specialists. The centre will be staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

It will provide therapy for children and families who have experienced negative or traumatic events and continue to have challenges with relationships and connections.

This investment builds on the work of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System’s 74 recommendations to transform mental health support and care to make it accessible, flexible and responsive.

$7.3 MILLION

INVESTMENT

FIRST

VICTORIAN CENTRE

12-BED

CENTRE

24-HOUR

CARE AND SUPPORT

Scope

Located on Grieve Street in Macleod, the new Statewide Child and Family Centre will include:

12 beds (accommodating three families at any one time)
shared living spaces including kitchen, dining, lounge, laundry and family / activity areas
outdoor living, family and garden areas
clinical consulting areas
staff and support areas.

Benefits

The Statewide Child and Family Centre project aims to achieve the following benefits:

Increased capacity

Providing an alternative to hospital-based care, this new purpose-built 12-bed centre will improve access to mental health services for children up to 11 years of age.

Family-first

In a Victorian-first, the centre will allow children who need additional mental health support to stay and receive care alongside their families. With an average stay of five days, the centre will care for up to three families at any one time.

Specialised care and support

Children and families will receive flexible, family-centred therapy and support from child and family mental health specialists in a safe, therapeutic and ‘home like’ environment

Design

The facility's exteriors, grounds and internal fit-outs have been carefully considered. Creating a safe, welcoming and healing atmosphere for children and their families on their mental health journey.

Jobs for Victorians

The project created and sustained approximately 21 construction industry jobs.

Partners

This project was delivered by the Victorian Health Building Authority in partnership with:

Austin Health
Kerstin Thompson Architects
Building Engineering.

Timeline

FUNDING ANNOUNCED
2016/17
Constructions
MID 2021 SITE ANNOUNCED
DESIGNS RELEASED
EARLY 2022
Constructions
EARLY 2022 BUILDER APPOINTED
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS
EARLY 2022
Constructions
2023 CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED

Timeline

2016/17 FUNDING ANNOUNCED
MID 2021 Constructions SITE ANNOUNCED
EARLY 2022 DESIGNS RELEASED
EARLY 2022 Constructions BUILDER APPOINTED
EARLY 2022 CONSTRUCTION BEGINS
2023 Constructions CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED

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News

21 June 2023

Statewide Child and Family Centre complete

The centre provides mental health support to children in home-like setting that allows them to stay with family.

News

Hospital based care

02 March 2022

Mental Health Royal Commission: one year on

We’ve made significant progress on a number of the infrastructure projects highlighted in the Royal Commission report.

Article

02 March 2022

Statewide Centre design and construction

View the centre’s exteriors, grounds and internal fit-outs, which are designed to create a safe, welcoming, and healing atmosphere for children and their families.

News

Community based care

16 August 2021

Site selected for first Child and Family Centre

A site in Macleod has been selected for Victoria’s first state-wide Child and Family Centre.

News

News

21 June 2023

New Statewide Child and Family Centre a Victorian first

The centre provides mental health support to children in home-like setting that allows them to stay with family.

News

Hospital based care

02 March 2022

The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System – one year on

We’ve made significant progress on a number of the infrastructure projects highlighted in the Royal Commission report.

Article

02 March 2022

Designs released and construction begins for Victoria’s first Statewide Chi...

View the centre’s exteriors, grounds and internal fit-outs, which are designed to create a safe, welcoming, and healing atmosphere for children and their families.

News

Community based care

16 August 2021

Location for Victoria’s first state-wide Child and Family Centre announced

A site in Macleod has been selected for Victoria’s first state-wide Child and Family Centre.

News

Gallery

Artist impression of the exterior of the statewide child and family mental health centre

Artist impression of the interior of the statewide child and family mental health centre

Artist impression of the interior of the statewide child and family mental health centre

Artist impression of the exterior of the statewide child and family mental health centre

Artist impression of the interior of the statewide child and family mental health centre

Up to three families can stay onsite at the Statewide Child and Family Centre

Communal spaces like an outdoor dining space allow families to relax and spend time together

Families also have access to shared kitchen facilities and dining areas

Private bedrooms give families a chance to rest and recover

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Statewide Child and Family Centre

12-14 Grieve Street
Macleod, Victoria, 3085, Australia

Operated by: Austin Health

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Last updated: 23 June 2023