Statewide Child and Family Centre

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

The Victorian Government is investing $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 centre will provide therapy for children and families who have experienced negative or traumatic events and continue to have challenges with relationships and connections.

Staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 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.

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