Multiple Sclerosis Limited - Footscray

Referral required or self referral to 1800 242 636

Carers Victoria - Footscray Office

Carers Victoria provides advice, information, and support to carers to improve their health and wellbeing, capacity, financial security and resilience. The key service areas driven by the board and developed and delivered by the organisation are: Emotional support and counselling, research, policy and systemic change, opportunities and ideas, practical support and respite, education and development, and information and advice.

This service offers confidential advice and education to Western Health patients, their family members and/or carers across all three Western Health hospitals. Social workers provide assistance in relation to issues of emotional adjustment to health conditions and/or the hospitalisation experience. Social workers may utilize a range of approaches including individual counselling, family sessions and/or group-work. Social workers assess for a broad range of psychosocial needs in order to plan for appropriate discharge and may provide information about, and referral to, a range of community services. Specific assistance with arranging transfer to residential care facilities is provided by the Social Work Aged Care Team. 

Whilst predominantly having an inpatient focus, the Social Work Department also provides support to some outpatient clinics, including Family Planning, Maternity Outreach & Support Service, Midwife Obstetrics Clinics, Young Mum's Group, Gynaecology Outpatients and Well Women's Clinic.

Referrals may be discussed with the senior social work clinicians by contacting the department.
 
Social Workers can be paged through the hospital switchboards.

Footscray Hospital - Western Health

West Footscray Neighbourhood House

Services including community child care, adult education, community development & support services

Wingate Avenue Community Centre

Services including childcare, maternal & child health. legal advice.  Short courses including Beginner and Intermediate Computers, Horticulture, Art & Craft.  English Classes.

Interchange also provides planned activity groups/recreation, parent support groups and family social activities

Interchange Western Region

Services including respite, planned activity groups for children, adolescents and young adults with a disability, parent support

A friendly visiting service providing outreach support to the aged, ill, housebound and those with disabilities from the Filipino ethnic community.
This is not a counselling service.

Area Serviced
Western Metropolitan.

Initial Contact
Duty Worker - 03 9687 9011

Filipino Community Council Of Victoria

 Provides information, referral and advocacy for members of the Filipino ethnic community. Information and referral are provided for all services in the local community, including:
health, housing, law, finance, education, employment, home and community care, recreation, etc.

Public Transport
Train - Footscray Station  /  Bus - 216, 219, 402, 404, 406

Disabled Access
Yes

Interpreting Services
Interpreting services are available for clients who are known to the centre.

After Hours Telephone
03 9687 9011

Hours
8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday to Friday

Initial Contact
Duty Worker - 03 9687 9011

Breakfast Club, Disaster Relief, Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support

Australian Red Cross - North Melbourne

Social support, HACC services and low level planned activities group. HACC services, Planned Activities group  Service Restriction: Multicultural CALD

Victorian Elderly Chinese Welfare Society Inc

Services including Aged care HACC Services, Adult Day Centre, Home and community care, Outing and yum cha, Physical activity,Chinese Television watching and Chinese Magazines reading, Free mini-bus pick up for the needy

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