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.

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

Study Melbourne Student Centre

Wingate Avenue Community Centre

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

The City of Melbourne offers a range of social, recreational and educational opportunities to promote a healthy and active population. The Healthy Ageing team provides a range of services to help older people, people with a disability and their carers, to maintain a healthy, active and independent lifestyle in their own home and within our community and to prevent inappropriate admission to long-term residential care.  
The Healthy Ageing team progressively develops and implements a range of programs, activities and events targeting a diverse resident and visiting population of older people and people with disabilities. The Healthy Ageing team liaises with, supports, and provides information and advocacy to a diverse range of groups.

City of Melbourne - Ageing and Inclusion

Ageing and Inclusion provides a range of community and social services for older people, people with disabilities and their carers. Programs include:
* Healthy Ageing
* Home and Community Care (HACC)
* Community Aged Care Package (CACP) and Linkages Case Management Programs (COP)

Main Concourse - Between Platforms 9 & 10

Travellers Aid - Flinders Street Station

Services including safe and comfortable waiting area and providing personal care assistance for people with disabilities and frail/aged.

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

Maltese Community Council Of Victoria - Parkville

 MCCV is a not for profit community organisation which provides social, cultural, recreational and welfare support to all members of the Victorian Maltese community.

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