Integrated Family Services
This service provides practical support, information and advice to families with children up to the age of 18 years who are experiencing a range of difficulties .
We can help families having difficulties with:
- Alcohol and drug issues
- Financial hardship
- Parenting challenges
- Difficulty managing your household
- Family conflict or family violence
- Mental health issues
- Relationship issues
- Social isolation
- Repeated contact with DFFH Child Protection
We can help you to:
- Improve family relationships
- Access child care services
- Access extra-curricular and social activities for your children
- Improve your parenting and household management skills
- Improve your understanding of your child's development
- Work with services already involved with your family, such as schools, psychiatric services and DFFH Child Protection
- Access other services provided at GLCH or elsewhere, such as counselling, housing support, financial counselling, maternal and child health and youth services.
- Find Support Groups
For more information please contact:
When you contact us about our counselling services, or are referred to us, the first person you talk to is usually part of our assessment and response team. They will:
- take or confirm your contact details
- talk to you about, and assess, your needs
- give you information about our services and your rights and responsibilities as a client of GLCH
- organise an appointment for you or arrange for a service to contact you
- provide information and referral to services outside of GLCH as necessary
- provide assistance to meet any immediate need
For more information contact: 5155 8300
Services available from:
- Other locations throughout East Gippsland
You may also be interested in:
- Alcohol and Drug Services
- Centrelink Agency
- Children's Centre
- Counselling
- Disability Services - Early Childhood Intervention
- Emergency Relief
- Specialist Family Violence
- Homelessness Support Services
- Maternal and Child Health
- Men's behavioural change program
- NDIS
- Respite
- Social Groups
- Youth Pregnant and Parenting Group
- Youth Homelessness
- Youth Justice Community Support