Our maternal and child health service provides free help to Glen Eira families with children from birth to school age. The service is staffed by registered nurses with general, midwifery and postgraduate qualifications.
Maternal and child health
How is the service currently operating?
Our Maternal and Child Health Service is starting to return to a full face-to-face service.
All Key Ages and Stages, visits have resumed. COVID-19 precautions continue to be implemented as per the Department of Health and Human Servcies.
We ask all caregivers to complete a QR code on entry which includes a COVID-19 questionnaire.
Please do not attend your appointment if you or your child are unwell.
Face-to-face New Parent Groups will recommence in 2021.
Group talks/educational online sessions
Settling in talks
All sessions are held at 2pm, book via the links below:
- Settling in talk — Tuesday 12 January
- Settling in talk — Tuesday 9 February
- Settling in talk — Tuesday 9 March
- Settling in talk — Tuesday 13 April
- Settling in talk — Tuesday 11 May
- Settling in talk — Tuesday 8 June
- Settling in talk — Tuesday 13 July
- Settling in talk — Tuesday 10 August
- Settling in talk — Tuesday 14 September
- Settling in talk — Tuesday 12 October
- Settling in talk — Tuesday 9 November
- Settling in talk — Tuesday 14 December
Food in the first 12 months
All sessions are held at 2pm, book via the links below:
- Food in the first 12 months — Tuesday 19 January
- Food in the first 12 months — Tuesday 16 February
- Food in the first 12 months — Tuesday 16 March
- Food in the first 12 months — Tuesday 20 April
- Food in the first 12 months — Tuesday 18 May
- Food in the first 12 months — Tuesday 15 June
- Food in the first 12 months — Tuesday 20 July
- Food in the first 12 months — Tuesday 17 August
- Food in the first 12 months — Tuesday 21 September
- Food in the first 12 months — Tuesday 19 October
- Food in the first 12 months — Tuesday 16 November
- Food in the first 12 months — Tuesday 14 December
What is the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) service?
The MCH service is a free service for parents and carers with children aged from birth to school years. It’s provided by MCH nurses, who are also registered nurses and midwives.
MCH is a family-focused service which offers guidance, support and practical information in parenting, maternal health and family wellbeing.
How do we help?
Our maternal and child health nurses can help with:
- breastfeeding and nutrition advice
- the health and physical development of your baby or child
- child safety and injury prevention
- keeping your family healthy
- oral health
- playgroups and kindergarten enrolment
- parent education talks
- immunisation
- our new parents' group.
Key Ages and Stages
Health and development assessments are scheduled for the following ages:
Other useful contacts
- Poisons Information Centre: 13 11 26
- Australian Breastfeeding Association Breast Feeding Helpline: 1800 686 268
- Child First Family Solutions: 1300 721 383
- Child Protection Crisis Line: 13 12 78
- Parent Line: 13 22 89
- Kidsafe: 03 9427 1008
- Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800
- Panda: Post & Antenatal Depression Association: 1300 726 306
- Beyond Baby Blues: 1300 224 636
- Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre: 1800 015 188
- Jewish Taskforce Against Family Violence: 9523 2100
- Women after Gestational Diabetes: 8532 1837
- Royal Children's Hospital - kids health info fact sheets
- Raising Children - the Australian parenting website
- health.vic - immunisation
- Australian Breastfeeding Association
- Lactation Consultants of Australia and New Zealand
- Kidsafe
- VicRoads
- Healthy Kids NSW
- Playgroup Victoria
Give us feedback
We welcome your suggestions on how we can improve our services. To give us feedback, email MCHCoordination@gleneira.vic.gov.au