Refugee settlement services
- Thursday 22 September 2016
- Written by BCHS
Our Refugee Health Nurse Service is designed to support people of refugee background to improve their health and wellbeing. Our nurse works closely with consumers to assess their health needs and support them to access primary and community health services across the City of Greater Bendigo.
Our refugee health nurse provides health assessments, support, advocacy and education to newly-arrived refugees in Bendigo.
This service is available from our Eaglehawk site each Tuesday and Friday from 9am to 4.30pm. Book an appointment by calling 5434 4300.
No referral is needed for the service.
If you will need help with an interpreter during an appointment please ask our friendly staff when making a booking.
Bendigo Community Health Services, supports businesses in their pursuit of creating a health promoting workplace.
A health promoting workplace is one where employers value the health and wellbeing of their workers.
A healthy workplace aims to:
By creating a partnership with your workplace, we can tailor programs and plans to suit the needs of employees and help your organisation become a health promoting workplace.
For more information, contact our Eaglehawk site on 5434 4300 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Our nurse practitioners regularly speaks at business, community, education and sporting organisations about the importance of health and why people should look after themselves.
If you would like any of our staff to attend your event to talk about community health issues please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 5448 1600.
We have qualified staff that can deliver education sessions to your business, school, sporting club or community group. Call our Kangaroo Flat site on 5430 0500.
The male nurse practitioner can attend for male health and sexual health education.
The nurse practitioner can attend for general health and wellbeing education.
Our paediatric podiatry service is available for children and adolescents up to 18 years of age.
The service provides assessment and management of a range of conditions involving the foot and lower limb. This may be for:
A referral is required from your doctor or other health service provider to access this service each Monday and Friday at our Kangaroo Flat site.
There is a $10 appointment fee for the first appointment and each review appointment.
There is a $15 fee for joint appointments with the paediatric physiotherapist.
Any additional costs for orthotics/other supplies will be discussed with you before issue.
There is often a waiting list for this service.
Last updated: August 2020.
Raising children can be hard work and almost everyone’s experience is different. Our Family Services team works with you to help your family make good changes.
A Family Support worker will help families identify what is important to them and their children, develop a clear plan of action and support the family to reach their goals.
Some examples of how the Family Services can help include:
Family Service workers will talk with you about achieving your goals, and help you get there.
We also run parenting groups to provide you with the right information to reach your goals.
You can access our Family Services team by contacting Child FIRST to discuss your concerns and get a referral or contact our Kangaroo Flat site direct:
Kangaroo Flat
Address: 13 Helm Street, Kangaroo Flat
Phone: 5430 0500
Hours: 9am to 5pm.
If you are facing an emergency, call 000.
Do you need child care? We are now taking bookings for 2021. To learn more click here
We offer quality childcare as part of our Family Day Care program.
Care is provided in the home of approved educators supported by our Family Day Care team.
Our educators have no more than four children under school age and may have up to three primary school aged children in a group setting.
Our Family Day Care Program operates under the same national law as other forms of child care which means we must follow national regulations, quality and qualification standards, learning frameworks and an assessment and rating process.
The latest research shows a strong relationship with significant adults is important to a child's early learning and the small group environment of Family Day Care allows for those strong bonds and promotes effective learning and social development.
Contact our Family Day Care team by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 5406 1200.
There is a child care fee to use Family Day Care. Please contact our team by email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 5406 1200 to learn more.
The Australian Government provides financial assistance to reduce the cost of child care for families. For more information about the Child Care Subsidy visit https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/child-care-subsidy
There are a number of requirements Family Day Care educators must meet.
You must have:
Meet one of our Early Childhood Educators: Jordana shares her thoughts on the rewards of this career
Please call our Family Day Care team on 5406 1382 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to register, learn more about becoming an FDC educator or have any questions answered.
Last updated: January 2020.
This family-based program cares for children from birth to seven years of age with a developmental delay or disability.
We work in partnership with you and your family to deliver the knowledge and skills to support the changing needs of your child and family.
The Early Intervention team promotes child development and learning through stimulation and play.
The program will provide you with information, support and resources, individual programs, group sessions, support to families and children in the transition process to pre-school or school, occupational therapy, early childhood teaching, speech pathology and more.
The learning and development from the program can be provided within the home and community settings.
Some of the areas in which our Early Intervention Program team may assist children and their families are:
The Early Childhood Intervention Program is a registered and accredited National Disability Insurance Scheme provider.
For more information please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 5406 1200.
If you have your NDIS plan, we will:
The services we offer:
The Early Intervention Program runs from our Kangaroo Flat site.
Kangaroo Flat
Address: 19 Helm Street, Kangaroo Flat
Phone: 5406 1200
Hours: 9am to 5pm.
If you are facing an emergency, call 000.
Last updated: January 2020
This children’s health and wellbeing service responds to the needs of children with:
The program is staffed by specialists in caring for children and teenagers up to 18 years.
A current referral from your general practitioner is needed to access the paediatricians.
If you do not have a current referral or your referral is out of date we will need to reschedule your appointment until we get a current referral from your GP or health professional. Please make sure you have a current referral well in advance of your appointment to avoid any delay. We appreciate your support with this.
Please note the extremely high demand for our community paediatric service means we can have a waiting list of 12 months at times. Please contact us to get an update on this situation at anytime.
Child Health Invest operates from our Kangaroo Flat site between 9am and 5pm from Monday to Friday.
If you have a healthcare card most services are bulk billed, otherwise a gap fee will be charged.
NOTE: Some speciality assessments will require payment.
Call our Kangaroo Flat site to book an appointment with our Child Health Invest team:
Kangaroo Flat
Address: 19 Helm Street, Kangaroo Flat
Phone: 5406 1200
Hours: 9am to 5pm.
If you are facing an emergency, call 000.
Last updated: March 2021.
165-171 Hargreaves Street
Now open for our women's, men's and sexual health clinics on a strictly 'appointment only' basis. Call 5406 1200 if you have a question.
Our Eaglehawk medical practice is currently located at
75 Mitchell Street, Bendigo
Phone: 03 5406 1200
Fax: 03 5441 4200
Acknowledgement of Country
Bendigo Community Health Services acknowledge we live, work and enjoy Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung country. We extend our appreciation to the Jaara and Taungurung peoples. We pay respect to Elders past and present for their continued holding of memories, traditions, culture and community aspirations.
We recognise sovereignty has never been ceded and express our sorrow for the personal, spiritual and cultural costs of colonisation and their lasting impact. May we walk forward together in harmony and the spirit of healing. It was and always will be Aboriginal land.
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