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The
Parent Helpline
a
telephone information service for parents in South Australia.
www.cyh.com/SubContent.aspx?p=102
1300
364 100 (local call cost within South Australia)
The
Children, Youth and Women's Health Services (CYWHS) Parent
Helpline provides telephone information and support - 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year.
- It
is available to parents of children/young people from
birth to twenty-five years who live anywhere in South
Australia.
- It
provides information about health, behaviour and relationships
for parents and people working with children and young
people.
- It
is able to provide information to callers on where to
go for further help.
- Calls
are confidential and you don't have to give your name
unless you wish to.
- Parent
Helpline staff have an information database based on the
latest research, so they can give you the most up-to-date
information when you call.
- Staff
are qualified nurses, social workers, community health
workers and selected volunteers. All staff receive ongoing
training and support.
Australian
Childhood Immunisation Register
www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/public/services/acir/index.shtml
The
Australian Childhood Register (the Immunisation Register)
is a national register administered by Medicare Australia
that records details of vaccinations given to children under
seven years of age who live in Australia.
For
more information call the Australian Childhood Immunisation
Register on 1800 653 809.
Disability
- volunteer support
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/
bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Disability_volunteer_support
Interchange
provides personalised respite and social support services
to families of children and young people with a disability.
There are 16 separate, community based Interchange programs
across Victoria, located in 26 metropolitan and rural areas.
Volunteers
are especially recruited by all Interchange programs to
help give families a break from their demanding caring role,
and to provide the children with quality experiences and
new relationships. The children or young people have a range
of physical, intellectual or sensory disabilities.
 Interchange's
main service is the Host Carer program, where a volunteer
is matched with, and cares for, a child with a disability
in the volunteer's home on a regular basis. This may be
one day or one weekend a month. Ongoing training and support
are provided to maintain these vital relationships.
Contact
Interchange Victoria on 1300 300 436 for more information.
Reflux
Infants Support Association (RISA)
http://www.reflux.org.au/
The
Reflux Infants Support Association (RISA) Inc is an Australian
based community support group that aims to encourage and
give confidence and moral support to families of infants
and children who have problems associated with Gastro-Oesophageal
Reflux (GOR, reflux).
Phone
(07) 3229 1090, contacts are parents who have been through
the difficult experiences of day-to-day life with a child
who has gastro-oesophageal reflux. They are happy to provide
emotional support, encouragement, and information. They
cannot provide medical advice.
ChIPS
- Chronic Illness Peer Support
http://www.rch.org.au/chips/index.cfm?doc_id=295
ChIPS
is a Chronic Illness Peer Support program for young people
living with any type of chronic illness or medical condition.
The
ChIPS Program has been assisting young people with chronic
illness for over 13 years. The program is based in Melbourne
at the Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children's Hospital.
ChIPS programs are also available in Bairnsdale (regional
Victoria), Sydney (NSW) and Mackay (Queensland). The main
purposes of this site are to:
- Enhance
links between ChIPS members regardless of geographical
location.
- Provide
information about the ChIPS program to the community.
- Provide
ChIPS and Friends of ChIPS members with up to date information
about coming events.
- Increase
public awareness regarding chronic illness and adolescents.
For
More information on ChIPS please contact:
Kristen
Kappel
ChIPS Coordinator
Centre
for Adolescent Health
2 Gatehouse Street
Parkville Victoria 3052
Phone
+61 3 9345 6616
To contact
the Sydney ChIPS program please contact:
Michele
Casey
ChIPS Coordinator
Adolescent Medicine Unit
The Children's Hospital Westmead
Locked Bag 4001
Westmead NSW 2145
Phone +61 2 9845 2446
To contact
the Bairnsdale ChIPS program please contact:
Anne
Cross
ChIPS Coordinator
Phone 0438 805 429
A ChIPS
Program also runs in Mackay (Queensland) - contact Kristen
for further details.
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