Family and Child Health and Immunisation Services
Pyrenees Shire Council provides a free Family and Child Health and Immunisation Service for families with children aged from birth to 4 years.
Immunisations are arranged by appointment at 6 weeks, 4 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, and 4 years of age. Seasonal influenza vaccine is also offered to children from 6 months to 5 years of age for free.
The service is staffed by Child and Family Health nurses with general, midwifery and post graduate maternal and child health training. Your hospital midwife will notify us of your baby’s birth. One of the Child and Family Health nurses will then contact you to arrange a home visit.
The Family and Child Health Service helps coordinate and support New Parent Groups and Supported Playgroups across the Shire.
Key age and stage visits
At each visit the nurse will check your child’s growth and development including fine and gross motor skills, hearing, vision, and speech. At each appointment you can talk to the nurse about your concerns or ask questions about your child and parenting issues.
Our service can provide you with information about parenting and child development including infant feeding and nutrition, sleep and settling strategies, child behaviour and development, family health and well-being and support for the emotional well-being of new parents.
More information on each of these visits is available at www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/:
Family and Child Health appointments
To make a Family and Child Health appointment please call:
- Team Leader Early Years and Child and Family Health Nurse Sally: 0417 920 480
- Child and Family Health Nurse Sophia: 0492 083 490
- Pyrenees Shire Council: 1300 797 363
Day Locations and Times
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Location |
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Mondays
8.30-5.00pm
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Beaufort Early Childhood Centre
13 Park Road
Beaufort
Enhanced Home Visits by appointment
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1st and 3rd Tuesday
of each month
9.00am-5.00pm
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Snake Valley Hall
Linton Carngham Rd
Snake Valley
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4th Tuesday
of each month
9.00am-5.00pm
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Lexton Community Centre
1 Goldsmith Street
Lexton
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Wednesdays
9.00am - 5.00pm |
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Avoca Children's Centre
22 Liebig Street
Avoca
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Thursdays
8.30am - 3.00pm |
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Enhanced Home Visits - by appointment
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Friday
8.30am-3pm |
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By appointment only |
Safety First - Attending your appointment
Family and Child Health and Immunisation Services operate under a COVID Safe plan and protective measures remain in place to keep our community and staff healthy and safe.
Please do not attend your appointment if you or someone in your household is unwell. Please delay and reschedule your appointment.
Your Child Health Record
When your baby was born, you should have received a copy of the My Health, Learning and Development – green book. This book belongs to you and your baby and is full of information about early child development, and services and support.
Always take it with you when you visit your nurse, doctor or other health services, and get health professionals to complete entries after each visit. It should also be used to record immunisations.
Each time you see your maternal and child health nurse jot down any issues or concerns and fill out the sections on your child's growth and development. If you keep it up to date, it will become an important family record from birth to adolescence.
If you don't have a 'green book', let your nurse know.
After Hours Support and Important Links