Tweddle Child & Family Health Service

Tweddle Child & Family Health Service Tweddle is a statewide Early Parenting Centre here to support you and your family throughout the transition from pregnancy to parenting.

Tweddle is a state-wide Early Parenting Centre offering Residential, Day Stay, Telehealth and In-home support to parents of babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Tweddle’s experienced clinicians nurture child and caregiver relationships through sleep, play and connection, strengthening wellbeing, and building resilience. Programs build parenting confidence and connect families with community resources.

📢 Upcoming Professional Development!Along with helping out our families and children, our qualified educators with exten...
10/02/2026

📢 Upcoming Professional Development!
Along with helping out our families and children, our qualified educators with extensive knowledge and experience, provide professional development.
Our clinicians specialise in infant mental health, childhood trauma, attachment, early parenting support and family partnership education.

Reach out and book in today:
🌐www.tweddle.org.au/professional-development/
📞 (03) 9689 1577
✉️professionaldevelopment@tweddle.org.au.

📢We are delighted that thanks to growth in our capacity, we have managed to bring down our waiting times for Residential...
08/02/2026

📢We are delighted that thanks to growth in our capacity, we have managed to bring down our waiting times for Residential and Day Stay programs so that clients can access Tweddle without delay at both our Wyndham and Footscray sites.

📆With little to no wait time, there has never been a better time to connect with Tweddle.

🌐www.tweddle.com.au
📞(03) 9689 1557

Our books are open!Did you know that:✨Tweddle’s free Footscray and Wyndham Residential programs go for five days/four sl...
20/01/2026

Our books are open!

Did you know that:

✨Tweddle’s free Footscray and Wyndham Residential programs go for five days/four sleeps?

✨Tweddle’s weekly Day Stay programs run for six to seven hours?

✨Qualified Educators use therapeutic activities like story-time, puppets, singing, and sensory play to enhance attachment and strengthen parenting confidence?

✨Cots, toddler beds and adult beds are together in the same family suites?

✨Tweddle’s clinical team include psychologists, nurses, early parenting practitioners and social workers?

✨Bookings and referrals are easy. Visit Tweddle's website today or call if you have any questions.

📞(03) 9689 1577
🌐www.tweddle.org.au

22/12/2025

Today our staff came together and had the pleasure of learning about the culture of three of our most diverse client backgrounds, Indian, Chinese and Aboriginal.

Facilitated by , we learnt Chinese drumming and the history of these ancient instruments. We participated in learning Bollywood dance and how diverse each state of India really is. We got to draw Aboriginal icons and were invited to listen to the didgeridoo and learn the deeper meanings of storytelling.

Participating in these cultural activities strengthens our ties to the community we serve, and help build stronger relationships with babies, toddlers and families.

🌲Tweddle will be closed over the festive period from Friday 19th December and reopen on Monday January 5th 2025.🎅From al...
18/12/2025

🌲Tweddle will be closed over the festive period from Friday 19th December and reopen on Monday January 5th 2025.

🎅From all of us at Tweddle, we wish you a safe and happy festive season, and we look forward to helping your baby, toddler and family to thrive in 2026.

15/12/2025

If the tragic incident in Bondi is having an impact on you or someone you know, there are services available to help and support.

Talk to your doctor or mental health professional about what you are experiencing or talk to the following support services:

Lifeline: 13 11 14
Griefline: 1300 845 745
Beyondblue: 1300 22 4636
Partners in Wellbeing: 1300 375 330
Yarning Safe ‘N’ Strong: 1800 959 563

It is normal to have strong reactions following a distressing or frightening event, but there are things you can do to cope with and recover from trauma.

For more information, visit:
https://go.vic.gov.au/4q2YEE2

The Board of Tweddle Child and Family Health Service are pleased to invite interested members of the public to its 105th...
12/11/2025

The Board of Tweddle Child and Family Health Service are pleased to invite interested members of the public to its 105th Annual General Meeting.
📆 When: 26th November 2025, 4.00 - 4.45pm
📆 Where: Tweddle Footscray, 49-71 Adelaide Street

The Minister for Health, the Hon. Mary-Anne Thomas MP, is pleased to invite applications for part time board director po...
05/11/2025

The Minister for Health, the Hon. Mary-Anne Thomas MP, is pleased to invite applications for part time board director positions at Tweddle.
The positions start on 1 July 2026, for up to three years.
Applications close at Midnight, Sunday 23 November 2025.
For more information, visit:
www.health.vic.gov.au/board-applications

Our staff (and littlest clients) LOVE an opportunity to dress up! Happy Halloween! 👻🧙‍♀️🎃
31/10/2025

Our staff (and littlest clients) LOVE an opportunity to dress up!
Happy Halloween! 👻🧙‍♀️🎃

27/10/2025

✨ We were honoured to welcome proud Wurundjeri artist and Traditional Owner Simone Thomson (Woi-Wurrung/Yorta Yorta) to Tweddle Footscray, where she created a breathtaking mural for our training and education space. 

💛❤️🖤 Over two days, Simone painted a deeply moving and symbolic mural that captures Tweddle’s role in guiding and supporting families, and honours 65,000+ years of storytelling and reminds us that culture, community and care are central to everything we do at Tweddle.

The artwork also pays tribute to our much-loved former staff member, Barb Conroy (dec.). 

The mural features:
💛Animal tracks representing family journeys.
❤️Tools and coolamons symbolising shared knowledge and care, cultural symbols of protection, healing and connection to Country.
🖤A tribute to Barb, a Powerful Owl (Barb’s favourite) watching over all. 

With gratitude to Simone for her incredible work and to the William Angliss Charitable Fund for making this project possible.

It can be tough to connect with local services and organisations when you have your hands full with a newborn or toddler...
15/10/2025

It can be tough to connect with local services and organisations when you have your hands full with a newborn or toddler.

That’s why Katie Hall MP is inviting you to her upcoming event, ‘Welcoming the Babies’, a free event for newborns to toddlers, with information from local services, from kinder to sleep school.

There will be stalls and workshops by organisations such as , , , and many more.

📣 We’re proud to be presenting at The Centre’s OPEN Symposium 2025.This year’s theme, Collaborative practice: Working in...
14/10/2025

📣 We’re proud to be presenting at The Centre’s OPEN Symposium 2025.

This year’s theme, Collaborative practice: Working in partnership with children and families, brings together voices from across the sector to share ideas and innovations.

🌟 SESSION SPOTLIGHT: Supporting Parents with Cognitive Impairment
Presented by: Meli, Tweddle Child and Family Health Service, cohealth and Deakin University

Hear about the Steps to Confident Parenting program, a home based support model designed for parents with cognitive impairment. This collaborative and evidence informed initiative strengthens referral pathways and bridges research and practice.

🎟️ Tickets available now: 2025.OPENSymposium.com.au

🙏 Thanks to our sponsors: V***A - Victorian Aboriginal Child and Community Agency, Anglicare Victoria, Australian Childhood Trauma Group, Berry Street Yooralla, CSnet and Family Life.

Address

49-71 Adelaide Street
Seddon, VIC
3011

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+61396891577

Website

https://www.tweddle.org.au/online-self-referral/

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