Behaviour Problems in Children and Adolescents
- A Service Overview

Children under 5 years
Information and Education
- Child, Adult & Family Team (4 years and over)
- Child and Family Nursing Team (early childhood)
- CATS Outreach Therapy Service
- Child Development Service
- Macarthur Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
- Social Work Service (Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals)
- Spot Chat Clinics
Counselling and Management
- Child, Adult & Family Team (4 years and over)
- Macarthur Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

Children 5-11 years
Information and Education
- Child, Adult & Family Team (4 years and over)
- Child and Family Nursing Team (early childhood)
- Child Development Service
- Macarthur Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
- Social Work Service (Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals)
- Spot Chat Clinics
Counselling and Management
- Child, Adult & Family Team (4 years and over)
- Macarthur Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

Children 12 years and over
Information and Education
- Social Work Service (Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals)
- TraXside Youth Health Service
Counselling and Management
- TraXside Youth Health Service

Additional Support Services
These organisations may offer advice, groups and practical help in times of stress and crisis. Some of these services may charge a fee.
Centacare: (02) 4628 0044
Department of Community Services: 13 2111
Family Support Services:
Campbelltown: (02) 4628 7233
Glenquarie: (02) 9824 5544
Wollondilly: (02) 4683 3488
General practitioners
Kids Helpline: 1800 551 800
Karitane: 1800 677 961
Lifeline: 13 1114
Paediatricians: requires GP referral
Parent Line: 13 2055
Salvo Suicide Prevention/Crisis Line: (02) 9331 2000
School counsellors
Tharawal Aboriginal Corporarion: (02) 4628 4837
Tresillian: 1800 637 357
Youth Centres: Look under Youth Organisations in the Yellow Pages

Campbelltown City Council Children's Services

Long Day Care
Permanent care at one of eight accredited Long Day Care centres. Educational programs for babies and pre-schoolers are included.
Phone: (02) 4645 4356
Family Day Care
Children are cared for in registered carers' homes at times that fit in with parents' needs.
Phone: (02) 4645 4600
Occasional Care
Two Occasional Care Centres are available for children aged from 0-6 years.
Phone: (02) 4627 4527 (Campbelltown), or (02) 9829 2626 (Ingleburn)
Outside School Hours Care
Catering for children aged from 5-12 years, this service offers Before and After School Care and Vacation Care. It is available through Family Day Care and at a number of Council's child care centres.
Phone: (02) 4645 4471
In Home Care
Caters for children in their own homes and who are not eligible for other day care. Those eligible may be multiple child families, shift workers, parents or children with illnesses or disabilities or breast-feeding mothers working from home.
Phone: (02) 4645 4600
Children's Services Support Team
Supporting children with additional or special needs, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and children with other special needs.
Phone: (02) 4645 4356

Helplines for Infants and Children

Campbelltown Family Day Care

In-Home Care Service: For young children in the parent's own home who are unable to access main stream services, such as parents or children with disabilities, prolonged illness, breast feeding mothers, shift workers, numerous children. Parents home must comply with Kidz Safe standards.
Council Service: Provides child care for children aged from birth to 12 years in the homes of selected registered caregivers. Care available 7 days, limited evenings, overnight and weekends. Full, part time and occasional care, before and after school, emergency and vacation care.

44/46 Broughton St Campbelltown 2560
Phone: (02) 4645 4600
Fax: (02) 4625 6409

Campbelltown Family Support Service

Personal and practical support to families experiencing stress or crisis and who have dependent children.

35 Broughton St Campbelltown 2560
PO Box 432 Campbelltown 2560
Phone: (02) 4628 7233
Fax: (02) 4628 1743
Email: cfss@bigpond.com.au

CATS Outreach Therapy Service

This agency provides therapy services in a number of community locations for families with children aged 0-school entry. It aims to assist parents in understanding and helping their chold's developmental needs and progress through therapy and education in a safe, fun environment.

Phone: (02) 4634 3500

Child and Family Information Service

This service is for families with children between the ages of birth and 12 years. Childcare information, advisory service, advocacy and referral. This service will access additional needs children into mainstream services.

Level 1, 30-34 Wilson St, Newtown NSW 2042
Phone: (02) 9557 0900, or 1800 803 820
Fax: (02) 9550 2927
TTY: (02) 9557 1410
Email: data@gowrie-sydney.com.au

Macarthur Child and Family Nursing Team

The Child and Family Nursing Team seeks to provide a flexible and family based service to families and children 0-16 years living in Macarthur. Child and family nurses provide health education and promotion in the form of baby clinics, parenting groups, individual client care and primary school involvement. Nurses attempt to contact every new mother within one week of discharge from hospital and offer a home visit for the first visit after the baby's birth. Primary school involvement includes hearing and vision screening, sun safe awareness and the Alley Cats program.

14 Queen St, Narellan NSW 2567
Phone: (02) 4634 3831 or 0407 213 711
Fax: (02) 4640 3513

Children of Prisoners Support Group

Independent community based organisation, jointly funded by the Dept of Corrective Services and the Dept of Community Services with the aim of providing support and practical assistance to children of prisoners, imprisoned parents and outside carers. The objective is to minimise the trauma that children suffer when a parent is imprisoned and to help maintain quality relationships within the family both during incarceration and post release.

The Cottage, Holker St Silverwater 2115
PO Box 67 Ermington 2115
Phone: (02) 9714 3000
Fax: (02) 9714 3030
Email: copsg@ihug.com.au

Children's Services Support Team

Work with children aged 0-12 years in the three areas of disability, non-English speaking background and Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander background and Australian South Sea Islander background. All services, which include long day care centres, family day care, occasional care and outside school hours care are Federally funded.

PO Box 57 Campbelltown 2560
Phone: (02) 4645 4356
Fax: (02) 4645 4349

Children's Services Switchboard

Provides telephone information about childrens services to parents and the wider community. For children aged birth to 13 years.

Level 1, 30-34 Wilson St Newtown 2042
Phone: (02) 9557 0900
Freecall: 1800 803 820
Fax: (02) 9550 2927
Email: switchboard@gowrie-sydney.com.au

Claymore Family Centre

Provides services for families in Claymore: groups (children and parents), home visiting, community development, children's holiday activities

cnr Badgally Rd and Dobell Rd Claymore 2559
Phone: ?
Fax: (02) 4625 0529

Centacare

Catholic family welfare services. Marriage, family and relationship counselling for Catholic schools.

School child and family program: offers counselling, groupwork, community education, support for school personnel, in-service training.
Family link foster care program: supports families in crisis by providing temporary care for children 0-12 years for 2-3 weeks.
Family skills training program: offers courses and workshops to provide education, training and support for parents of children birth to 18 years, who wish to improve their parenting skills.
Marriage and relationship education: is a preventative program which aims to promote healthy relationships and stable marriages.
Natural family planning: provides professional advice to couples wanting to use natural methods.
Pregnancy support counselling: assists women and girls with problems relating to pregnancy.
Information and referral: provides up to date information about services in the community as well as information about your rights.
Children's contact service:
South west access service: supervised visits for children with their natural parents. Children under care of Director General. Referrals through Dept of Community Services.
Community support program: support for long term unemployed in gaining skills and confidence to rejoin the workforce.
Chaplin for Juvenile Justice: support for adolescents in Juvenile Justice Centre.

Centacare
"Maryfields", Narellan Rd, Campbelltown NSW 2560
PO Box 500 Campbelltown NSW 2560
Phone: (02) 4628 0044
Fax: (02) 4628 4549
Email: admin@centacare.woll.catholic.org.au
Website: www.centacare.woll.catholic.org.au

Centacare Children's Contact Service

A supervised contact and changeover service for children and parents in outer south west Sydney and the Illawarra area

The CCCS provides a venue for the safe transfer of children between separated parents, and meaningful interaction between children and non-residential parents during contact visits. The Service id for families who are experiencing conflict or diffculties around contact and changeover arrangements for their children.

The Service conducts an extensive screening and assessment process. Acceptance into the program is also dependent on the level of service availability, the capacity of the non-residential parent to parent their child/ren, the Service's ability to ensure the safety and security of children, parents and staff, and both parties siging a service agreement.

Supervised contact sessions will be two hours duration. Participation in the program is dependent on parents successfully completing an intake assessment. It is voluntary and requires a commitment from both parents to achieve self management of contact.

Referral: through an agency or self referral.
Funded by the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services

Centacare Children's Contact Service, Macarthur
PO Box 500 Campbelltown 2560
35a Cordeaux St Campbelltown 2560
Phone: (02) 4628 0044
Fax: (02) 4628 4549

Dial-a-Mum

A telephone support service operated and funded by trained volunteer mothers. Anyone who is lonely, depresssed, frightened or worried can ring the service and receive help in talking over their problems.

PO Box 241 Wahroonga 2076
Phone: (02) 9477 6777

Karitane

Karitane Residential Unit admits families with young children who require professional assistance in dealing with behavioural and nutritional difficulties. In-patient stay for the mother and baby.

cnr The Horsley Dr and Mitchell St Carramar 2163
Phone: (02) 9794 1800
Hotline 24 hours: (02) 9794 1852, or 1800 677 961
Fax: (02) 9794 1858
Email: kate.mejaha@swsahs.nsw.gov.au

Community Groups for New Mothers and Young Children

Infants Info
This series of groups supports learning skills of parents with a new baby. Subjects covered supplement the information and support you get from your nurse at the parent advisory clinic. Free baby sitting.
Location: Narellan CHC, Wollondilly CHC
Wednesday and Friday 9.45am to 12 noon

Toddlers Group
This is a series of workshops to help parents understand a toddlers normal behaviour and why they do the thigs they do. Find out different ways to manage their sometimes difficult behviour. Free baby sitting.
Location: Narellan CHC, Wollondilly CHC, Rosemeadow CHC
Tuesday and Friday 9.45am to 12 noon

Welcome to Parenthood (0-4 months) &
New Mum's Group (4-12 months)
A series of groups to help new mums gain confidence with the care of their newborn babies.
Location: Currans Hill Community Centre
Tuesday 12.30pm to 2.30 pm

Toddler Talks
A series of workshops to assist parents in understanding their toddler.
Location: Ingleburn CHC
Friday 10.15am to 12.30pm

New Mums' Group
A series of groups to assist you in your role as new mum.
Location: Rosemeadow CHC
Friday 10.15am to 12.30pm

After Hours Clinics
Location: Baby Target
Thursday 5pm to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 12.30pm

ADHD Family Worker

Mission Australia has a family support worker who specialises in behaviour management prolems and family work. This is a free service. Referrals can be made by the family or through another service. It is open to families which have children aged from 0-12 years with ADD, ADHD, or suspected ADHD living in the Macarthur area.

Sharon Dunshea
Mission Australia
317 Queen St Campbelltown NSW 2560
Phone: (02) 4628 0211, or (02) 4628 9332
Fax: (02) 4628 5971
Email: Dunsheas@mission.com.au

Australian Breastfeeding Association

Formerly Nursing Mothers Association of Australia

A voluntary organisation which encourages, supports and educates mothers who wish to breast feed their babies, while creating in the community an awareness of human milk. We do this through mother-to-mother support, co-operation with health professionals, public relations and community education and liaison and exchange with interested individuals and organisations. Our breastfeeding counsellors are mothers who have breastfed their own babies and have undergone extensive training. Counsellors are available 7 days a week to discuss breastfeeding matters.

Group Counsellors

Breastfeeding Helpline: (02) 8853 4999

Benefits of Membership

• Help with breastfeeding from local trained breastfeeding counsellors
• opportunities to meet other mothers in your local area, share experiences and form friendships
• Accurate up-to-date breastfeeding information
• A regular informative magazine - "Essence"
• Your local group library has a range of books on pregnancy, breastfeeding and parenting
• An easy shop at home catalogue, including our range of breastfeeding books and booklets
• Discount breast pump hire

Australian Breastfeeding Association
1818-1822 Malvern Rd East Malvern Vic 3145
PO Box 4000, Glen Iris Vic 3146
Phone: (03) 9885 0855
Fax: (03) 9885 0866

Australian Breastfeeding Association - NSW Branch
PO Box 680, Baulkham Hills NSW 2153
Phone: (02) 9639 8686 (counselling)
Fax: (02) 9 639 5108
Email: abansw@tig.com.au
Email: info@breastfeeding.asn.au
Website: www.breastfeeding.asn.au

Macarthur Community Counselling Team  (MCCT)

This is a counselling team working with families, children ( 0 - 11 years) who have behavioual and emotional problems and adults (21 years and older) about seperation, divorce, grief, depression, anxiety and stress management.

MCCT has produced a booklet on separation and divorce for children.

MCCT has also previously provided training to students and other workers in topics like suicide prevention, child behaviour management, etc.

Traxside Youth services - see the 12-21 years olds : cal 4625-2525

Phone: (02) 4633-4100 ( ask for Community Counselling)

Trading hours: Monday, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 9am-4pm
Wednesdays: 1pm-4pm

Focus on New Families

Free community service that offers first time parents valuable support through pregnancy and early childhood. Focus is available to all new families. Support groups are provided on a weekly basis at the centre. Trained volunteers, known as Family Aides, provide practical and emotional support through home visits, telephone support, occasional care, playgroup, community transport.

8 Iolanthe St Campbelltown 2560
PO Box 357 Campbelltown 2560
Phone: (02) 4628 1182
Fax: (02) 4628 1182
Email: focus@ispdr.net.au

Homestart

Phone: (02) 4633 3777

Ingleburn Early Childhood Service / Baby Health Care

Monitors child health and development, mothercraft and post natal care, support and education for parents, groupwork.

Carlisle St, Ingleburn NSW 2565
Phone: (02) 9605 1218

Kids Help Line

Confidential 24 hour telephone counselling service for children aged 5 to 18.

Suite 9, 97 Castlemaine St, Milton, Qld 4059
PO Box 376 Red Hill Qld 4059
Help Line: 1800 551 800
Phone: (07) 3367 1588
Fax: (07) 3367 1266
Email: admin@kidshelp.com.au
Website: www.kidshelp.com.au

Kidsnet Telephone Info Service

Hospital service staffed by trained paediatric nurses to answer caregivers queries on acute health issues.

Childrens Hospital Westmead
Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead NSW 2145
Locked Bag 4001 Westmead 2145
Phone: (02) 9845 2432

Liverpool Child and Parent Stress Centre

24 hour telephone counselling, ongoing support, home visits, face to face counselling and referral services.

17 Speed St Liverpool 2170
Freecall: 1800 688 009
Fax: (02) 9716 8159

Macarthur Early Childhood Nursing

Weekdays 9.00am to 4.30pm
Phone: (02) 4634 3831 or 0407 213 711

Macarthur Home Start

Volunteer home visiting scheme to provide practical and social support to families who have young children.

The Benevolent Society
6-8 Iolanthe St Campbelltown 2560
Phone: (02) 4633 3777
Fax: (02) 4627 4954
TTY: (02) 4627 2792

Macarthur Occasional Care

Child minding with educational and safe activities in a caring environment with qualified staff while you shop. For children 6 weeks to 5 years, $4.00 per hour.
Location: 4th floor ?Macarthur Square

Tuesdays to Fridays 9.00am to 3.00pm
Phone: (02) 4626 3564

Macarthur Oncology Support Group

Provides support and outings for families of young cancer patients who are being treated through Westmead Childrens Hospital, Westmead.

Phone: (02) 9820 1307

NSW Childcare Inclusion Support Service

The role of NCISS is to support the inclusion of children with additional needs into Commonwealth funded childcare services. This includes supporting the Supplementary Services (SUPS) program and Special Needs Subsidy Scheme (SNSS), through training, information, consultation, resources and equipment. This support is primarily for SUPS workers.

3 Joynton Av Zetland NSW 2017
PO Box 6385 Alexandria NSW 2015
Phone: (02) 8345 7636