Disability Support and Children's Services | mcm

If your child is living with a disability and acts in a way that is worrying or hard to control, we can support you.

Using a family-centred approach, this program supports and empowers families and communities to maximise the inclusion and development of children aged from 0 to 6 years with a developmental delay.

If you child is living with a disability or has additional needs, we can offer you support, information and someone to stand up for you.

If your child has been diagnosed with Autism, we can work in partnership with you to support your child at home, kindergarten, school, childcare and other community locations.

If you are a parent living with a learning difficulty, we can match you with another parent who can help you gain confidence and grow as a parent.

If your child is 3 to 12 years of age and is socially isolated, has a learning difficulty or disability, we can help them build their self-esteem, and their communication and social skills.

If one of your children is living with a disability, we can provide a space where your other children can have fun and socialise outside of the family home.

The Children’s Centre, located in Brunswick, provides full- or part-time care to children from 3 months to school age in 4 age-appropriate playrooms.

If you want to develop your parenting skills and meet other parents in your community, join our Child Care Links program.

Melbourne Citymission’s Heritage Service supports people who have left care to gather records and historical material.

If you are living with a disability and require 24-hour accommodation and support, we can support you to live in a suburban house within the local community.

If you are living with a disability, we can support you to access services, to maximise your quality of life so you can participate in the community.

Multiple and Complex Needs Initiative (MACNI) targets individuals aged 16 or over who have multiple and complex needs. The program is time limited and centres on specialist intervention that aims to stabilise housing, health, social connectedness and safety issues.

Community Integration and Accommodation Options (CIAO) is a supported accommodation program for young people aged 16 to 18 years who are on statutory orders (Protective and Youth Justice) and in transition out of home-care services, Department of Human Services.

If you are living with a disability, we can help you to develop the life-skills you want so you can be more independent in your community.

If you are the primary caregiver for someone who is living with a disability, we can provide short-term breaks to support you.

If you are living with a disability or mental illness, we can match you with a volunteer who can help you to get out and about in the community.

If you are aged 16 years or over and living with a disability, Bridges can offer you community-based adult training and support.

The Community Visitors Scheme seeks volunteers who can commit to building a friendship with an older person living in an aged care home who may be lonely and isolated.

If you are living with an acquired brain injury(ABI), the Compass Clubhouse can support you to regain life and work skills and participate more meaningfully in the community.

If you are living with an acquired brain injury (ABI), we can support you to participate in the community, maximising your quality of life.

If you are living with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), we can support you to get involved in your community and get the most out of local support services.

If you are living or working with children and young people with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), we can support you.

If you are living with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), our Neighbour-ring program can support you to make more friends and be part of a wider group in your local neighbourhood.

If you are living with an acquired brain injury(ABI), the Compass Clubhouse can support you to regain life and work skills and participate more meaningfully in the community.

If you are living with an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and have previously had case management, we can assist you to make sure that things keep running smoothly and help maintain your independence.

If you have received compensation as a result of your Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), or are able to self-fund your services, then we can support you to participate in your community, maximising your quality of life.

Using a Community Development approach Melbourne Citymission’s Place Based Services work in partnership with key stakeholders and people living in the East Reservoir area to improve outcomes for children and their families. This means that we listen to people and work with them to develop programs, services and responses that meet their need.

Using a Community Development approach Melbourne Citymission’s Place Based Services work in partnership with key stakeholders and people living in the Broadmeadows Community Neighbourhood Renewal (BCNR) area to improve outcomes for children and their families. This means that we listen to people and work with them to develop programs, services and responses that meet their needs.

As a member of the Executive for the Whittlesea Community Futures Partnership, we are working in partnership with key stakeholders in the area to plan and implement a range of community development initiatives. This includes the Thomastown Main Street Precinct development, where we are working in partnership to develop new options for the Early Years on the Precinct.

The Public Internet Access Project aims to reduce barriers to internet use in Victoria. The project is funded by the Department of Planning and Community Development in partnership with Vicnet, a division of the State Library.