Tweddle's consultants are still available to support your family through virtual home visits and tele-health. Contact us at info@tweddle.org.au and one of our triaging nurses will be in touch.
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Tweddle's Parent Info Hub has dozens of links to resources including videos, help lines, expert tips and more. Download Tweddle's parenting app if you need additional support.
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Tweddle will be moving all professional development and training online. Please keep in touch and we will post new programs soon.
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Our new virtual visits, tele-health and online education will deliver the same trusted early parenting education and support, only now it will be via mobile devices.To get support please email us at info@tweddle.org.au
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As always, the needs of babies, toddlers and families are Tweddle’s priority. We have been working around the clock to ensure we can continue delivering vital early parenting support. Our new virtual visits and tele-health will deliver the same trusted early parenting education and support, only now it will be face to face to your mobile phone, laptop, ipad or other device. You can now self-refer. Be reassured that you can continue to contact us, if you need help with sleep and settling, attachment, behaviour, understanding your baby’s cues, feeding queries and childbirth education needs. To get support please email us at info@tweddle.org.au
We have a dedicated team triaging our enquiries and will respond to your needs as soon as we can. In the meantime, we have added resources to our Tweddle website Parent Hub. We look forward to connecting with you until which time we eventually return to our regular services, hopefully, in the not too distant future.
Stay well and take care.

Programs and services include Residential and Day Stay, In Home, telephone and Skype consultations, MyTime for parents and carers of children with special needs, prison program, Childbirth Education, Parenting Assessment and Skills Development (PASDS), Parenting Workshops in the community and Professional Development. All of Tweddle’s programs change the trajectory of family’s lives, with far reaching consequences now and for generations.

New Tweddle Virtual Visits and Tele-health program delivery
March 27 2020

As always, the needs of babies, toddlers and families are Tweddle’s priority. We have been working around the clock to ensure we can continue delivering vital early parenting support. Our new virtual visits and tele-health will deliver the same trusted early parenting education and support, only now it will be face to face to your mobile phone, laptop, ipad or other device. Be reassured that you can continue to contact us, if you need help with sleep and settling, attachment, behaviour, understanding your baby’s cues, feeding queries and childbirth education needs. You are now able to self refer. To get support please email us at info@tweddle.org.au

We have a dedicated team triaging our enquiries and will respond to your needs as soon as we can. In the meantime, we have added resources to our Tweddle website Parent Hub. We look forward to connecting with you until which time we eventually return to our regular services, hopefully, in the not too distant future.

Stay well and take care.

 

Tweddle program update - Tweddle CEO
March 23 2020

Tweddle will be doing our utmost to continue to help babies, toddlers, families and the health professionals that care for them during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the direction of the Department of Health and Human Services, we are offering reduced residential and day stay programs with the exception of our Bacchus Marsh Day Stay which will temporarily close.

We will be moving to virtual visits, online parenting education and telehealth so we can help you face to face. Consultations can be through Skype, Zoom, Face-time and other platforms. Families are now able to self-refer.

Even though Working Out Dads, PlaySteps and MyTime groups are currently on hold, enquiries are still welcomed and we will contact you when the programs resume.

 

Our Programs

Day Stay Programs
Tweddle provides early parenting Day Stay programs in Footscray, Geelong, Bacchus Marsh in partnership with Djerriwarrh Health Service, Kings Park in partnership with Brimbank City Council, Terang in partnership with Terang & Mortlake Health Service and in Mill Park in partnership with the City of Whittlesea.
MyTime
MyTime provides support for mothers, fathers, grandparents and anyone caring for a child with a disability, developmental delay or chronic medical condition. MyTime provides a place to socialise, discuss, to access information, and to support and be supported by other carers...
In Home Service
Tweddle offer gentle solutions to helping your baby or young child learn to sleep and settle. We provide expert in home and telephone support for baby and toddler sleep, settling, behaviour, feeding and parenting uncertainty...
Working Out Dads
Tweddle Child & Family Health Service are now recruiting for our next Brimbank and Wyndham Working Out Dads groups, a ground-breaking parenting program for dads of children aged 0-4.
Residential Program
The Tweddle Residential Program operates from Monday to Friday each week for vulnerable families struggling with a range of parenting challenges. The early intervention and prevention program has a focus on strengthening attachment, building resilience and supporting you to understand your baby's cues....
Childbirth Education
Tweddle offers a comprehensive range of childbirth education classes in a relaxed informal atmosphere, in partnership with Western Health. You can choose from classes that run across two Thursday evenings, or full day classes on either a Saturday or a Sunday. Bookings should be made at the 20 - 30 week gestation period.
Parenting Assessment and Skills Development
Tweddle's Parenting Assessment and Skills Development Service (PASDS) is available to parents who have children between 0 and 3 years who are currently involved with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Professional Development
Tweddle provide training programs and parenting workshops delivered by qualified educators with extensive knowledge and experience specialising in infant mental health, attachment, early parenting support and family partnership education. Tweddle can tailor Professional Development packages for staff, held either at Tweddle in Footscray or at a location that's convenient to you.

Impact of Our Programs

3613

Mums, Dads, Babies & Toddlers (Resi/Day Stay/InHome/PASDs/HoPES)

2,179

Day Stay Clients

354

In Home Clients

720

Childbirth Education families

1594

Completed Assessment and Intake Services

110

MyTime Families

122

Working Out Dads

14

Locations : Pascoe Vale, Wyndham Vale, Maidstone, Point Cook,  Hobsons Bay (Newport)  Brimbank, Maribynong, Melton, Whittlesea, Geelong, Terang, Bacchus Marsh, 

64%

MCHN referrals to Tweddle

 

Make A Difference Today

Social Change
Tweddle is a public hospital and preventative health organisation working upstream with a focus on social change. We foster resilience in families experiencing mental ill health, family violence, isolation, addiction and exhaustion.
The Tweddle Foundation
The Tweddle Foundation supports the critical work and facilities of Tweddle Child and Family Health Service. Help us build a future for vulnerable families so that babies and toddlers get a good start in life.
Get Involved
We welcome your partnership in helping us change lives. Whether it be workplace giving, corporate partnerships, bequests, volunteering or fundraising, your help will make a difference today and for the future.
Donate
Tweddle would like to acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Custodians, past and present, of this land Wurundjeri on which Tweddle provide its services.

Tweddle has a commitment to honouring and celebrating diversity in all staff, volunteers, and families, including full participation in programs, policy formulation, and decision-making. We acknowledge the fundamental value and dignity of all individuals and pledge to creating and maintaining an environment that respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences.
Tweddle acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government
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