Caulfield Community Health Service
Caulfield Community Health Service (CCHS) consists of centre, community and home-based health professional services and health promotion activities. We assist people in our community to improve and maintain their health.
Clinical service overview
Services for adults
Note: links download service information as PDF
- Alfred Health Home Care Packages
- Community health nursing - including short-term support & monitoring
- Exercise physiology
- Needle syringe program
- Nutrition and dietetics
- Occupational therapy
- Physical activity - including strength training and Activate groups (download Health Assessment Questionnaire)
- Physiotherapy - including hydrotherapy
- Podiatry
- Social work - including counselling, casework, outreach, short term support & monitoring
- Speech pathology
- Type 2 Diabetes Service.
Groups for adults
Services for children and young people
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- Family counselling - social work
- Nutrition and dietetics for women and children
- Occupational therapy for children
- Physiotherapy for children
- Podiatry for children
- Psychology for children
- Speech pathology for children.
Promoting health in our community
Our Health Promotion Team aims to support health and wellbeing at the places our community spend their time.
This involves engaging with our diverse community to assist workplaces, sports and recreation facilities, early childhood services, schools, aged care facilities; including supported residential services and neighbourhood houses to identify, understand and explore opportunities to improve health and wellbeing.
We have adopted systems-thinking approaches to tackle population health priorities with our partners to capitalise on expert knowledge, share resources and skills to influence change on a larger scale.
Exclusion criteria
Compensable patients
We do not see patients who have access to TAC, DVA, WorkCover, and private health. These patients should seek services through these programs.
Refer your patient
Fax referral to us
Caulfield Access is responsible for intake, information and referral processing for a wide range of community and ambulatory services.
We accept referrals from GPs, specialists, family, carers, case managers and patients.
We also welcome phone enquiries to discuss potential referrals or an existing referral. Referrals are triaged depending on priority.
Patients requiring immediate assessment should be sent to the Emergency & Trauma Centre.
To refer a patient to a community service either:
- complete the Service Coordination Tool Template (SCTT) and submit electronically, or
- complete and fax your SCTT referral form to Caulfield Access Unit
Consider making referrals for chronic conditions indefinite.
Once a referral has been received, a Care Coordinator will phone the patient to discuss their needs and organise appropriate services. The Care Coordinator will provide the patient with their phone number. Patients are encouraged to contact the Care Coordinator if they have any concerns.
- Referral enquiries (03) 9076 6776
- Referral fax (03) 9076 6773
- Referral email gcgmcaccess@alfred.org.au
- General enquiries (03) 9076 6666
- Email cchs@cgmc.org.au
Resources
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Caulfield Community Walkers Flyer - CCHS 358 KB
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Community Health Nurse Brochure - CCHS
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Health Assessment Questionnaire - CCHS 264 KB
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Malvern Carer Support Group - CCHS 225 KB
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Nutrition and Dietetics - CCHS
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Physiotherapy for Children - CCHS
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Psychology for Children - CCHS
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Nutrition and Dietetics for Children & Women - CCHS
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Physical Activity for Adults - CCHS
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Physiotherapy - CCHS
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Podiatry - CCHS
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Podiatry for Children - CCHS
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Social Work: Counselling & Casework - CCHS
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Speech Pathology Brochure - CCHS