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If you're in crisis, immediate help is available. This page lists key emergency contacts, including mental health support, family violence services, and child protection teams across Victoria. Whether you're seeking assistance for yourself, a loved one, or a child, these services are available to offer support.

Organisation

Contact Details

Further Details

Emergency Services

000

24 hours

Parent Line

13 22 89

8am – Midnight, 7 days per week

Nurse on Call

1300 606 024

24 hours

Kids Helpline

1800 55 1800

24 hours

Lifeline

13 11 14

24 hours

Maternal Health Line

13 22 29

24 hours

Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre

1800 015 188

24 hours

Orange Door

Refer to orangedoor.vic.gov.au for your local office

Monday to Friday, 9.00am to 5.00pm

Grief Line

1300 845 745

Midday – 12.00am

Doctors on Call

13 74 25

Monday to Friday, 6.00pm – 8.00am; Saturday 12.00pm – 12.00am; Sunday 24 hours

Headspace (mental health support for 12 – 25 years old)

1800 650 890

24 hours

Beyond Blue

1300 22 4636

24 hours

13YARN

13 92 76

24 hours; helpline to connect with an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Crisis Supporter.

Suicide Callback Service

1300 659 467

24/7 support for suicide risk and those concerned

Rainbow Door

1800 729 367

10am - 5pm, 7 days per week; providing information, support and referral to all LGBTIQA+ Victorians, their friends and family. 

Your General Practitioner

N/A

Contact your GP for mental health plan support

Crisis Assessment and Treatment Teams (CATT)

Local area services (see table below)

24/7 psychiatric support during a mental health crisis

Child Protective Services

Local area services (see table below)

24 hours; reporting suspected child abuse or neglect

Child Protection Unit Contacts

Division

Phone Number

Coverage

North Division

1300 598 521

Banyule, Buloke, Darebin, Campaspe, Central Goldfield, Gannawarra, Greater Bendigo, Hume, Loddon, Macedon Ranges, Mildura, Moreland, Mount Alexander, Nillumbik, Swan Hill, Whittlesea, Yarra.

South Division

1300 555 526

Bass Coast, Baw Baw, Bayside, Cardinia, Casey, East Gippsland, Frankston, Glen Eira, Greater Dandenong, Kingston, Latrobe, Mornington Peninsula, Port Phillip, South Gippsland, Stonnington, Wellington.

East Division

1300 360 452

Alpine, Benalla, Boroondara, Greater Shepparton, Indigo, Knox, Manningham, Mansfield, Maroondah, Mitchell, Moira, Monash, Murrindindi, Strathbogie, Towong, Wangaratta, Whitehorse, Wodonga, Yarra Ranges.

West Division

1300 360 462

Ararat, Ballarat, Brimbank, Colac-Otway, Corangamite, Glenelg, Golden Plains, Greater Geelong, Hepburn, Hobsons Bay, Hindmarsh, Horsham, Maribyrnong, Moorabool, Moyne, Melbourne, Melton, Moonee Valley, Northern Grampians, Pyrenees, Queenscliff, Southern Grampians, Wyndham, Surf Coast, Warrnambool, West Wimmera, Yarriambiack.

After Hours Child Protection Emergency Service

13 12 78

State-wide after-hours emergency service for new or existing child protection clients.

Operates 5.00pm to 9.00am Monday to Friday, 24 hours on weekends and public holidays

Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (CATT) and Triage Contacts – Metropolitan Service Areas

Name

Phone

Coverage

Central East

8am to 10pm
7 days a week

PH: 1300 721 927

Manningham (Local Government Area), Monash-Waverley East, Monash-Waverley West, Whitehorse-Box Hill and Whitehorse-Nunawading West (Statistical Local Areas)

Dandenong

24 hours

PH: 1300 369 012

Greater Dandenong, Casey, Cardinia (Local Government Areas) and Frankston-East (Statistical Local Area)

Inner South East

24 hours

PH: 1300 363 746

Port Phillip, Stonnington (Local Government Areas) and Glen Eira-Caulfield (Statistical Local Area)

Inner Urban East

24 hours

PH: 1300 558 862

Yarra and Boroondara (Local Government Areas)

Inner West

24 hours

PH: 1300 874 243

Mooney Valley and Melbourne (Local Government Areas)

Middle West

PH: 1300 874 243

Melton and Brimbank (Local Government Areas)

Middle South

PH: 1300 369 012

Bayside and Kingston (Local Government Areas)

North East

PH: 1300 859 789

Nillumbik and Banyule (Local Government Areas)

North West

PH: 1300 874 243

Hume and Moreland (Local Government Areas)

Northern

PH: 1300 874 243

Whittlesea and Darebin (Local Government Areas)

Outer East

PH: 1300 721 927

Maroondah, Knox, Yarra Ranges (Local Government Areas) and Whitehorse-Nunawading East (Statistical Local Area)

Peninsula

PH: 1300 792 977

Mornington Peninsula and French Island (Local Government Areas), Kingston-South and Frankston-West (Statistical Local Areas)

South West

PH: 1300 657 259

Wyndham, Hobsons Bay and Maribyrnong (Local Government Areas)

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