Maternal and Child Health Resources
On this page:
- COVID-19 updates
- Child Development Information System (CDIS)
- MCH Qualification Flowchart
- Consent
- MARAMIS
- Practice
- MCH Clinical Practice Videos
- Aspiring MCH students
- KAS visit links
COVID-19 updates
- COVID update - Hume City Council Experience - MCH Clinical Practice during COVID (Password required)
- COVID update – IPCAR (Infection Prevention & Control Advice & Response) session for MCH (Password required)
Child Development Information System (CDIS)
This site contains limited information in regards to CDIS – currently available are the CDIS tutorials for training of the MCH sector in the changes to CDIS. For all other information please refer to the Department of Health.
- Enhanced CDIS Education Project- Documentation in CDIS - November 2021 (Password required)
- CDIS Updates 7th October 2021 (PDF - 696KB)
- Enhanced CDIS Education Project Scenario 1 - General Overview August 2021 (Password required)
- Enhanced CDIS Education Project Scenario 2 – Use of CFAP – September 2021 (Password required)
- 2021 EMCH Practice note - July 2021 (Word - 2.7MB)
- CDIS Additional Assessment Tools Final 2021 (PowerPoint - 2.3MB)
- CDIS Additional Tools Tutorial (VIMEO) (Password required)
- CDIS Client Not Present User Guide - Jul 2021 (Word - 828KB)
- Enhanced and KAS Visit example (PowerPoint - 103KB)
- Enhanced MCH CDIS - 11 Jan 2021 (PowerPoint - 2.1MB)
- Enhanced MCH Program Tutorial (VIMEO) (Password required)
- Sleep and Settling Outreach Guide - Jan 2021 (PowerPoint - 1.9MB)
- Sleep and Settling Outreach Program Tutorial (VIMEO) (Password required)
MCH Qualification Flowchart
Consent
MARAMIS
- MAV MARAM Alignment Tool for councils (Version 2) - December 2021 (Word - 2.9MB)
- MAV MARAM Alignment Tool Introduction for EY Managers and MCH Coordinators (VIMEO)
- MAV MCH MARAM Practice Note for Screening and Identification of Family Violence (Version 2) - December 2021 (Word - 4.5MB)
- Information sharing schemes and MARAM online learning
- MAV MARAM and Information Sharing Policy Statement (Version 2) - Updated December 2021 (Word - 192KB)
- MAV MARAM Information Sharing Policy Guidance for Councils (Version 2.0) - December 2021 (Word - 514KB)
- MCH Information Sharing Correspondence Template - Making a Request - Updated December 2021 (Word - 1.6MB)
- MCH Information Sharing Correspondence Template - Proactively Sharing - Updated December 2021 (Word - 2.0MB)
- MCH Information Sharing Correspondence Template - Responding to a Request - Updated December 2021 (Word - 2.2MB)
- MCH Information Sharing Correspondence Template - Update to Responder Post Sharing Correspondence - Updated December 2021 (Word - 2.2MB)
- Guides, templates and tools for Information Sharing and MARAM
- Victoria Police FVIS CIS request form (Word - 37KB)
- Victoria Police Information Sharing process (Word - 33KB)
- DHHS FVISS CISS Request Form (Word - 105KB)
Practice
- Enhanced MCH Online Session (VIMEO)
- Practice Note 1 Learnings from the March 2016 Coronial Investigation into the death of Baby D (Word - 62KB)
- MCH Transition to Practice Guidelines (PDF - 1.05MB)
- Enhanced MCH Guidelines 2018 (PDF - 2.3MB)
- Enhanced MCH Guidelines 2018 (Word - 710KB)
- Privacy fact sheet for families using the MCH service (Word - 378KB)
- Privacy framework - MCH Services (Word - 349KB)
- Mandatory Reporting Fact Sheet (Word - 200KB)
- MAV Mandatory Reporting Presentation 2019 (PowerPoint - 787KB)
MCH Clinical Practice Videos
COVID-19 caused MCH postgraduate student placements to be significantly postponed and reduced the opportunity for students to attend clinical placement. Clinicians needed to adapt to a telehealth model, with little preparation or training.
Due to feedback from the MCH sector and the universities, the Department of Health and MAV developed a series of practice-based clinical skill videos to provide both MCH postgraduate students and clinicians with the opportunity to view a series of consultations and assessments.
- Click here to view the videos (Password required)
Aspiring MCH students
Information about MCH Scholarship Applications for 2022 is available below:
- 2022 and 2023 Clinical Place Availability Table - Updated 5 October 2021 (XLS - 20KB)
- 2022 LGA Guidelines for MCH Clinical Places - Updated 27 Jul 2021 (Word - 165KB)
- 2022 MCH Applicant Information Pack and EOI (Word - 154KB)
- 2022 Applicant EOI for MCH Clinical Placement (Word - 19KB)
- Federation University - Graduate Diploma of Health (Child and Family Health) - FAQ 2021 updated (Word - 1MB)
- 2022 FAQ for La Trobe Child Family and Community applicants - Aug 2021 (Word - 1.1MB)
- 2022 FAQ RMIT Grad Dip Child Family Health - 29 August 2021 (PDF - 427KB)
- Maternal and Child Health Workforce professional development
KAS Visit Links
Please access these links via this page on The Better Health Channel.