Overview
Early Parenting Support
Tresillian Family Care Centres is Australia’s largest Early Parenting Service offering professional advice, education and guidance to families with a baby, toddler or pre-schooler. Tresillian has helped generations of parents over the last 100 years providing reassurance and support with:
- Settling baby & Sleep difficulties
- Breastfeeding & Bottle-feeding
- Introducing solids
- Multiple babies
- Understanding baby’s cues
- Toddler Behaviour
- Parental emotional & psychological well-being (ie stress, anxiety)
Tresillian’s Help Services
Tresillian has 12 Family Care Centres across New South Wales along with a Tresillian 2U mobile early parenting van operating on the mid north coast of NSW.
Programs include Day Services, where families visit a Tresillian Centre for a morning/afternoon or receive a visit from a Tresillian Nurse at home. These services are located in Sydney at Canterbury, Wollstonecraft and Nepean and in rural areas, at Albury Wodonga, Broken Hill, Dubbo, Coffs Harbour, Taree, Queanbeyan, Lismore and Wagga Wagga.
Tresillian also has four inpatient Residential Units for families with more complex parenting issues. Families can live in for 4-nights/5-days at one of these Units located in Sydney at Willoughby, Canterbury and Nepean and in the ACT at Curtin.
A Referral from a GP or Child & Family Health Nurse is required for admission to Day Services and Tresillian Residential.
Tresillian’s Parent’s Help Line
Professional advice from a Tresillian Nurse
1300 272 736
Available Monday-Sunday
7am-11pm
Live Advice
Live chat with a Tresillian Nurse
Visit tresillian.org.au
Available Monday to Friday
5pm-11pm
Cost?
Tresillian’s Day Services, Parent’s Help Line and Live Advice services are free. Residential admissions are covered by Medicare/Private Health Fund.
Tresillian’s Social Impact
Download our 2019 Social Impact Statement.