Kindergarten and school services

Latrobe Community Health Service offers a range of services direct to early learning centres, kindergartens and schools in Gippsland.

School readiness

The School Readiness program works with more than 60 kindergartens across Latrobe, Baw Baw, Bass Coast and South Gippsland. It works to build the capacity of educators and families to support children in three priority areas:

  • communication- language development
  • wellbeing- social and emotional regulation
  • access and inclusion

The School Readiness program is funded by the Department of Education and Training (DET). The kindergartens that School Readiness works with are determined by DET. Our team includes speech pathologists, occupational therapists, psychologist and social emotional wellbeing officer.

Community health nurse in primary schools

The community health nurse in primary schools program aims to improve health outcomes for children and to provide capacity building to the teachers and other school staff.

The program provides:

  • referrals to appropriate services
  • health screening
  • health and wellness education
  • asthma, anaphylaxis and diabetes plan management
  • vision, hearing and dental checks
  • take home packs (e.g. hygiene packs) to support families and more.

This program is funded by the Department of Health and is in 10 primary schools in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria.  

Community health nurse in preschools

The community health nurse in preschools program aims to improve health and education for children, and get them ready to start school.

Our community health nurse in preschools program provides:

  • help to access other health services
  • hearing, eyesight and dental checks
  • health and wellness education
  • asthma, anaphylaxis and diabetes plan management

This program is funded by the Latrobe Health Assembly and is in five preschools in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria. 

Community health nurse in childcare

Our community health nurse in childcare helps children and families at participating childcare centres to stay healthy.

The program provides:

  • help to access other health services
  • health and wellness education
  • hearing, eyesight and dental checks
  • help with accessing and understanding the NDIS

This program is part of a research project between LCHS, Our Place, Goodstart Early Learning, and Monash University.