Welcome to the Victorian Refugee Health Network.
We work to develop responsive health service systems that meet the needs of people from refugee backgrounds, including asylum seekers.
Status Resolution Support Payments Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS) program supports eligible people who are living in Australia while they seek to resolve their immigration status. The SRSS payment provides financial help for basic living expenses. The Department of Immigrat
Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS) Programme Two organisations have been contracted to deliver the SRSS Programme in Victoria beyond July 2018: AMES Consortium, and Life Without Barriers, trading as National Immigration Support Services. Contact details for the services are in
IMPORTANT: Unless you are qualified to do so you should not provide legal advice to any client Resources are provided on this page to assist health providers to develop a better understanding of the inherent complexity and uncertainty that asylum seeker clients experience when engaged
This table details specialist refugee health outreach services in rural and regaional areas of high refugee settlement. These services are available through Community Health Centres and public hospital outpatient services. This document was last updated in August 2012 and will be regu
This table outlines specialised refugee and asylum seeker mental health services in Victoria, as well as generalist mental health services of relevance. This document was updated in August 2012 and will be updated on a regular basis.
Dental Health Services Victoria has created a series of translated/bilingual brochures. This pamphlet provides information on how to prepare and what to expect with day surgery at Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne. *Available n Arabic, Chinese, English, Somali, Turkish and Vietnamese
In consultation with a Project Advisory Group made up of representatives from the Department of Health, Dental Health Services Victoria, public dental services, settlement and related agencies, a model of care has been developed to promote good practice in oral health care. This model
This factsheet aims to support client services and oral health staff to identify clients of refugee or asylum seeker background, their priority group access and fee waiver eligibilities for public dental throughout Victoria, including a handy checklist that may assist you with identif
VIDS Telehealth Clinic open on alternate Tuesdays and Thursdays afternoons. Patients can be seen either completely via Telehealth or as a combination of Telehealth and in person. All your practice needs is a computer with a webcam and speaker/microphone and a reasonable speed internet