If anyone is requiring immediate emergency services please call 000.
If you know of or suspect a child who may be experiencing any form of sexual abuse please contact your local DHS Child Protection Services.
Child Protection Contacts
After hours 13 12 78
During business hours ring the number covering the local government area (LGA) where the child lives.
Metrolopolitan
Northern and Western surburban LGA’s – 1300 664 977
Banyule, Brimbank, Darebin, Hobsons Bay, Hume, Maribyrnong, Melbourne, Melton, Moonee Valley, Moreland, Nillumbik, Whittlesea, Wyndham, Yarra
Eastern surburban LGA’s – 1300 360 391
Boroondara, Knox, Manningham, Maroondah, Monash, Whitehorse, Yarra Ranges
Southern surburban LGA’s – 1300 655 795
Bayside, Cardinia, Casey, Frankston, Glen Eira, Greater Dandenong, Kingston, Mornington Peninsula, Port Phillip, Stonnington.
Rural and Regional
South-western rural and regional LGA’s – 1800 075 599
Colac-Otway, Corangamite, Glenelg, Greater Geelong, Moyne, Queenscliffe, Southern Grampians, Surf Coast, Warrnambool.
Western rural and regional LGA’s – 1800 000 551
Ararat, Ballarat, Golden Plains, Hepburn, Hindmarsh, Horsham, Moorabool, Northern Grampians, Pyrenees, West Wimmera, Yarriambiack.
North-western rural and regional LGA’s – 1800 675 598
Buloke, Campaspe, Central Goldfields, Gannawarra, Greater Bendigo, Loddon, Macedon Ranges, Mildura, Mount Alexander, Swan Hill.
North-eastern rural and regional LGA’s – 1800 650 227
Alpine, Benalla, Greater Shepparton, Indigo, Mansfield, Mitchell, Moira, Murrindindi, Strathbogie, Towong, Wangaratta, Wodonga.
Eastern and south-eastern rural and regional LGA’s – 1800 020 202
Bass Coast, Baw Baw, East Gippsland, Latrobe, South Gippsland, Wellington.
Interstate
- Australian Capital Territory (ACT) – 1300 556 729
- New South Wales (NSW) – 132 111
- Northern Territory (NT) – 1800 700 250
- Queensland (QLD) – (07) 3235 9999
- South Australia (SA) – 131 478
- Tasmania (TAS) – 1800 001 219
- Western Australia (WA) – (08) 9325 1111
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Telephone Interpreting Service: – 131 450 (24 hours)
Victorian Sexual Assault Crisis Line: – 1800 806 292 (CASA)
Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT) locations and phone numbers across Victoria are listed below.
North-West Metropolitan |
Southern Metropolitan |
Brimbank: (03) 9313 3460Diamond Creek: (03) 9438 8320
Epping: (03) 9409 8100
Fawkner: (03) 9355 6100
Footscray: (03) 8398 9860
Melbourne: (03) 9247 5538 |
Dandenong: (03) 9767 7469Frankston: (03) 8770 1000
Moorabbin: (03) 9556 6124 |
Western Victoria |
Eastern Victoria |
Ballarat: (03) 5336 6055Bendigo: (03) 5448 1425
Colac: (03) 5230 0043
Geelong: (03) 5223 7222
Horsham: (03) 5382 9241
Kyneton: (03) 5421 2927
Mildura: (03) 5023 5980
Swan Hill: (03) 5036 1600
Warrnambool: (03) 5560 1189 |
Bairnsdale: (03) 5150 2675Benalla: (03) 5762 1811
Box Hill: (03) 8892 3292
Knox: (03) 9881 7939
Morwell: (03) 5131 5090
Sale: (03) 5143 5000
Seymour: (03) 5735 0208
Shepparton: (03) 5820 5878
Wangaratta: (03) 5723 0895
Wodonga: (02) 6049 2600 |
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