At Hughes Out of School Hours Care (OSHC), Woden Community Service (WCS) provides quality before school care for children in Kindergarten to Year 6 and after school care for children […]
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Children’s Services
School Holiday Programs
Our school holiday programs include exciting excursions, workshops, activities and games.
Out of School Hours Care
Our Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) services provide children with recreation-based activities that emphasise social interaction and a sense of fun in a safe and secure environment.
Early Learning Centres
Our Early Learning Centres offer a safe, secure and stimulating environment for your child.
Playgroups
WCS facilitates several playgroups sessions out in the community.
Enrolments
We use My Family Lounge, an online booking management system, for enrolments and bookings across all our education and care services.
Children's Services Service User Engagement
We are seeking expressions of interest from current and recent service users of WCS Early Learning Centres and OSHC to join the Children's Services user engagement reference group.
Children's Services FAQs
Answers to frequently asked questions about enrolments, bookings, the Child Care Subsidy and payments.
Speech Therapy
Our fun and engaging speech therapy services are now available for children 2 to 12 years who need help with speaking, listening and communication.
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Child, Youth and Family Services
Youth Engagement Team
YET is a youth engagement and outreach service for South Canberra, Woden and Weston Creek regions of the ACT run in partnership with Woden Community Service and Anglicare ACT.
Raw Potential
Raw Potential is a youth outreach program for young people 12-25 years of age, experiencing, or at risk of homelessness.
Youth Social Groups
Find out about activities and groups.
Family Case Management
Family Case Management team provides support to families who are experiencing challenges and need some additional assistance.
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Social Enterprise
Home Maintenance
Our home maintenance team provide a wide range of customised and quality services including gardening and cleaning.
Catering Services
We provide high-quality, chef-developed catering services across Canberra and the surrounding areas, offering delicious and professionally crafted menus to suit every occasion.
Canteens 4 Kids
We operate 22 School Canteens (and counting!) across Canberra
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Therapy Services
Speech Therapy
Our fun and engaging speech therapy services are now available for children 2 to 12 years who need help with speaking, listening and communication.
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Mental Health & Wellbeing
New Path
New Path provides early intervention support to help people tackle severe mental health issues before they become a longer-term problem.
Continuity of Support (CoS)
Continuity of Support (CoS) provides ongoing assistance to people who were accessing specific mental health services discontinued in 2019 and who are not eligible for NDIS.
Transition To Recovery
Transition to Recovery (TRec) is an intensive outreach program to assist people to transition to the community following an acute episode of mental illness and to prevent relapse.
Way Back Support
The Way Back Support Service supports people following a suicide attempt so they can take action to stay safe.
Southside Community Step Up and Step Down (SC SUSD)
SC SUSD is a short-term community managed mental health service providing 2-weeks of residential and then 4-weeks of community outreach support.
Hoarding and Advocacy Support Service
The Hoarding and Advocacy Support Service provides support to people experiencing the impact of hoarding behaviours and insanitary property conditions.
Tenancy Assistance Program (TAP)
TAP offers comprehensive, tailored support to individuals and families at risk of losing their homes.
Group Support
Group supports is available as a step-down from more intensive support, to compliment other professional support, or as a light touch support to maintain wellbeing and social connectedness.
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Aged Care
Home Support
Our home support services assist you to remain living at home & in your community; working with you to meet your changing needs and maintain your independence.
Transport
Our friendly & reliable transport team take you to medical appointments, shopping and social events; offering a door to door service for a small contribution.
Social Groups
We have a wide range of social groups to choose from including lunch groups, walking groups and outings to local and interstate venues.
Care finder
We provide specialist and intensive assistance to help people in the care finder target population (senior Australians who need intensive support).
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Housing Support
OneLink
OneLink can connect you to a wide range of support services including services for families and young people, and services for people who are homeless.
Tenancy Assistance Program (TAP)
TAP offers comprehensive, tailored support to individuals and families at risk of losing their homes.
Hoarding and Advocacy Support Service
The Hoarding and Advocacy Support Service provides support to people experiencing the impact of hoarding behaviours and insanitary property conditions.
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Community
The Little Pantry
The Little Pantry is a place where you can go in times of need. You can visit us and choose a small number of non-perishable foods and personal items.
Community Development
Our Community Development Program fosters community connection, participation and inclusion.
Community Social Groups
Join or just participate in fun and social activities.
Woden Community Hub Room Hire
Woden Community Service’s partnership with Westfield Woden has created a central, versatile and inclusive space that fosters community connection, collaboration and the delivery of essential services.
ACE Skills for Life
The ACE Skills for Life is a free program which provides participants with foundational language, literacy and numeracy skills training in a supported learning environment.