BUDDING BEANS PSYCHOLOGY
helping kids thrive
Availability Update
Next Availability (updated October 2024)
Psychology:
We do not have current availability for clinic or aftter school hours appointments.
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Speech Therapy:
Available from January 2025. Secure your spot now!
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Assessments:
Available
19th September 2023 - New Location!
We have moved!
We have successfully moved to our new location at:
Unit 37B, 93 Wells Road, Chelsea Heights, VIC 3196.
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We look forward to welcoming you at our new space. Please click here for a video of our new space.
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21st August 2023
We are moving!
As some clients have known, we will be moving to Chelsea Heights. The new practice is situated within the Benchmark Corporate Centre (93 Wells Road, Chelsea Heights, 3196 VIC), shared by other medical and allied health professionals.
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We are currently completing renovation work. Our new space will be sensory friendly with dimmable lighting.
When we keep you posted with a move date. When the new clinic is ready, we will also provide some photos and a video of the new space to assist our little clients with transition. We look forward to showing you our new space!
19th March 2023
Changes to Medicare
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Better Access to Mental Health Care Plan
From 1st March 2023, Medicare Better Access to Mental Health Care covers up to 2 sessions per calendar year that can be provided to a person other than the nominated person on the MHCP plan. For children and adolescents with a valid MHCP plan, this means that we can have up to 2 Medicare rebated sessions with their parents. These changes recognise the important role of family members in supporting their children and adolescents.
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Assessment and Treatment and Management Plan (Autism assessment is the most relevant to what our clinic does)
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Age eligibility has increased to under 25 years​
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The number of assessment services covers eight sessions (previously only 4). ​
7th February 2022
COVIDSafe requirements for face to face appointments.
We continue to have COVIDSafe measures for face to face appointments.
Telehealth remains the preferred method of service delivery wherever clinically appropriate.
20th December 2021
Changes to clinic hours during Christmas and New Year
Clinic will be closed from 25th December 2021 to 13th January 2022.
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Changes to clinic hours for 2022
Face to face clinic days (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Telehealth appointments (Monday, Thursday, and Friday)
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Changes to Medicare
Temporary changes to Medicare Better Access to Mental Health Care. The additional 10 Medicare rebated sessions will remain until December 2022. This means clients will continue to be able to access up to 20 Medicare rebated Better Access sessions.
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The Australian Government has announced that Telehealth, both video and telephone have been made permanent. This means that clients can continue to access Medicare rebated Telehealth appointments.
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20th October 2021
Waitlist
We apologise in advance as we are unable to accept new referrals at this point. We will review our waitlist in January 2022.
Please contact us if you would like to be put on our waitlist.
COVIDSafe requirements for face to face appointments
The Victorian Government has confirmed that in line with the easing of restrictions, from 11.59pm Thursday 21 October, psychologists working in private practice in Metropolitan Melbourne can resume face-to-face services for routine care. These services can be resumed with COVIDSafe requirements in place.
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To ensure the safety of our staff and clients, we have several measures in place as a precaution including:
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We wash our hands thoroughly between each appointment.
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We take temperature of each attendant on the day of the appointment.
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We sanitise therapy room and high frequency touch areas such as door handle between each session.
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We require all attendants to sign into Service Victoria via QR code.
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We will wear mask and practice social distancing during our consultations.
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We will open the window in the consultation room to improve ventilation.
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Consultation times are scheduled at specific intervals to minimise the number of people in the waiting room and to allow time to sanitize between appointments.
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Our requests:
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Prior to your appointment, please let us know if you have been in close contact with someone who tested positive in the last 14 days. We can either cancel or reschedule our appointment to Telehealth.
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Only attend your appointment if you are symptom free. Do not attend face to face appointment if you are unwell with any cold, cough, or ‘flu like symptoms’. Instead, we can organise a Telehealth appointment.
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Wait in your car until 5 minutes before our appointment time.
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Where possible, only the child attends the appointment.
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In line with Victorian Government advice, we request that individuals aged 13 and older wear a mask at all times and strongly encouraged individuals between 5 - 13 to wear a mask.
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Telehealth
Telehealth remains the preferred method of service delivery wherever clinically appropriate.
Clients can choose to continue with Telehealth appointments.