Sexual offences and child abuse support teams and centres

• Mernda SOCIT: phone 03 9216 1310
• Fawkner SOCIT: phone 03 9355 6100
• Melbourne SOCIT:
  • Phone: 03 9624 3781
  • Fax: 03 9244 2568

• Bayside SOCIT: phone (03) 8530 5203
• (NEW – phone number needed) Dromana SOCIT: 

• Ballarat SOCIT: phone 03 4372 9095
• Mildura (MDC): phone 03 5023 5980
• NEW Sunshine SOCIT:
• Warrnambool SOCIT: phone 03 5560 1333

• Bairnsdale SOCIT: phone 03 5150 2677
• Benalla SOCIT: phone 03 5760 0230
• Box Hill SOCIT: phone 03 8892 3292
• Sale SOCIT: phone 03 5142 2200
• Shepparton SOCIT: phone 03 5820 5878
• Wodonga SOCIT: phone 02 6049 2600 - select 4 for SOCIT.

You can call your local police station ask to be transferred to a Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team (SOCIT) member.

Multi-disciplinary Centres:

• provide a safe, welcoming, accessible, and confidential environment
• are specially designed for the comfort of victims
• are located away from police stations
• have minimal external signage to enhance the privacy and security of clients.
• feature police members out of uniform.

The following MDC agencies and specialists work together to fully support the victim:

• Victoria Police specialist investigators (SOCITs and, in some locations, Family Violence Investigation Units (FVIUs))
• child protection staff from the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, counsellors, and advocates of sexual assault
• family violence response services and community health nurses.

Some MDCs also have forensic medical officers attend from the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM). They can support police investigations onsite by:

• providing expert forensic opinions
• undertaking forensic examinations.

MDCs are a 'one-stop shop' for providing safe and discreet access to:

• specially trained police investigators
• counselling and advocacy support
• private counselling rooms and group therapy spaces
• Video Audio Recorded Evidence ('VARE') rooms where children and people with cognitive impairments can provide their statement 
• clinic rooms for health and wellbeing needs assessments
• treatment programs for children and young people up to 18 years of age who are displaying or engaging in sexually abusive behaviours
• forensic medical suites (at some locations) to enable forensic examinations onsite
• remote witness facilities (at some locations) so victim-survivors can provide their evidence to court.

Eastern Region Multi-disciplinary Centres

• Morwell (Central Gippsland) MDC, phone: 03 5134 3922
• Warragul: phone 03 5622 7877
• Bairnsdale: phone 03 5153 1629

Southern Metro Multi-disciplinary Centres

• Seaford MDC: phone 03 8770 1000
• Dandenong MDC: phone 03 8769 2200

North West Metro Multi-disciplinary Centres

• Wyndham MDC: phone 03 9216 0444

Western Region Multi-disciplinary Centres

• Bendigo MDC: phone 03 5441 0430
• Geelong MDC: phone 03 5222 4318
• Mildura MDC: phone 03 5025 5400