St Jude's Health Care Services is a trusted provider with over 40 years of experience offering Aged Care, Allied Health, and Disability Services.
Reviews of St. Jude's are sharply divided and cover a wide range of services — including aged care, disability support, and child therapy — making it difficult to draw consistent conclusions about their child therapy offering specifically. A small number of parents report positive experiences with named therapists, particularly Luke Hazelwood and Simona Pintaudi, describing meaningful progress in areas like language development and behaviour, while one foster care participant also spoke warmly of specific support staff. However, multiple reviewers across different service areas raise serious concerns about low staff pay, high staff turnover, language barriers, lack of accountability in management, and failure to follow through on commitments — issues that parents evaluating child therapy services may wish to investigate directly before enrolling.
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St Jude's Health Care Services is a trusted provider with over 40 years of experience offering Aged Care, Allied Health, and Disability Services. At St Jude's, every client receives flexible, personalised support tailored to their individual needs and goals, with a commitment to respecting client decisions and putting their choices first.
Allied Health services for children including Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Pathology, Psychology and Counselling, Positive Behaviour Support, Dietetics and Nursing services.
A therapy that helps children and adults develop the everyday skills needed for daily life — from dressing, writing and play to sensory processing and school participation. Occupational therapists assess what is getting in the way and design practical strategies to build independence and confidence.
Assessment and treatment of communication difficulties including speech sounds, language development, stuttering, voice, and feeding and swallowing. Speech pathologists work with children and adults to help them communicate clearly and confidently.
Treatment that uses movement, exercise and hands-on techniques to improve physical function, strength and mobility. For children, physiotherapy often targets gross motor development, balance and coordination; for adults it addresses pain, injury recovery and long-term conditions.
Assessment and therapy provided by a registered psychologist to support mental health, emotional wellbeing and behaviour. Psychologists work across the lifespan — helping children, adolescents and adults understand and manage challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma and learning differences.
A therapy approach that reduces challenging behaviours by understanding what is driving them and building supportive routines, environments and skills, so a child can take part more fully at home, school and in the community.
Evidence-based assessment and advice from an Accredited Practising Dietitian on food, nutrition and eating behaviours. For children, this often covers fussy eating, growth concerns, food allergies and healthy development; for adults it covers medical nutrition management and general health.
In-home nursing support for seniors and disability clients.
Help navigating the NDIS — finding and connecting with the right service providers, understanding a plan, managing budgets and ensuring supports are working together effectively. A support coordinator acts as a guide and advocate to help participants get the most from their funding.
Comprehensive disability support services including Home Living, Specialist Disability Accommodation, Short Term Accommodation, In-Home Support, and Community Participation.
NDIS-approved supports, from the Commission register.
