History

A collaborative partnership between the Victorian Department of Human Services (now the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development) and Gippsland Early Childhood Intervention Service (ECIS) providers was formed in July 2000 to develop and implement an integrated service system for families whose child/ren have disabilities or developmental delay. This partnership became known as GECIAN in 2002.

The Gippsland ECIS Central Intake Service was a priority task for GECIAN and this service began on 3rd February 2003. Since then Central Intake Service has had over 500 individual referrals. Establishing the Central Intake Service was a major achievement for GECIAN and we continue to be a leader of ECIS initiatives within Victoria.

Over the past seven years our objectives have been met by the hard work and diligence of our members. From an initial 20 members under the guidance of a DHS appointed Project Worker, we now have 14 Full Members and 52 Associate Members representing 35 different agencies within Gippsland.

GECIAN employs a part time Network Support Worker as a vital strategy to link members and provides a central point of communication within Gippsland.

Membership

Who can be a member?
Membership is open to all who are interested in early childhood service provision within Gippsland.

Full & Associate Membership Information
Full membership of GECIAN requires attendance at 80% of GECIAN Network meetings. These meetings are held bimonthly (6 per year) and take about 2 hours. Full members have full voting rights.

Associate membership of GECIAN requires attendance where possible. Associate members have no voting rights.

All members will be kept informed of relevant and appropriate information via email and this website under the Members Area. They will be provided with a username and password to access this area upon becoming a member.

All members are requested to ensure relevant information is filtered back to their organisation.

Further details are set out in the Terms of Reference.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any queries or wish to join GECIAN.

Contact Us

Terms of Reference Document

Terms of Reference 20 May 2008.doc

Contact Information

Chairperson
GECIAN
PO Box 3032
GIPPSLAND MAIL CENTRE 3841

Acknowledgements

This website has been produced with funding by the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development