Our child and youth mental health services provide assessment and treatment to children and young people.

Care is provided within our wards as well as in our community clinic. We also have some outreach services that visit you at home.

We also play a strong role in educating and building the skills of people and organisations who have a role in supporting young people’s mental health. This includes programs run in collaboration with local schools.

Our child and youth mental health triage service is the first point of contact for anyone concerned about a young person’s mental health. You can call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for assessment and referral.

New referrals

Phone: 1300 859 789 

If you are currently receiving care

If you have an appointment query, contact your community outpatient team:

• Adolescent Intensive Management (AIM) Team
• Inner North East Community Outpatient Team (INECOT)
• CYMHS and Schools Early Action (CASEA) Team
• Youth Brief Intervention Service (YBIS)
• Youth Early Psychosis Service (YEPS)
• Youth Early Treatment Team Initiative (YETTI)

Phone: 9496 5108

• Northern Community Outpatient Team

Phone: 8468 1500

Inpatient services

• Child inpatient care

  We care for and treat children under the age of 13 years having severe difficulties with emotions, behaviours and relationships.

• Adolescent inpatient care

  We provide mental health care in hospital for young people aged 13-17 years.

Community services

• Adolescent intensive management

  We provide a mobile outreach service to high risk adolescents who need intensive, flexible day-to-day treatment or management in their own environment.

• Autism assessments

  We offer autism assessments for children from 2 and 12 years of age, and support children with autism who are using our services.

• Booboop Narrkwarren Nagarra-jarra-noun (The Family Healing Centre)

  We work alongside children and families who have experienced trauma or challenging childhood experiences which may be impacting on their relationships with their parents, guardians, caregivers, and the wider community.

• Children under 13

  We care for and treat children aged 0-13 years who have emotional and behavioural difficulties.

• Community outpatient teams

  The Inner North East and Northern Community Outpatient Teams provide assessment and therapeutic treatment to children, adolescents and their families or carers.

• Youth brief intervention service

  An intervention service provided by the AIM team for young people aged 12 - 24 years.

Our commitment to child safety

At Austin Health, we believe all children and young people have the right to feel safe and be always kept safe.

We have zero tolerance for any form of child abuse and commit to protect children from all forms of physical and emotional violence, injury or abuse, neglect, maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse.

Nurse Phoebe has some advice on what you can do, and who you can speak to, if you're feeling unsafe.

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