This research provides evidence that young people value a range of programs and attend
NSW Youth Health Services for a variety of reasons.
Within NSW Health, there has been a clear delineation between
NSW Youth Health Services and Mental Health Services.
The findings provide support for the important role of
NSW Youth Health Services in engaging and assisting marginalised and at risk youth.
Key findings highlight the important role of staff training and support to enable clinicians and staff to confidently work with the young people attending
NSW Youth Health Services.
Our findings suggest that this delineation may not be representative of what is occurring on a service level, as many young people with mental health issues are accessing
NSW Youth Health Services.
Not exact matches
The
Youth Health and Wellbeing Team is one of four teams within
NSW Kids and Families.
This video was developed in collaboration with the
Youth Health and Wellbeing Team,
NSW Kids and Families (formerly Centre for the Advancement of Adolescent
Health).
This is critical given the significant restructuring by
NSW Health over the past year, especially with regard to
Youth Health Services.
1 Orygen
Youth Health Research Centre, The University of Melbourne 2
NSW Greater Western Area
Health Service
The Aboriginal Child,
Youth and Family Strategy works in close partnership with Families
NSW, and the
NSW Aboriginal Maternal and Infant
Health Strategy.
[3] A further non-exhaustive list of organisations who have publicly expressed support for the campaign includes: Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory; Amnesty International Australia; Australian Catholic Bishops» Social Justice Committee; Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine; Australian Council of Social Services; Australian Council for International Development; Australian Institute of
Health and Welfare; Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies; Australian Nursing Federation; Australian Red Cross; Caritas Australia; Clinical Nurse Consultants Association of
NSW; Diplomacy Training Program, University of New South Wales; Gnibi the College of Indigenous Australian Peoples, Southern Cross University; Human Rights Law Resource Centre; Ian Thorpe's Fountain for
Youth; Indigenous Law Centre, University of New South Wales; Jumbunna, University of Technology Sydney; Make Indigenous Poverty History campaign; National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Council; National Association of Community Legal Centres; National Children's and
Youth Law Centre; National Rural
Health Alliance; Public
Health Association of Australia; Quaker Services Australia; Rural Doctors Association of Australia; Save the Children Australia; Sax Institute; Sisters of Mercy Aboriginal Network
NSW; Sisters of Mercy Justice Network Asia Pacific; UNICEF Australia; and the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled
Health Organisation.