Adolescent Forensic Health Service
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Our services
The Adolescent Forensic Health Service (AFHS) is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of professionals that includes nurses, medical officers, psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, dual diagnosis clinicians, health promoters, criminologists and creative arts therapists.
AFHS provide primary health care, mental health care, offence specific programs, health promotion programs, alcohol and other drug treatment, dual diagnostic care, clinical counseling and group based interventions to young who access the service.
Please click on the links below for further information about specific AFHS services:
| Service | Description |
| Primary Health | Upon admission to a custodial centre a young person will receive a comprehensive medical assessment by an Adolescent Forensic Health Service nurse and a doctor. |
| Mental Health | A team of clinicians provide specialist adolescent forensic assessment and clinical counseling services. |
| Health Promotion and Education | We aim to improve young people's health and wellbeing and reduce health-related risk behaviours through providing information sessions, workshops and programs. |
| Violence Prevention Program | Provides an offence-specific intervention for young men and women, aged 10-21 years, whose offences are of a violent nature. |
| Male Adolescent Program for Positive Sexuality (MAPPS) | MAPPS provides services to young people aged 10-21 years who have been found guilty of one or more sexual offences. |
| Referrals | Referral and liaison Referrals are routinely made to outpatient specialist services and primary health providers, drug and alcohol agencies, mental health providers and generic counseling services. |
| Reports | Reports may be requested by the courts, legal practioners, parole boards or ombudsmen. AFHS are also an accredited drug and alcohol assessment agency and provide reports regarding substance use. |
| Education | Secondary consultation & Education is provided to Youth Justice staff, external agencies and other teams within the AFHS regarding client management issues. |