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The Child Adolescent Family Team



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CAFT is located upstairs in Building 6, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, Palmerston Road, Hornsby

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The Child Adolescent Family Team (CAFT) is a community mental health team that provides services for children, young people and their parents. CAFT is a unit of the Northern Sydney Central Coast (NSCCH) Child Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).

Who are we?

CAFT is staffed by psychologists, social workers, family therapists, child & adolescent psychiatrists and a clinical nurse consultant.

What do we do?

CAFT specialises in assessment, consultation and treatment of emotional, behavioural and psychiatric problems of young people. We also provide group sessions for young people and for parents. Please contact CAFT intake (9477 9143) to find out what courses are currently running.

Infants, children and adolescents (0-17 years) and their families, who live in the municipalities of Hornsby and Ku-ring-gai, can use this service. The service is free to Medicare Card holders. Nominal charges may apply for some groups.

CAFT commonly assists with:

  • Behavioural and emotional problems
  • Depression and/or anxiety
  • Self-harming or suicidal behaviours
  • Peer relationship problems
  • Family problems
  • Social/communication problems
  • Psychiatric conditions
  • Families affected by mental illness issues in a child, parent or sibling.
  • Parents having difficulties parenting their children and/or adolescents

How you can access our service

Parents, school staff, family members, GPs, youth workers and young people themselves, can telephone the CAFT Intake Number: 9477 9143 on Monday to Friday, 9am – 4.30pm. If referred by a third party we generally require client/family initiated contact before proceeding with the intake process.

An intake clinician will ask you to give a brief description of the problem as well as the nature of the help you are seeking. If we are unable to help, we will assist you to locate a more appropriate service.

Where you can find us

CAFT is located at two sites:

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital Hillview Community Health Centre
Level 2, Building 6
Palmerston Road
HORNSBY 2077
Ph: 9477 9190 or 9477 9192
Fax: 9477 9131

CAFT is upstairs in the old maternity building. To enter: from outside the old maternity entrance turn right and then left around the building.		 1334 Pacific Highway
TURRAMURRA 2074
Ph: 9024 9000
Fax: 9488 9017

 

What are our hours?

  • Monday to Friday, 9am – 4.30pm: CAFT CENTRAL INTAKE: 9477 9143.
  • After hours emergency: HORNSBY KU-RING-GAI HOSPITAL: 9477 9123 (ask for the Acute Care Team) or
    Go to: Emergency Department of your nearest hospital.

When you arrive

Please let reception know you have arrived at the clinic you are attending.

More information

We have a printable brochure on the Child Adolescent Family Team.

We have designed a wallet-size information card for youth at risk, with phone numbers and web resources: Stay Safe Card.

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External Links:

External links are recorded here for your information. Most link to Australian Government sponsored websites. The mentioning of these links should not be seen as an automatic endorsement of their content by CAFT.

General information on internet safety:

A website by Australia's Internet Safety Advisory Body containing practical advice on Internet safety, parental control and filters for the protection of children, students and families.

Link to Parent Telephone Counselling Options

Links for young children & their parents

Links for young people & their parents

CAFT Consumer Consultative Committee

The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Child & Adolescent Family Team works in consultation with a local Consumer Consultative Committee (CCC).

The CAFT CCC is a committee consisting of past and present CAFT clients and parents of clients as well as clinical staff from CAFT. The committee provides a forum for discussion and consultation and at times advises CAFT about a wide range of issues. Together we explore issues from a consumer perspective and discuss effective strategies that aim to improve and support CAFT and therefore our clients. The committee is chaired by a consumer assisted by a staff clinician.

For further information on the CCC or information about joining please contact our secretary on 9477 9190.
 
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Last updated 6 March 2009

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