Fairfield/Liverpool Youth Health Service (FLYHT)

 

 

 

 

Services/staff:
All services offered are confidential and free of charge

Youth Health:

• No Medicare card is required and we can assist you to apply for a card
• Specialised medical and nursing clinics for young people at site
• Medical/nursing clinic specifically for refugee young people
• Case management for health related issues
• Client counselling services
• Therapeutic and support groups
• Referral and support to access mainstream health services
• Needle and syringe exchange for young people
• Health education and health promotion programs
• Outreach clinics and programs

Other Information:
Health issues that we focus on with our young clients:

• Mental health
• Drugs, tobacco and alcohol
• Sexual and reproductive health
• Self-harm and injury
• Nutrition and physical activity
• Oral health
• Chronic illness and disability

Referrals: We accept both self-referral and assisted referral.

Eligibility:
Young people aged 12 to 24 years who are living, working and/or studying in the south west of Sydney, who fall into one or more of the categories below:

• Homeless young people (including young people in refuges and temporary accommodation)
• Aboriginal young people
• Young carers
• Young parents
• Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender young people
• Newly arrived and refugee young people
• Young people from high need culturally and linguistically diverse communities
• Young people experiencing economic disadvantage
• Young people from rural areas
• Young people in out-of-home care and/or in the care of other government eg. Juvenille Justice, Probation and Parole Services
• Have a chronic illness and/or disability

Interpreters can be arranged by request

Wheelchair access/Parking: Yes

Information for Service Providers