Provide a range of health services (including free medical services, social and emotional wellbeing support, sexual health, dental health) for the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. They can also help young people to get a Medicare card and give general advice. To find your local AMS in NSW go to Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council or phone (02) 9212 4777
Search for your local service at National Health Services Directory or Healthdirect Australia offers free after hours support on 1800 022 222
NSW Health Child Wellbeing Unit and Child Wellbeing Coordinators 1300 480 420 (between 8.30am and 4.30pm, Monday to Friday)
If you are calling after hours please leave a message or use the After Hours Contact Form to provide specific details. A Child Wellbeing Unit worker will normally respond the next business day using the contact details provided.
Please also consult the NSW Mandatory Reporter Guide and the following NSW Health Factsheets:
Youth friendly Medicare card resource (how young people can get their own Medicare card under different circumstance)
Leaving out-of-home care information for young people(being developed)
Department of Education– schooling (information about public education, including school finders, calendar, school operational status, key initiatives)
Link2Home (24/7) 1800 152 152 The service is for people who are homeless or who are worried they will become homeless, as well as for advocates acting on a person's behalf. NSW statewide homelessness information, assessment and referral telephone.
