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Adolescent Services Enfield Campus (ASEC)Adolescent Services Enfield Campus (ASEC) is a state-wide, interdisciplinary service for young people aged 12 – 18 years with complex mental health needs. We deliver specialist services including individual, group and family interventions, promoting capacity building in a respectful, responsive and flexible way. We work in partnership with young people, their carers, and the systems that support them, in order to build resilience and to promote young people’s community participation and wellbeing. ASEC provides specialist training and learning opportunities within the community using developmental frameworks and evidence based practice. ASEC provides a number of services. Click on the links below to access information about these services: The Day Program is a state-wide service for young people aged 12 to 18 years who are experiencing significant mental health issues which are impacting on their capacity to maintain engagement with school. Common issues for young people referred to the Day Program include:
The Day Program provides an opportunity for young people experiencing emotional difficulties to participate in a therapeutic group program. Young people referred to ASEC have had significant efforts made to enhance their capacity to successfully access mainstream services, however despite these interventions the young people continue to struggle given the challenges they face as a result of often complex and perplexing difficulties. The service is staffed by a multidisciplinary staff team which consists of both mental health professional and teaching staff. The day program uses a Positive Behaviour Support Framework that has emerged out of the applied behaviour analysis field and represents current best practice with this client group. The Positive Behaviour Support Framework provides a structure for understanding behaviours and guides assessment driven intervention that incorporates various child centred models of practice. The therapeutic program supports the development of:
In conjunction with the group program there is on-going individual counselling and family support. Therapeutic aims
Day Program StructureThe day program is Monday to Thursday with young people attending two days a week. The program is divided into two streams. The streams are developed to meet the particular needs of the young people, thus young people with similar issues will be placed in a stream together. The program is offered on a semester basis and attendance is voluntary. Working in partnership At ASEC we are committed to working in partnership with young people and their carers and is an essential component in the group process, individual and family work. Within ASEC staff believe that young people and their carers have a lot of useful ideas to contribute and experience has demonstrated that young people and their families achieve the best possible outcomes and value their experience here at ASEC more when they get to have a say in how the program is run. How to Access Our Service Referrals for the Day Program are accepted from:
All referrals require the consent of the parent or legal guardian and cannot be acted upon until this verbal or written consent is received by Day Program staff. An information package for service providers and young people and their families on the Day Program Referral and Intake Procedure is available from our Administrative Assistants on (08) 8269 3844. Further contact information can be found below. Adolescent Complex Care Unit (ACCU) ACCU provides an evidence-based therapeutic approach to working with young people (12 – 18 years) with severe and complex mental health problems within a recovery oriented framework. The young people who are supported by ACCU have all experienced a serious mental health problem such as anxiety, depression, psychosis, self harm, suicidal thoughts and / or attempts which have significantly affected their lives. The ACCU team works in partnership with the young person and their support networks to assist in their recovery. Their experience may have affected their schooling, family life, friendships, and everyday living skills. A number of young people working with ACCU may have used hospital to help their recovery. ACCU utilises collaborative approaches and integrated services that are accessible and effective in improving the recovery outcomes for young people living in metropolitan Adelaide with severe and complex mental health problems. Involvement with ACCU can include either individual case management and/or group program. The multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals from the disciplines of Occupational Therapy, Mental Health Nursing, Clinical Psychology, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry is based at Adolescent Services Enfield Campus (ASEC). Education services are provided by a teacher from Department of Education and Children’s Services (DECS) within the ACCU programs. In ACCU, each young person has a case manager who will support them to have regular contact with their doctor, manage medication if required and work collaboratively with other agencies involved in their care. Each young person’s experiences, strengths, needs, and goals are considered to develop a recovery plan that is unique. The ACCU case manager will aim to assist young people to return to previous activities or set new goals for their future. ACCU supports young people to develop skills, abilities and relationships that will help them to lead lives in which they feel in control, connected to the community and hopeful and optimistic for their futures. Wherever possible, young people and their families will be linked in with a range of other community agencies suited to their individual interests and needs, including education & work options, recreation, and other youth services. The case managers aim to provide a collaborative and integrated service that is accessible and effective in improving the recovery outcomes. Case management may involve comprehensive assessment, monitoring of mental state and well being, individual and family support, psycho-education and assistance with a broad range of biological, psychological and social factors affecting recovery. Assistance to young people and their families may include working in collaboration with a range of agencies that support the recovery process (eg. Accommodation, psychosocial rehabilitation, education, vocation, recreation and carer support). The group program provides an activity based therapeutic group program on the ASEC campus at Enfield. Positive Behaviour Support is incorporated as a guiding framework to clinical practice for staff and to assist young people in managing challenging behaviour and emotional regulation. This assists in assessing and managing a range of behaviours with an aim to promote the development of increasing functioning and integration into daily life. The group program offers a variety of activity based therapeutic sessions to assist young people in their recovery from serious mental health problems. The group program incorporates learning opportunities such as VET modules through which young people can achieve success and work towards SACE and return to other education or vocational services It aims to facilitate skill building appropriate for the young person’s development. Topics are selected according to the needs of young people and may include
To be eligible for referral to ACCU young people must be:
How to Access Our Service Referrals to ACCU are accepted from :
Referral MUST be made in consultation and collaboration with any other existing service providers Verbal or written consent from the parent or legal guardian is also required, unless a Community Treatment Order is in place (CTO). HoursIndividual case management is provided to young people and their families between the hours of 8.45am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday. Group programs are offered during school terms to young people Monday to Thursday, from 09.45 am to 2.00 pm at the Adolescent Services, Enfield Campus. Contact InformationCheryl Green, Coordinator, Adolescent Complex Care Unit Email: cheryl.green@health.sa.gov.au
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