Child, adolescent and family community mental health services — Canterbury

Child, adolescent and family (CAF) community services is an outpatient service providing comprehensive psychiatric assessment and therapeutic intervention for children and adolescents aged 0 to 17 in their family context.

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Urgent help

For a child or young person mental health emergency in Canterbury:

  • Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5pm, freephone: 0800 218 219 (option 2)
  • after hours, weekends and public holidays, freephone: 0800 920 092

Contact us

CAF north: 0800 367 9770

CAF south: 0800 555 591

Where to find us

CAF north and CAF south community and outreach teams are at:

Hillmorton Hospital
Entrance 3
Building 23, Kahurangi
21 Sylvan Street
Christchurch 

Hillmorton Hospital campus mapPDF656 KB

Services we provide

We provide outpatient services for children and youth who:

  • are aged 0 to 17 years inclusive
  • have a suspected or confirmed moderate to severe psychiatric disorder
  • live in Canterbury.

Referral information

All referrals to CAF services are streamlined through our CAFLink service.

CAFLink (internal link)