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Page Last Updated:
Monday, 18 February 2013
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Home>Council Services>Knox Youth Services (KYS)>Programs and Services for Young People>The Knox Youth Clinic
The Knox Youth Clinic is a free service for young people 12-25 years, located at the Youth Information Centre in Knox O-Zone and is open every Tuesday afternoon from 2-5pm.
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| The Youth Health Clinic provides free and confidential services to young people for a range of health care matters such as: |
 | sexual health | | mental health | | and drug and alcohol issues.
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| Young people can see a Youth Nurse and be linked in with a local youth friendly General Practitioner (GP) if required.
Young people can drop in or make an appointment by contacting:
t: 9298 8469 (Youth Information Centre) or
m: 0439 479 362 (Youth Nurse) or
e: Youth Nurse email
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| Inception of the Youth Clinic | | The Knox Youth Clinic is a service of Knox Community Health Service, in partnership with Knox City Council, to fill a local gap in youth services, identified by a survey conducted in 2009.
Through the KISS (Knox Innovative Sexual health Strategy) Project, young people highlighted their need for different types of health care advice. They wanted confidentiality, drop-in facilities, youth-related staff, and free services that were accessible by public transport. Most of all, they wanted specific services that were not currently provided in the area.
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| Special thanks to the key supporters and partners of this project alongside Knox Community Health and Knox City Council including: |
| Department of Health | | Greater Eastern Primary Health | | Family Planning Victoria | | Rotary | | Members of the KISS working group and | | Knox Youth Services Providers.
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| For more information... | | For more information about the Knox Youth Clinic contact Beck Wallis, Knox Community Health Service
t: 9757 6200 or
m: 0439 479 362 or
e: Youth Nurse email
For more information about the KISS Project contact Angela Thurbon, Community Projects Worker, Knox Youth Services
t: 9298 8533 or e: Angela Thurbon
The Sexual Health Resource List is available as a downloadable link at the bottom left of the page.
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