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CareConsult for Youth Substance Use
Health-care Professional-to-Professional Consultation Service
CareConsult for Youth Substance Use is a service that provides professional-to-professional virtual consultation services for health-care professionals (HCPs) working with youth up to 25 years of age who have substance use health needs or substance use disorders located in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
What is offered
The program provides guidance for evidence-based best practices for the identification, assessment and treatment planning for youth with substance use and related physical/mental health issues.
The program takes a harm reduction, trauma and developmentally informed, and youth-centered approach.
Services that are offered:
- Guidance on non-urgent clinical questions about working with young people with substance use
- Guidance on substance use resources for young people
- Mentorship and support for HCPs
Services that are not offered:
- Direct patient care
- Guidance on urgent/emergent clinical questions
- Consultations focused solely on resource navigation
- Support with behavioural addictions (technology, gambling, etc.)
This service is available for HCPs located within the GTA, including Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Social Workers, Addiction Counsellors, and Child and Youth Counsellors.
30-minute consultations are available Monday afternoons from 12 – 4:30 p.m. and Thursday mornings from 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Please note that this service is not for referring or transferring patients to SickKids. The responsibility for any patients and their care remains with the professional who is consulting this service.
Contact & resources
Contact us
For more information contact us at youthsubstance.careconnect@sickkids.ca
More resources
See our list of other resources and services that are available.