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The Acute Crisis Management Unit (ACMU) sits within the Specific Needs cluster, Corrective Services NSW. The ACMU provides a specialised short-term referral option for male offenders who are assessed as an acute risk of harm to themselves, and this risk cannot be managed at their local centre.
The Senior Psychologist role in the ACMU provides clinical expertise in the review of referrals and recommendations regarding admissions to the ACMU, as part of a multidisciplinary team including Senior Custodial Management, Custodial Officers and Justice Health staff.
Psychology services within the ACMU operate within this multi-disciplinary model. Roles within the ACMU currently include:
The wider multi-disciplinary team supporting the ACMU can include:
The ACMU psychology services provide:
The ACMU accepts referrals for male offenders who, despite extensive local intervention, continue to be assessed at an acute risk of harm to themselves.
Acute mentally ill offenders are alternatively managed through the Mental Health Screening Unit or Long Bay Hospital.
The ACMU is located within the Long Bay Correctional Complex. It is a state-wide service and accepts referrals from all NSW prison locations.
11 May 2023
We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First Nations Peoples of NSW and pay our respects to Elders past, present, and future.
Informed by lessons of the past, Department of Communities and Justice is improving how we work with Aboriginal people and communities. We listen and learn from the knowledge, strength and resilience of Stolen Generations Survivors, Aboriginal Elders and Aboriginal communities.
You can access our apology to the Stolen Generations.