Discovery Youth and Family Services - For anyone directly or indirectly negatively impacted by substance use
Addictions / Substance Use, Mental Health - Adult & Senior, Mental Health - Child & Youth, and Youth Services
Provided by Island Health
- Youth aged 13 to 19 who have concerns about alcohol or other drug use
- Families/caregivers who are concerned about a youth using alcohol or other drugs
- Any support person who is worried about a youth's use of alcohol or other drugs
- Youth who are worried about someone else's use of alcohol or other drugs
Offers a range of services including:
- Individualized Planning Individual and Family Counselling
- Outreach
- Coordination of Services
- Withdrawal Management
- Supported Residential Services
- Education and information about alcohol or other drugs
Referrals: Discovery Youth and Family Substance Use Services are available throughout Vancouver Island and can be reached by calling any of the phone numbers below, or by e-mail. For new referrals, ask to speak with the Intake Counsellor.
- Contact the Greater Victoria office via e-mail at discovery.southisland@islandhealth.ca
- Contact the Central/North locations by email at discovery@islandhealth.ca
In some locations, services are available through community partners. Please download the contact list: Youth and Family Substance Use Services by Area
Website: https://www.islandhealth.ca/our...
250‐519‐5313 (Victoria/South Island)
Public email: discovery.southisland@viha.ca
Esquimalt Health Unit - #2nd Floor, 530 Fraser Street, Victoria, British Columbia, V9A 6H7
250‐737‐2029 (Cowichan Valley Area)
Public email: discovery@viha.ca
222 Cowichan Way, Duncan, British Columbia, V9L 6P4
250‐739‐5790 (Ladysmith)
Public email: discovery@viha.ca
1111 – 4th Avenue, Ladysmith, British Columbia, V9G 1A1
250‐739‐5790 (Nanaimo)
Public email: discovery@viha.ca
#206, 96 Cavan Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia, V9R 2V1
250‐947‐8215 (Parksville/Qualicum)
Public email: discovery@viha.ca
Parksville Family Place - 494 Bay Avenue, PO Box 339‐0, Parksville, British Columbia, V9P 2G5
250‐902‐6063 (Mt. Waddington)
Public email: discovery@viha.ca
7305 Market Street, PO Box 1035, Port Hardy, British Columbia, V0N 2P0
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Self-referral
- Physician or nurse practitioner referral
- Health Authority personnel referral
Brochures and Info
- Mental Health and Substance Use Support Guide for Parents/Caregivers of Children and Youth - Victoria
- Vancouver Island Youth & Family Substance Use Services
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Island Health:
Just the closest matches listed. Click to see more!- Psychiatric Emergency Services - Royal Jubilee Hospital
- Integrated Mobile Crisis Response Team (IMCRT) - For children, youth, and families in crisis
- Mental Health and Substance Use Service Link - Navigation Support Line
Availability
Service area: Island Health Area
Service Types Provided
- Addiction Counselling: Addiction Counselling (Youth)
- Health Authority Addiction Services: Addiction Services (Youth)
- Addiction: Support for Recovery
- Addiction: Supports for Families & Friends
- Navigation Support: Addiction Services
- Outreach Services
- Youth Addictions Services
- Harm Reduction: Counselling Support for Harm Reduction
- Counselling - Child & Youth
- Counselling - Free or Low Cost
- Family Mental Health Services
- Outreach Services
- *Youth Mental Health Services
- Counselling - Child & Youth: Addiction Counselling (Youth)
- Family Mental Health Services
- Harm Reduction
- Mental Health Services (Child and Youth)
- Navigation Support: Addiction Services
- Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Treatment - OAT
- Outreach Services
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at multiple locations
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.