Low Secure Forensic Services
Cardiff and Vale's Low Secure Service is a specialist and dedicated service for people who suffer from serious mental disorder. This service consists of a low secure inpatient ward at Hafan y Coed Mental Health Unit at the University Hospital of Llandough; a Community Low Secure Forensic Team and a Criminal Justice Liaison Service all based within the Health Board.
Who is this service for?
This service is specifically designed to meet the needs of service users who have committed a serious crime or are at risk of harm to others and have a serious and enduring mental illness.
We provide care, treatment and supervision to patients with complex needs, delivered by highly skilled and experienced staff to ensure the safety of those in our care and that of the wider communities.
We admit service users from medium secure hospitals, local psychiatric hospitals, prisons and the courts.
Our Low Secure Team has an ethos of recovery and empowerment. Our service users have created this art work to describe their experience of being in secure services.
The service users involved used this opportunity to work as a team, communicate positively and share a message of equal voice and recovery.
Our service consists of:
Inpatient ward – MAPLE WARD
13 bedded male inpatient unit.
Low Secure Community Forensic Team
We are a multidisciplinary team consisting of Community Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Forensic Psychiatrists and Psychologists. We are based in the Llanfair Unit, at the University Hospital of Llandough serving the population of the Cardiff and Vale.
Criminal Justice Team
The Criminal Justice Liaison service is provided to Cardiff Magistrates Court, Probation Service and the Custody suite at Cardiff Bay Police Station by dedicated Community Mental Health Nurses.
Referral Criteria for Low Secure Forensic Service
The Low Secure Forensic Service is tertiary service which accepts referrals from Community Mental Health Teams, Medium Secure Hospitals, other Low Secure Units, Inpatient wards and the Criminal Justice Liaison Service that are part of the Health Board.
Contact the Service
The Low Secure Community Forensic Team can be contacted on 02921824500.
Maple, Inpatient Ward, can be contacted via Reception at Hafan Y Coed Mental Health Unit, Llandough Hospital on 02921824700.