“I feel spiders on my face”, “I didn’t feel any pain when my hand went through the glass window”, these are just some of the...
“I feel spiders on my face”, “I didn’t feel any pain when my hand went through the glass window”, these are just some of the...
Written by Amy Gill, Teacher at The Lakes College. Walking up the grassy hill from the paddock below the boys excitedly tail...
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At Youth Off The Streets we offer a range of services for homeless youth
To help disconnected young people to discover greatness within.
Youth Off The Streets’ goal is to see that no young person is denied the right to education, safe accommodation, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, counselling and other support services aimed at breaking the cycle of disadvantage, abuse and neglect.
There is self discovery, development of skill, growth and education for young people involved in our programs and services.
Youth Off The Streets empowers young people to participate in and transform their future through the development of their skills, confidence and relationships with each other, their families and their communities.
Any referrals of young people who come directly to an individual program. Intake is based on young people meeting the appropriate age and other criteria specific to a particular program.
Any referrals of young people in care to other services who can support them; either in partnership with us or if we are unable to continue to support them ourselves.
The individual support provided by staff across all other programs to assist and empower young people to access another service or program or deal with a family of community issue. Each month, an individual young person may have many instances of advocacy across a range of areas of need.
