Youth Program

What do the Youth Team do?

We work to support young people aged 12-18 years in the North West corridor of Brisbane. Our services are targeted specifically at young people who are at risk of:

disconnection from their family/community/support networks
disengagement from school, training and/or employment
harm, including self-harm
homelessness

We focus on 4 key results, which are to help young people:

connect to positive family support
get a job or engage in training or education
have a safe, stable place to live

We address the needs of vulnerable young people using a variety of support strategies including 1:1 support; group work practices, early intervention and prevention targeted support.

Our service is funded by Queensland Government’s Department of Child Safety, Youth and Women (DCSYW). Some guiding principles include:

Young-person centred but family focused
We believe in building a strong trusting relationship based on mutual respect and confidentiality (this means that the young person is our primary focus and we will respect confidentiality unless we believe the young person to be at risk of harm) whilst still encouraging connection to family or other support persons
Youth support is delivered without discrimination to all young people regardless of gender, sexuality, relationship status, ability or behaviour. Youth support workers respect the diversity of young people including their values, beliefs and experiences

Our catchment area is the North West corridor which includes suburbs of: