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Services and programs providing support to address the needs of young people in a holistic way facilitate their engagement in education, training and employment. Within the LLEN, there are a number of programs and services offering such assistance to young people who may be experiencing problems with housing, money, drug and alcohol issues, family breakdown, health and legal issues as well as requiring training. Frontyard Youth Service Frontyard offers a collection of services located together to address the physical, emotional and social needs of young people aged 12 to 25 years who spend time in Melbourne CBD and are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Young people can access support in relation to:
Location: 19 King Street, Melbourne
The Drum - Youth Services is located in Carlton and targets young people aged 12 to 25 years who live, study, work and/or visit the Carlton/Parkville area, and features a comprehensive mix of youth programs and
Location: 150 Palmerston Street and 195 Drummond Street, Carlton
Youth Unlimited is located in Kensington and offers a range of support services and programs for young people in the Kensington, North-West Melbourne and Flemington areas. The primary services offered by Youth
Location: 12 Gower Street Kensington (Based at Doutta Galla Community Health Centre)
The Inner Melbourne VET cluster is funded by the commonwealth government to provide a range of services to at risk young people aged 13- 19 years. These include: intensive case management to students at risk of leaving school and referral services to support holistic intervention processes. The IMVC also coordinate VET in schools and school based new apprenticeship programs for schools in the City of Melbourne. Visit: www.imvc.com.au
Whitelion in Parkville provides mentoring, intensive outreach and matching of employment opportunities for young people who have been involved in the youth justice system or are ex wards of the state. Visit: www.whitelion.org.au
The School Focused Youth Services are a Victorian government initiative that arose from recommendations of the Suicide Prevention Taskforce. The service aims to develop linkages and coordination between schools, support services and community agencies engaged in prevention and early intervention work, and to identify service gaps and develop response strategies. The SFYS based at MacKillop Family Services in Kensington services the City of Melbourne and the City of Moonee Valley. This service facilitates the linking of local schools with health and welfare services such as Carlton Parkville Youth Services and Doutta Galla Community Health Service to provide support for young people. Its role in brokering partnerships includes the provision of seed funding to assist the development of school and community projects.
CAN play a significant role linking Carlton public housing tenants with training and employment opportunities as well as initiating and delivering community infrastructure and capacity building projects. They also provide support services for families, children and youth, including a drop in centre, homework club Visit: carlton-uca.org/news/community-support
FYA is a national, independent, non-profit organisation working to improve the way young people learn, the way they live and the way they lead. The foundation for Young Australians offers a variety of programs for young people that provide a range of work experience and industry engagement opportunities, including leadership training with corporate organisations Visit: www.fya.org.au
Established in 1998 to provide a safe space for same sex attracted young people to socialise. Background: Poor mental health is a key issue for gay, lesbian and bisexual adolescents, and has been strongly linked to society's negative attitudes towards their sexual orientation. Social exclusion and discrimination creates a challenge for these young people which may exacerbate poor mental health. Visit: www.also.org.au
The Living Room provides medical, outreach and substance abuse services to the homeless and unemployed. Visit: www.youthprojects.net
Provide gamblers help, drug and alcohol services, Urban mission - Order 614 programs which include outreach services to young people as well as a community bus operating in the evenings for young people to access youth workers and the internet. Location: 69 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Sexual Health, medical and psychological counselling services. Location: 1/94 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.
Mission Australia provides community, employment and training programs to disadvantaged young people (and all other age groups) across Australia. Its Melbourne office is located at Level 5, 136 Exhibition Street, Melbourne. From this site the following programs are available to young people:
Visit: www.missionaustralia.org.au
Orygen Youth Health (OYH) is Australia's largest youth focused mental health organisation, it provides specialist mental health clinical services, an internationally renowned youth mental health research centre and a youth mental health training and communications program. Location: 35 Poplar Road, Parkville
Provides a range of programs and services for young women, including:
Many women participating in the programs are likely to be homeless, unemployed and early school leavers, and they may have mental health issues or be survivors of family violence or sexual assault. Women are referred from a wide range of services through the metropolitan area and many come from the inner suburbs. Located: 141 Leicester Street, Carlton
The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, located in West Melbourne, offers holistic support and extensive programs and services for refugees and asylum seekers including legal advice and advocacy, health, material aid, counselling, casework, ESL classes, detention outreach programs, friendship and home tutoring programs, employment and social and recreational programs. While there are no programs specifically targeting young people, all programs can be accessed by all age groups. In addition to the employment service, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre offers a counselling program to assist young people to deal with issues such as torture, grief and loss and abuse. It also provides a free health clinic and ESL classes.
The Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) is a state-wide, community-based organisation. It undertakes policy development, sectoral support and community education and manages programs to improve opportunities for young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The CMY runs a range of specialist programs for young people including:
Located: 304 Drummond St
In addition to the crisis and homeless services provided by Frontyard in the CBD, a number of other services provide accommodation in or near the LLEN area: Wombat Housing and Support Services Stopover Youth Refuge Ph. (03) 8486 2133 |
