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Depression and young people:
Our support program is conducted by a Psychologist and Psychiatrist who give our agency support programs to
implement on behalf of the young people.
The programs are designed to promote emotional wellbeing and support to the young people in order to prevent
academic failure and reduce the school dropout rate.
We have a circle of 6 young people
Homeless:
Our program delivers a collaborative model of practice to enhance the capacity of the local service system to
respond more effectively to the needs of homeless and at risk youth and seek to meet the special needs of
Indigenous and non-Indigenous families with young people presenting at mainstream services for housing and
support.
4 young people have been placed with extended family members
2 leaving the area for their safety
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Youth suPPort coorDINator Program
Funded by Department of Communities
The Youth Support Coordinator (YSC) provides support to young people in the Charleville Schools Cluster (i.e.,
Quilpie State School, Tambo State School, Charleville School of Distance Education, and Charleville State
High School) to prevent them from disengaging in learning or training, develop their social and personal skills
for community living, and increase awareness and utilization of available community services. The YSC works
collaboratively with other community support agencies to coordinate and facilitate many health promotion, in-school
and community development activities.
Since the 2007 AGM, the YSC program has provided approximately 130 face-to-face individual support/counselling
sessions for young people, and provided outreach services to the schools in the cluster, with 13 trips to Tambo and
11 trips to Quilpie. On these trips the YSC provided counselling support and facilitated group work activities.
In general, young people who accessed YSC support were experiencing personal issues that impeded the
completion of their studies, such as family conflict, difficulties in coping at school (i.e. with peers, bullying),
exhibiting challenging behaviour, homesickness, work readiness, anger management, risk of self harm, difficulties
in personal relationships, and low self-esteem.
The YSC has coordinated and co-facilitated two Lifeline Community Care Peer Skills Workshops and a refresher
course for the Charleville State High School students over the past year. This program is well received by young
people and the Charleville community, and will continue in the future.
Youth
support