Annual Report 2010 - Berry Street
Annual Report 2010 - Berry Street
Annual Report 2010 - Berry Street
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Reaching out to<br />
Young People<br />
20<br />
Adolescence is a challenging time for all of us, but<br />
especially so if your childhood was one of violence,<br />
abuse or neglect.<br />
Experimentation and testing the boundaries are<br />
normal adolescent behaviour, but the traumatic<br />
experiences of the young people with whom<br />
we work means they often put themselves in<br />
situations of great risk.<br />
Earning the trust of these young people is the<br />
first step in being able to help them start to deal<br />
with their pain, anger and grief. Despite the many<br />
challenges, our staff are determined to ‘hang in<br />
there’ with these young people for as long as<br />
they need us.<br />
Some of our work included:-<br />
• Providing care and case management to 252<br />
of the most ‘at risk’ young people in Victoria.<br />
• Providing a range of different activities to<br />
engage 208 young people through outreach,<br />
arts projects, a health and wellbeing program<br />
and whatever else is needed to keep them<br />
connected.<br />
• Supporting 68 young people to make a<br />
successful transition from residential or<br />
foster care.<br />
• Supporting 83 young people living in shared<br />
accommodation or with lead tenants.<br />
• Helping 40 young people to build confidence<br />
and connections to school through our<br />
Wilderness program in Gippsland.<br />
• Enabling 24 young people to get sufficient<br />
driving experience to get a driver’s licence.<br />
• Recruiting 65 mentors to provide positive<br />
role models for 98 young people in Gippsland.