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Panyappi Indigenous Youth Mentoring Program Evaluation Aboriginal Education Worker (AEW ) at the school and that person told her about Panyappi. The AEW also tells the Attendance Officer about the program, who follows i t up and makes the referral. An inner city street worker has also noticed Susie, and her situation was raised at an Interagency Inner City Triage Meeting established by the Panyappi program and the Crime Prevention Unit, State Attorney General’s Department. Panyappi reports they have just received a referral from education. The FAYS worker at the meeting agrees that Susie is at risk but indicates that FAYS cannot take her on. He does, however, do a check and reports that Aunt Li ly has previously rung through to FAYS to raise her concerns about Susie but no action was taken. The inner city street worker confirms that Susie has frequented the inner city more often in recent months, but does not believe she is there regularly enough to build a consistent relationship with her. She suggests that Susie probably needs another support option, as her group of friends do not just hang in the inner city, sometimes going to other places. The SAPOL Officer at the meeting suggests that she may be hooking up with a group of young people who are frequenting at least two other places in the metropolitan area late at night. Panyappi agrees to make contact with Susie and her family to see if they can assess the situation. At the following meeting they report that Susie and the family agreed, and they have accepted her and allocated a female mentor, Mary. Mary will work with Susie for 12-15 hours a week initially, and maintain support for several hours/week for as long as considered appropriate by Susie, her family and the Panyappi program. This may reduce over time according to needs and progress. The threads of Susie’s story will be picked up again in “The stories” section, where the work that Panyappi does to assist Susie to consider a different direction for her journal is described. Words used in this report Please note that Appendix B contains a glossary for some of the words used throughout this report that may be less familiar to readers. - 2 -
Executive Summary What is Panyappi? Panyappi Indigenous Youth Mentoring Program Evaluation Panyappi 1 is an Indigenous youth mentoring service for young people who experience multiple problems that lead them to frequent inner city or other suburban hangouts, placing them at risk of being a victim of crime or engaging in offending behaviour. Panyappi aims to: 1. To intervene in pathways of offending behaviour and bring about a positive shift in each young person’s attitude toward offending and in their behaviour. 2. To decrease each young participant’s contact with the juvenile justice system and/or agencies associated with this system. 3. To promote self-discovery and self-determination by young people participating in the program their family and wider community. 4. To work collaboratively with all agencies that have mutual responsibility for resolving the young person’s difficulties. Most of the young people with whom Panyappi works are disengaging or already disengaged from education, have a high rate of social-emotional issues, and often engage in substance misuse. At least half of these young people are involved with FAYS and/or the juvenile justice system. They are unlikely to engage with mainstream youth mentoring programs, particularly on a voluntary basis, or with other youth groups or youth support services. They require longer-term, consistent, regular and more intense support in order to build trust, foster their personal resilience, and assist them to gain stability, a positive personal identity and constructive direction for their lives. Although it began in July 2001, like many pilot initiatives tackling a difficult issue Panyappi experienced disruptions during its establishment. Initially this was due to disagreement about the program focus, location, auspicing arrangements, and an insufficient funding base. The funding issue led to staffing the program with trainees only as mentors, rather than more experienced workers, which proved inappropriate and drew the Coordinator’s time away from service development. After making progress by March 2002, there were two quick changes of Coordinator resulting in an extended break in service in 2002. The program was stabilised in February 2003 and since then has functioned more smoothly, strengthened collaborative work with other agencies/ services, and provided consistent mentoring services for young people and families. Evaluating Panyappi Panyappi was evaluated through a series of personal interviews and focus groups with all key stakeholders, including young people, family members, program staff, program collaborators, program funders and Advisory Group Members. Program statistics, client demographics and program documentation were also reviewed and analysed. This 1 This is a Kaurna word meaning younger brother or sister. It is pronounced “bunyip + ee.” - 3 -
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