Youth Support
COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM (CSP)
CSP provides intensive case management for referred young offenders. Youth Workers support and supervise young people who are on legal orders such as Parole, Probation, Youth Supervision Orders or remand.
Funded by Dept of Human Services
LOCAL SUPPORT PROGRAM (LSP)
The Local Support Program (LSP) provides community based support to young people aged 12 – 25 years disadvantaged by their socio-economic circumstances. The program provides an immediate intake response, identification/assessment of needs, referral, advocacy, information, options and interim support.
Funded by Office for Youth
MENTORING PROGRAMS
In- School Mentoring - Connects young people aged 11 – 15 years from suburbs of Whittington, Corio and Norlane with Student Mentors (yrs 10-12) from Geelong College. The program aims to positively impact on participants educational, personal and social skill development through a range of supported group activities.
RECONNECT
Reconnect is a joint initiative between MacKillop Family Services (case-management), Barwon Youth Accommodation Service (BYAS) - youth/parent mediation) and Barwon Youth. The program responds to young people at risk of homelessness.
PRE AND POST INSTITUTIONAL
RELEASE PROGRAM—(Out There)
The “Out There” Program provides support to young people aged 17 - 21 years of age exiting Juvenile Justice Centres in Victoria. This Program has a particular focus on vocational support and works closely with the relevant agencies to provide intensive case management to young people prior to and after release.
Funded by Dept of Human Services
YOUTH JUSTICE GROUP CONFERENCING
A program based on restorative justice principles. It provides a problem-solving approach to offending that aims to balance the needs of young people, victims and the community. It encourages dialogue between individuals who have offended , their victims and police.
Funded by Dept of Human Services
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS
Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of Geelong is a community based mentoring program which provides young people, who are in need of additional support and friendship, with a caring adult mentor and positive role model.
The Geelong program specifically works with young people aged 12-18 years, from the Northern / Eastern suburbs of Geelong, who are may be disengaged from education, training or community life.
