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Youth Support Service
Our Youth Support Service (YSS) teamwork across 11 locations throughout the state re-engaged more than 1000 young people aged 12-18. Support has focused on working to gain skills which build resilience, help to gain employment and maintain positive relationships.
Winter’s Story
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Winter was referred to PCYC Youth Support Service by Headspace who identified that she had minimal supports since disengaging with her family and moving to local crisis accommodation.
PCYC Aurukun Youth Leadership Team
The PCYC Aurukun Youth Leadership Team have been identified by the YSS as potential leaders.
Working together with local YSS leader Norma and Club Manager Steve they have been planning a calendar of events that make a positive impact on the community.
Events have run throughout the year providing a great opportunity for the team to have a say in what happens in their community through the support of PCYC Aurukun
This has involved planning activities, organising catering, creating running orders, gathering prizes and creating risk assessments.
The Youth Leadership Team have gained many learnings and some great new experiences and plan to put this into action creating bigger and better events next year!
The move to an unstable housing situation had caused Winter to have feelings of uncertainty about her future and had impacted her schooling due to the travel required to attend.
Headspace believed that PCYC Youth Support Service staff would be able to provide her with the guidance and support needed. The YSS support worker worked with Winter to obtaining necessities such as food, school items, medication and basic identification while advocating for Winter’s financial independence through Centrelink, which was successfully achieved.
Winter was able to finish Year 12 and attended her formal. Through PCYC’s continued advocacy for more permanent accommodation Winter is now due to move to transitional accommodation.
PCYC will continue to work with Winter to meet her goals of gaining employment and a drivers licence.
