Term 3: 10th September 2010
Term 4: 1st December 2010
Term 1: 16th March 2011
Term 2: 1st June 2011
>WHAT IS THE SCHOOL FOCUSED YOUTH SERVICE?
The School Focused Youth Service is a joint initiative between the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD) and the Department of Human Services (DHS) and compliments the increase in support provided to schools in response to the recommendations of the Suicide Prevention Taskforce. The focus of the initiative is the co-ordination of preventative and early intervention strategies for young people aged 10-18yrs, to be delivered through school and community clusters.
The School Focused Youth Service is required to develop close linkages with school support personnel located within Government Schools as well as with Independent and Catholic Schools, and community agencies in contact with young people who are no longer connected to the school system. Developing these linkages enables identification of service gaps, development of strategies to respond to those gaps and the provision of a continuum of service intervention.
>CORE OBJECTIVES
Establish collaborative structures and mechanisms between schools and the relevant youth services and community services which support young people, including welfare, health and mental health agencies;
Provide linkages for schools; and
Improve linkages, cohesiveness and integration of service provision for young people displaying 'at risk' behaviours who require support and intervention.
>CORE COMPONENTS
The establishment of linkages/coordination between youth services (in schools and in the community) which respond to the needs of young people.
The capacity to purchase services as a result of identification, by the School Focused Youth Service, of current gaps in service availability.
>MORE INFORMATION
For more information, please contact 9518 3900 or send an email to YRCR@monash.vic.gov.au
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