Did you know YFCC’s ATODS service has been helping people of all ages reduce the impact of the drugs and/or alcohol on their lives for over 25 years? In that time, we’ve seen a lot of change and also some things that stay the same. Alcohol and cannabis have remained constant substances people seek support for, [...]
During May our incredibly gifted Helping Young Families and Family Support teams combined to provide a cinema experience for families to celebrate Families week. The cinema experience was provided in Burnie and in Devonport. This year we were fortunate to have radio advertising of the events and the numbers of attendees would indicate that the radio [...]
Name: Thu Phan YFCC Service Area: Crisis Accommodation Support Services Location: Devonport & Burnie What do you like about your role? I like to be the support that gives my residents structure, build their resilience, and develop independent living skills. I also like how challenging this role can get and how we must appreciate the little [...]
Name: Chelsea Johnson YFCC Service Area: Malana - Youth at Risk Centre Location: Launceston What do you like about your role? One of the things I really like about my role that no two days are the same. I also really enjoy being able to build rapport with the young people I work with and assist [...]
Name: Jacinta Russell-Arnot YFCC Service Area: Malana - Youth at Risk Centre Location: Launceston What do you like about your role? I love seeing how well our team gets along, the enthusiasm and engagement of the young people with each other and the staff and witnessing their progress. A bit about you: I’m a city girl [...]
YFCC Service Area: Integrated Family Support Services Location: Devonport What do you like about your role? Having worked at Child Safety Case Managment for some time, I really enjoy helping families build on their parenting capacity and, where able to, be reunified with their children. That is why I applied for the IFSS role. Within the [...]
What do we do? CASS' primary goal is to reunify a young person with their family of origin or extended family. If this isn’t possible the young person will be assisted to find and secure independent sustainable accommodation. These goals are achieved through a holistic Client Focused, Youth Coaching Process. The Youth Coaching Process has accommodation [...]
Working It Out is commencing gender identity peer support and discussion groups for anyone wanting to connect with others who are trans and gender diverse or questioning their gender identity. Held in Burnie on the 2nd Wednesday of each month, and Devonport on the 4th Thursday of each month – both groups from 5:30-7:00pm. Anyone wishing [...]
Click the link below to see the amazing offers we have available. Flyers - FW - families week
YFCC has an ongoing commitment to keeping all children and young people safe. Staff are continuously identifying areas for improvement, and implementing appropriate changes through policy and procedure, to ensure that children, young people, families and the community remain safe. "My relationship with my worker was very important to me, we got on well. Being in [...]
Acknowledgement of Country
Our organisation acknowledges the palawa people as the Traditional Custodians of lutruwita/Tasmania. We recognise their enduring connection to land, sea, and community, and we pay our deepest respects to Elders past and present.
We also acknowledge and honour the ongoing contributions of Aboriginal and Torress Strait Islander peoples across Australia and their rich cultural heritage, which continues to shape and strengthen our communities today.
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