Over the past two years, Project Detour has worked with young people (aged 16 to 24 years) who identify as being impacted by crime and/or anti-social behaviours and may be at risk of becoming entrenched in the criminal judicial system. The project has worked with them to address health and wellbeing concerns, foster meaningful relationships, and [...]

Youth Homelessness Matters Day (YHMD) is a national day that was conceived in 1990 to raise awareness and public discussion about child and youth homelessness. It is held every year on the third Wednesday of April. This year, YHMD was Wednesday 17th April. Over the years, YHMD has grown to a national celebration of young people's [...]

Name: Emma Xavier YFCC Service Area: Employment Services/Driver Mentor Program Location: Devonport What do you like about your role? I love the fact I am able to get dressed each morning, know I'm helping someone else the community. I love being involved in an organisation and group of people who enjoy their work and workplace and [...]

Name: Hannah Aikman 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 [...]

Name: Elle Baldock YFCC Service Area: Administration/NSP Location: Devonport What do you like about your role? I like the mixture of personalities that I have met so far - being staff and the public. A bit about you: I am a busy Mum of two and love to learn new skills, except cooking, I cannot cook [...]

care2serve are holding their free Carer Expo NW on Thursday 21st March 2024 at the Burnie Arts & Function Centre in Burnie.

We were thrilled to announce the successful launch of the North West Driver Mentor Program in January. The program is delivered through a partnership between Youth, Family and Community Connections and West North West Working - a significant milestone in our commitment to work collaboratively with community to provide this much needed service to young people. [...]

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. Below is from a client from our Employment Services program. 'Worker went above and beyond to [...]

Career Connector – Rapid Response Skills Initiative Did you know if you have If you have been made redundant in the last 12 months you can access up to $3000 for training to help you retrain for another job or career. Our Career Connector, Leanne can assist you in identifying training options to access the Rapid [...]