Name: Kristy Olsen YFCC Service Area: Crisis Accommodation Support Service (CASS) Location: Devonport and Burnie What do you like about your role? I have a passion for supporting Youth. I enjoy being able to be a positive and consistent mentor. I like the team environment and the constant personal development. A bit about you: I am a [...]
Name: Christina Rowlands YFCC Service Area: Crisis Accommodation Support Service Location: Devonport What do you like about your role? I like sharing in the young people's achievements, no matter how small they may be. Working with these young people and seeing their personal growth and increased self-worth is something special. A bit about you: Family and my [...]
CASS provides crisis accommodation for young people who need a place to stay. Our accommodation services are located in both Burnie and Devonport. Our CASS team provides 13 to 20-year old’s, who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless, a place to stay for up to 6 weeks. The service can assist young people [...]
Due to the ongoing success and popularity of our regular school holiday programs, this January we decided to set a "3-activity maximum" per attendee in order to give new people a chance to join us. As a result, we were able to engage with a large number of new young people in the program. This also [...]
Name: Samantha Hall YFCC Service Area: Employment Services Location: Devonport and Burnie What do you like about your role? I love working back in an organisation with a youth focus that is engaging young people in employment and education. I am really enjoying the culture and connection to the community that YFCC has. A bit about you: [...]
As a child safe organisation we are constantly seeking to ensure our programs and services are designed to help children and young people feel safe. Below is a comment from a 17-year-old in our Employment Services Detour program. ‘I enjoy my sessions with my worker because I feel safe and confident to speak my mind. I [...]
Regular activities @ Burnie Library Family History - 1st Monday of the month 1:00pm - 4:00pm Local History - Tuesdays 9:30am - 12:30pm Knitting for Charity - Tuesdays 10:00am - 12:00pm Families Learning Together - Tuesdays 3:30pm - 4:30pm, Term 1, 14th Feb - 4th April R&R/Storytime - Wednesdays 10:30am - 11:00am English Conversation - Wednesdays 10:00am - 12:00pm [...]
A Tasmanian Lifeline is a telephone support service for Tasmanians of all ages who need someone to talk things through with. We operate from 8am – 8pm, 7 days a week (including Christmas Day and other public holidays). We are Tasmanian based and Tasmanian focused service that can offer either a one-off phone call or ongoing [...]
As a child safe organisation we are constantly seeking to ensure our programs and services are designed to help children and young people feel safe. The following feedback is from a 17-year-old client from our Crisis Accommodation Service. ''I feel like CASS is more of a home, not a Shelter. It is not dirty or anything [...]
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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