National Child Protection Week: 4 - 10 September 2022 Our pledge: YFCC pledge to support parents, families, and communities with keeping children safe, while promoting the importance of children’s safety and wellbeing. National Child Protection Week is an annual event starting on the first Sunday of September. This year's theme "Every child, in every community, needs [...]

Family Support comprises of two services - Integrated Family Support Service (IFSS) and Helping Young Families (HYF). Both services work directly with families offering a range of supports to meet their needs. IFSS works with families who have children up to 17 years of age (inclusive), this may also include families who are expecting a baby [...]

Name: Catherine Grining YFCC Service Area: Integrated Family Support Services (IFSS) Location: Devonport What do you like about your role?  I have been with the IFSS team now for six weeks and am enjoying the new connections that I am making with families and colleagues. A bit about you: I’m currently finalising my Bachelor of Social [...]

Name: Amay Scott YFCC Service Area: Youth at Risk Centre (YARC) - Malana Location: Launceston What do you like about your role?  Service design and implementation – as Malana is yet to be formally opened, the Malana team has had a unique opportunity to fortify theoretical staples for the service, such as resource development and activity [...]

Name: Grant Sullivan YFCC Service Area: Youth at Risk Centre (YARC) - Malana Location: Launceston What do you like about your role? Since Malana has not opened yet, what I like most so far is the diversity and the support from the team. I am looking forward to supporting young people to help make a difference [...]

Name: Amy Austin YFCC Service Area: Youth at Risk Centre (YARC) - Malana Location: Launceston What do you like about your role?  We are still in the early stages, so I haven’t really had much in person work or any client contact, however I am loving the team, I’m very excited for what is to come. [...]

If you have the primary care of a sibling, grandchildren, niece or nephew or any other child who is an extended family member then you’re a Kinship carer! We want to listen, and learn more about kinship families so that we can influence the way both services and government agencies work alongside kinship families. This evidence [...]

R&R is open to community members who are impacted by their own substance use and is available to anyone aged 18 years and above. Sessions include a mix of therapeutic groupwork and peer support and runs from 12.00-1.30pm. For more information, contact Jess on 0428 859 767 or Rob on 0437 883 908. [...]

Inspiring Youth Awards – now accepting nominations! Celebrating it’s third birthday this year, YFCC are proud to announce we are again hosting the Inspiring Youth Awards in 2022. This empowering initiative highlights the positive contributions of young people in Northwest Tasmania. The Inspiring Youth Awards offer the Northwest community a chance to celebrate and recognise [...]

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. We were pleasantly surprised to receive the following feedback from an 11 year old attendee of our ARVOS program in Burnie: “I’ve been attending ARVOS for nearly a year now. It [...]