‘Every 6 months, YFCC conducts an independent survey of approximately 10% of our clients to help us understand from a client’s perspective – what worked well, and what could we do better. We take this feedback seriously, particularly when it comes from people below 18 years of age, as we know they don’t often feel listened [...]
Have you noticed our new sign writing on our Driver Mentor vehicles? Be sure to keep an eye out on the roads for our program vehicles. The program is really picking up momentum, with our mentors Emma and Stuart delivering over 260 driver sessions with young people across the coast. Sessions have been delivered in Devonport, [...]
Client Evaluation Report Summary The six-monthly Client Evaluation was conducted in May 2024 with a randomised sample of 82 (10%) clients from across all YFCC service areas. It is acknowledged that whilst the data and results drawn from this sample accurately represents the individuals who took part, it may not be indicative of all clients. [...]
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 [...]