Provides camps and activity days for children, young people and families with a focus on those who do not live with their birth parents.
Puddle Jumpers equips young people with the confidence and skills to assume more control and make informed choices in their everyday lives.
Supports include:
- Camps with different themes.
- Camps for families to attend together.
- Activities.
- Develop relationships.
- Social interactions.
- Self-esteem.
- MinTies Program for 14-16 year olds.
- Single activity days.
- Community food nights.
Reconnect supports young people aged 12 to 18 years who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness who live, work or study in the Onkaparinga City Council area.
The program offers individual and family counselling, mediation and supports.
Supports include:
- Improve family relationships.
- Stabilise accommodation.
- Re-establish connections with education, work and community.
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is a free community and hospital-based tertiary mental health service for young people aged up to 18 years.
Tertiary mental health services provide the highest level of care for those with severe and complex mental health issues.
Services include:
- Individual and family therapy.
- Group programs.
- Information.
- Hospital-based mental health care.
Post Care Support Services provides supports to young people who are transitioning out of care to build skills.
Provides case management, counselling, information, advocacy and skills in independent living, finances, relationships, study and employment.
Supports include:
- Transition to independent living skills.
- Education and employment supports.
- Financial literacy skills and grant support.
- Building skills to manage family and social networks.
- Culturally responsive support.
- Referral support to other services.
Provides early intervention services to assist young people aged 12 to 18 years who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness in the Playford Council area.
Reconnect assists homeless youth to stabilise their living situation and improve their level of engagement with family, work, education, training and their local community.
Services include:
- Counselling.
- Group work.
- Mediation.
- Practical support to the whole family.
- Outreach support.
Newly Arrived Youth Service (NAYS) supports young people aged 12-21 and their families who have moved to Australia within the last 5 years.
The service strengthens family relationships, addresses challenges that may lead to conflict or homelessness, and empowers young people to stay engaged in school and employment.
Services include:
- Family mediation to strengthen relationships.
- Assistance with education and employment pathways.
- Outreach and advocacy support.
- School holiday activities and community events.
- Group information sessions for schools, parents, and agencies.
Provides sexual health and relationship wellbeing services.
Services include:
- Clinical services.
- Sexual health counselling to those aged from 12 years.
- Sexual Healthline.
- Education and training.
Provides free early intervention services for youth aged 12-18 from a culturally and linguistically diverse background who are having problems at school or home, are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Uses a culturally sensitive approach to support young people from diverse backgrounds.
Services include:
- Outreach services across metropolitan Adelaide.
- Counselling and emotional support.
- Family mediation and conflict resolution.
- Guidance on education and community engagement.
- Practical support to access accommodation and secure finances.
- Help with managing substance use.
- Assistance to re-engage with family, school, and community.
- Support to identify and achieve personal goals.
- Referrals to other services.
Works with young people in the Adelaide metro area who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Services include:
- Accommodation Services.
- Supports to engage with education, training or work.
- Outreach program to assist with successful tenancy.
- Early intervention to prevent homelessness.