Youth Connections

Youth Connections provides a national, flexible, individualised and responsive service to assist young people who are most at risk of disengaging from education or training and therefore not attaining Year 12 or equivalent and not making a successful transition to further study, training or work. The objective of Youth Connections is to support these young people to attain Year 12 or equivalent and to help them make a successful transition through education and onto further education, training or work.

Youth Connections will offer a continuum of services so that young people at risk can access the help they need. IN-STeP works with a spectrum of at risk youth, including those who are most at risk of disengaging from school through to those who are severely disengaged from education, family and community. Service delivery is flexible and seamless, reflecting the young person’s personal situation and circumstances, aiming to build resilience and improve the personal skills and wellbeing of the young person.

IN-STeP also looks at strengthening services in their region, by working with all relevant stakeholders to assist education providers and other organisations to build their own capacity to work with at risk young people. IN-STeP offers youth focussed innovative activities for young people with the aim of finding, connecting with and engaging severely disengaged youth. Our activities include:

  • The Lost World
  • Media and Arts
  • So U think U know it all?
  • Love Bites
  • Careers Explored
  • Budgeting
  • Literacy and Numeracy

Eligibility

To be eligible to participate in Youth Connections, a young person must be between the ages of 14 and 18 and is:

  • Identified as being;
    • at risk of not attaining Year 12 or equivalent and
    • at risk of not making a successful transition through school and from school to further education, training or employment
  • disengaged from education and not in full-time employment
  • an Australian Citizen, permanent resident or on a humanitarian visa

If you require further information, please contact our office:

Phone:  1800 02 18 28
Phone:  07 4725 2688