Reconnect youth counselling
Miranda
Reconnect supports young people aged 12–18 who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of leaving home early by supporting them to restore healthy relationships with their family and community.
Our support includes:
- Individualised, confidential and flexible counselling
- Family reconciliation and positive relationship building
- Assistance with housing, education, training, and employment pathways
- Psychoeducational groups
- Mental health support and resources
Our goal is to achieve family reconciliation for the young person, which can involve:
- Developing ongoing positive relationships with family members
- Establishing a viable support system for the independent young person
- The young person returning home or securing appropriate alternative accommodation
- Engagement of the young person with employment, education, training, and the wider community
- Engaging with parents and assisting parents to access relevant support networks
- Providing support and resources in relation to mental health issues
Principles applied in achieving successful interventions include:
- Easily accessible services, through immediacy of response, outreach, and relevant promotion
- Flexible, holistic approach to service delivery for young people and their families, which empowers families to sustain their own change process
- Using the philosophy of a strength based, solution focused approach
- Working in collaboration with other services and agencies
- Culturally and contextually appropriate service delivery
- Ongoing review and evaluation, using action research in a process of continual service development
Referrals are welcome and can be made by service providers, friends, families and the young people themselves.
Do you need urgent support with your mental health?
In an emergency, call 000
Lifeline — 24/7 crisis and suicide support — 13 11 14
Beyond Blue – 24/7 online and phone support and counselling