May 09 Youth Newsletter

DCH Youth Counselling and Support Team For young people aged 12-25 who live, work or study in the City of Darebin Darebin Community Health 125 Blake Street East Reservoir www.dch.org.au

What do we do? The youth counselling and support team provide a range of counselling, social support, group development, and health promotion programs to promote the social and emotional well-being and health of young people residing or connected in the Darebin Community. The youth team responds holistically to the health needs of socially isolated, marginalised, homeless and disengaged young people, their families and/or carer’s in our community. We work in a range of settings, offering flexible, innovative services which aim to promote social justice and early intervention.

Winter news from the Youth Team After a very successful first term of the Girls Group, PINK, the second term group, RAD (Relationships and demanding Respect) is now underway.

tionship, and being treated with respect. The group is made up of young women aged 13-19 who attend each Tuesday afternoon. We are now taking referrals for our PASH! program, generalist counselling, and for the Link Up program, so please give us a call if you have any young people who you think would benefit from any of these programs. From all of us in the youth team, have a warm and cozy winter!

After over 6 years of counselling and group facilitation at DCH, Kim Barrett has taken up an exciting opportunity in the U.K.

COUNSELLING Currently the Youth Team at DCH can offer generalist youth counselling, youth and family counselling and secondary consultations. Counselling can be provided across all our sites, at school, home or in the community where a young person feels comfortable. Coppin’ It Sweet is a group run by the counsellors for young women 16-24 about managing issues such as anxiety, anger, depression, family, and relationships and will be taking referrals in July.

Who are we? Anne Robertson Team Leader, Youth and Family Counsellor, Innovative Health Services for Homeless Youth (IHSHY)

The DCH youth counselling and 84701145 or 0406 420 821 support team are located at Kim Barrett Run by Renee and Kim, this program the East Generalist Youth Counsellor Reservoir site. looks at what makes a healthy rela-

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and Youth Worker

84701175 or 0418 518 356 Renee Handsaker Generalist Youth Counsellor 8470 1814 or 0407815517 Georgia McRae

Ph. 84701111 PASH! PASH! (Promoting Adolescent Sexual Health) is now taking referrals for July 2009.

Youth Community Development Worker

PASH is a 6 week program for young women aged 15-21 who are inter8470 1817 or 0408 334 790 ested in discussing & promoting sexual health issues amongst their Manu Sheldon peers. The program includes discusCasual Youth Worker sions, games, food, crafts, making new friends & an outing.

LINK UP

Link Up is a program for 16-25 year olds. Working with each young person to draw up an individual plan, Link Up aims to Instrumental in setting up and address issues such as employrunning the girl’s groups, Kim’s ment, study, housing and social amazing work running leisure groups, holiday programs, school networks. tours, NYC and of course individual counseling has meant that Kim is officially the Youth Worker of all occasions.

Link Up also runs once-off workshops and structured programs throughout the year. These will be advertised in the newsletter To have commitment and ongo- and will be generated from the ing energy on so many occasions young people involved in the program. is a credit to Kim’s ability to see the value in assisting and engaging young people to develop their For more information on Link Up, call Georgia on 8470 1817 potential. Kim is going to be incredibly missed by not only the Youth Team and other staff at the Health Centre but also the many young people their families and professionals that Kim has embraced along the way.

or 0408 334 790.

When? PASH will be run on Tuesdays 4pm-6pm starting July 28th Where? The new East Reservoir Neighbourhood House, (near Reservoir Leisure Centre). 2A Cuthbert Road, Reservoir. PASH will run for 6 weeks and is free of charge. Call Georgia on 84701817 or 0408 334 790 to book in.

CIRCUS! We are currently working with Westside Circus to develop a program for young women aged 16-24 interested in coming together to dispel myths about what our bodies can not do, and through circus learning how actually your body can do LOTS of things! A stencil We are having an afternoon open artist will also be working with the women in the program to develop images around the theme of to all at YouthZone to farewell developing a positive body image. Kim on Thursday 23rd July. Please contact Anne 84701145 or Renee 84701814 for more information about the Circus project.