Wesley Mission Annual Report 2020 - Flipbook - Page 46
Teenagers and young adults
In 19/20, we supported
Supporting the next generation
Investing in young people as they journey towards adulthood
strengthens futures and families. Wesley Mission offers
practical programs to support teenagers’ wellbeing and
connection to community.
Indigenous young women
discover their roots
Wesley Youth Hope chaperoned
a trip to the Northern Territory
to encourage young Indigenous
women to connect with their
culture.
Known as the ‘Girls Deadly
Cultural Connection Camp’, eight
young women travelled from
Sydney to Indigenous parks,
lands, art sites and communities
to learn significant cultural
connections to the land, discover
how Aboriginal people lived in
past generations, eat traditional
foods and develop new skills such
as basket weaving.
“This camp has connected me
with my culture through art and
learning about traditional foods.
Learning about eating off the land
and only using what you need,”
said one camper.
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Wesley Youth Hope
A voluntary, early intervention program based in Western
Sydney, Wesley Youth Hope works alongside young
people and their families where there is an identified risk to a
child or young person’s safety, welfare or wellbeing.
427
100
62
125
68
72
total young people in
wellbeing programs
Wesley Getting It Together
We support young people aged 12-13 years on the
Central Coast through our early intervention program,
Wesley Getting It Together scheme (GITS).
children and young
people supported with
mental health
Wesley GITS workers use an intensive case management
approach to support young people to address a range of
issues relating to income support, health, mental health,
homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, justice,
education, employment and relationships.
young people helped
with employment
young people
received drug and
alcohol counselling
young people in targeted
early intervention (TEI)
young people from
Waratah College
assisted in TEI
Wesley Reconnect
Our program aims to support young people who are
experiencing homelessness or may be at risk of
homelessness. Wesley Reconnect supports with stabilising
housing, reconnecting families together, improving the
health and wellbeing of young people and improving
connections in education, employment and community.
474
1,185
67
270
young people
supported and
Intensive
help for
family members
given hope
young people
young people reconnected
Youth wellbeing
Wesley Young Healthy Minds
Wesley WorkSmart
Drug and alcohol counselling
We support children and young people up to 18
years of age who show early signs of, or are at risk
of, developing mental illness.
In Australia youth unemployment averages
around 13.5 per cent. In Western Sydney,
the average climbs to 20 per cent with some
suburbs reaching as high as 45 per cent. Wesley
WorkSmart supports 15-18 year-olds, living in
Western Sydney, who are at risk of long-term
unemployment.
Partnering with Hunter New England Health and
Headspace, this program is tailored to support
young people by providing specialist drug and
alcohol counselling. This collaboration was brought
together to address a gap in services for young
people in the region.
Wesley WorkSmart is designed to address issues
that contribute to long-term unemployment and
provide opportunity to develop leadership, job
readiness and workplace skills including
participating in work experience or placement
opportunities.
Our targeted early intervention program works with
young people in setting goals to help improve their
safety, health, education, wellbeing, relationships
and community connections. The outcome of this
program is to see young people engaging and
building stronger connections with their family,
education and community.
Through Wesley Young Healthy Minds, we tailor our
services to meet the needs of each child, young
person and family so they can build
the skills and confidence they need to achieve their
goals. Based in Newcastle, we provide support
through intensive long-term early interventions,
referrals and local partnerships with schools and
other groups.
Our team of youth workers also give communitybased care consultation and outreach to local
service providers who need mental health input
to their work with families.
Wesley Targeted Early Intervention
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