Community Connections works alongside young people (aged 12-18 years) and families where there are issues that could lead to early home leaving and/or early disengaging from school. Using an early intervention and community development framework, our work encompasses individual support, group and project work as well as creating links with the school and wider community.

The service has two programs, Reconnect(Department of Family, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs), and the Youth Support Coordinator (or YSC) initiative, (Department of Communities). The team operates as Community Connections, in the role of Youth and Family workers.

Key Reconnect research and action areas

Key Reconnect research and action areas are:

• Couch Surfing
• Independent Students Group
• School Refusal
• Micro Finance Projects
• Bullying and Safe schools
• Working with families and significant others
• Mental Health
• Indigenous young people
• Young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Advocacy and lobbying around issues affecting young people

Publications

Community Connections has produced a range of publications:

• Couch Surfing in the Burbs - Young, Hidden and Homeless"
• "Young Women and Schools" - (Group work resource manual)
• "Independent Students DVD"

Contact Community Connections

For more information about Community Connections, please contact us on (07) 3266 5199.