SAAP - Supported Accomodation Assistance Program

The SAAP program provides safe and affordable accommodation to young people aged 16-25 years who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. The SAAP team will work together with the young person to achieve their personal goals, develop lifeskills to live independently, look at issues impacting their lives, address the issues that contributed to them becoming homeless and maintain their current accommodation.

Please contact the Program Manager on 3372 4435.

YSC - Youth Support Coordinator Initiative

The YSC program is aimed at helping young people meet their educational, training and/or personal needs. YSC’s work with the young person to address issues that are impacting on their ability to complete or achieve in education and training. For example, home, health and personal issues. The YSC’s provide individual counselling and support, group work, making referrals, family counselling and support, advocacy, research, community engagement and development and practical support.

Please contact the Program Manager on 3372 2655.

Reconnect Program

The Reconnect program provides support to young people aged 12-18 years living in Inala to Ipswich area who may be at risk of leaving home or have left home. Reconnect assists young people by providing individual counselling and support, family mediation and counselling, assists with centrelink, advocacy and practical support, group work and outreach, referrals and information as well as linking young people and their families with the community.

Please contact the Program Manager on 3372 2655.

Vietnamese Child Protection Program

The VN program aims to assist Vietnamese families with children 0-18 years of age who live in the Inala and surrounding area by providing them with services involving therapeutic intervention, early intervention of child abuse and training in community living skills. Other services offered include general information, personal support, community living, family and child support, community and cultural support and service sector support.

Please contact the Program Manager on 3372 7255.

YACCA - Youth and Community Combined Action

The YACCA program provides support to young people living in Inala and the surrounding areas aged 10-17 years, who are at risk of becoming or further involved in the Juvenile Justice system. The following crime prevention strategies are implemented to strategically support young people’s needs: referral support, case coordination of young people accessing group work activities, group work, school holiday activities, community capacity building projects and community consultation.

Please contact the Program Manager on 3372 4435.

Safe Youth Safe Communities initiative

The Safe Youth Safe Communities initiative, Pasifika LIPI, provides a holistic response to youth violence with a focus on young people aged 10 to 17 years who are at risk of being involved in violent behavior or assessed as having an increased likelihood of being involved in violent behavior. We are funded by the Department of Communities and are partnered between the Inala Youth Service, The Spot at Logan and The Base at Goodna.

 The Safe Youth Safe Communities Project covers the areas of Logan, Ipswich and Inala. We consist of a Program Manager and four Outreach Workers working Friday and Saturday afternoons to late nights which provides increased access to the young person and their families. As we work these hours it affords us the ability to gather information regarding “HotSpots” in all three areas and use this information to reduce the effects of youth violence by providing an outreach service to these identified “HotSpots”. We provide case management, counselling, and mediation, referral to other agencies, cultural appropriate activities, self esteem and motivation programs.

Please contact Program Manager on 3372 2655.

YEC – Youth Engagement Coordination Program

The Youth Engagement Coordination program Coordinator works across two zones to initiate relationships and opportunities with young people to determine their interests and priorities and facilitate a voice for Acacia Ridge and Carole Park youth. The YEC program facilitates links, partnerships and networks with existing agencies to better disseminate information and to work with local community organisations to build their capacity to meet the needs of young people.

Please contact the Program Manager on 3372 2655