If a young person leaves your service, support them to ensure they are introduced to and made familiar with another appropriate service. Assist young people to maintain contact with their point of trust’, even if they ‘last have transited out of that particular service. What the relevant sectors can do Build capacity and flexibility in program guidelines for case-management across settings. Explore alternate models that allow funding to follow an individual young person. Establish regional coordination that encourages collaborative planning across mainstream and specialist providers to support young people from refugee backgrounds. Ikram came to Australia as a 16 year old, having experienced war, loss of her family and dislocation to a refugee camp in a neighbouring country. After completing her English study and Year 10, Ikram struggled to complete Year 11. With the help of her school’s careers adviser, Ikram developed a pathway to becoming a social worker. As well as helping her enrol in an ESL course at her local TAFE, Ikram’s adviser ensured that she contacted the pathways support worker at the TAFE. With support from the careers counsellor at TAFE, Ikram has completed a Community Services certificate. moved to a different campus for her Diploma, but still calls her careers counsellor when she has problems that she cannot resolve, such as paying her course fees on time or finding suitable work experience. Her counsellor is linking her to appropriate support at her new campus.
If a young person leaves your service, support them to ensure they are introduced to and made familiar with another appropriate service. Assist young people to maintain contact with their ‘last point of trust’, even if they have transited out of that particular service. What the relevant sectors can do Build capacity and flexibility in program guidelines for case-management across settings. Explore alternate models that allow funding to follow an individual young person. Establish regional coordination that encourages collaborative planning across mainstream and specialist providers to support young people from refugee backgrounds. Ikram came to Australia as a 16 year old, having experienced war, loss of her family and dislocation to a refugee camp in a neighbouring country. After completing her English study and Year 10, Ikram struggled to complete Year 11. With the help of her school’s careers adviser, Ikram developed a pathway to becoming a social worker. As well as helping her enrol in an ESL course at her local TAFE, Ikram’s adviser ensured that she contacted the pathways support worker at the TAFE. With support from the careers counsellor at TAFE, Ikram has completed a Community Services certificate. moved to a different campus for her Diploma, but still calls her careers counsellor when she has problems that she cannot resolve, such as paying her course fees on time or finding suitable work experience. Her counsellor is linking her to appropriate support at her new campus.
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