Hi All,
Many of you
may not have heard of the Youth Insearch program.
Youth Insearch is
a not for profit charity that works with young people 12 – years old.
Youth Insearch
conducts camps for these young people over a 48 hour period from Friday night finishing
Sunday afternoon, in which approximately 65 people attend. A safe and trusting
environment is created allowing young people to feel comfortable to discuss
issues of an emotional nature. These issues may be related to family breakdown,
bullying ,self esteem, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, abuse (all
types), suicide and grief.
Support people
are integral to the success of the program. They fulfill a mentoring role,
providing support and motivation for the young participants. They are required
to comply with legislation requiring child protection screening. Support after
a camp is essential for all participants to reinforce new goals and directions
taken at the camp. This is achieved at Support Groups and also networking with
young people from the Camp. If further Counselling is required then the Support
Adult can help with this.
In the Sydney
area, I am working to develop a network of people who would be interested in
being support people for the young people who attend the program.
ALL young
people are required to have a support adult to attend the camp with them at a
ratio of 1 adult to 6 young people.
Please check
out the website www.youthinsearch.org.au
and have a look at what we do and also some of the stories of young people who
have become success stories.
I would love
to hear from anyone who would be interested in finding out more about the
program and also how to become involved.
Thanks,
Jenni Allwell
Youth Liaison
Youth Insearch Foundation (Aus) Inc.
Ph. 02 9659 1622
Fax. 02 9659 6133
Mobile. 0447 470 019
Email. jenni@youthinsearch.org.au
www.youthinsearch.org.au
Youth Insearch
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