NAYSS Initiative & Lead Provider
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What is the NAYSS initiative?
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What is the role of the NAYSS Lead Provider?
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Who is CMYI?
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Who should I contact within CMYI?
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What will CMYI be providing?
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What is the NAYSS initiative?
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The Newly Arrived Youth Support Service (NAYSS) initiative provides culturally appropriate services ranging from early intervention to transition, for newly arrived young people aged 12 to 21 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
NAYSS providers will help newly arrived young people who are homeless, or at risk of homelessness, to improve their level of engagement with family, work, education, training and the community by using a variety of strategies such as counselling, family mediation and practical support.
There are currently 6 Phase 1 NAYSS services around Australia, and 8 more services will be funded during Phase 2.
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What is the role of the NAYSS Lead Provider?
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As Lead Provider within the NAYSS initiative, the Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (CMYI) will provide practical support, services and resources to NAYSS providers.
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Who is CMYI?
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The Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (CMYI) is a statewide community based organisation that aims to strengthen and build innovative partnerships between young people, support services and the community to enhance life opportunities for young people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds.
The Centre is based in Melbourne and has a priority focus on CLD young people from refugee and newly arrived communities.
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Who should I contact within CMYI?
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You can direct any comments or queries to nayss@cmyi.net.au or call CMYI on (03) 9349 3466.
CMYI will respond to any query within 48 hours.
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What will CMYI be providing?
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Help Desk
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The help desk is designed to provide support to NAYSS service providers. CMYI will respond to questions and comments from NAYSS providers about challenges arising from the unique nature of the NAYSS target group.
CMYI will respond to any query within 48 hours.
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Professional Development
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As a key function of the Lead Provider role, CMYI has been engaged by FaHCSIA to contribute to the professional development of NAYSS staff in relation to working within the NAYSS context.
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Mentoring
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The NAYSS Lead Provider will facilitate mentoring between NAYSS services. This will involve identifying and encouraging mentoring between agencies and staff on areas of common interest, and potentially linking this with action research.
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Website
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This website is designed to facilitate professional development through sharing good practice and providing NAYSS services with access to useful resources.
For feedback on how we can improve the NAYSS website, email nayss@cmyi.net.au
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Resources
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Several NAYSS resources have been developed by CMYI, including a Resource Kit containing principles and strategies for good practice in working with new arrivals, info sheets and a Guide to Action Research in NAYSS.
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