NAYSS Services
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ACT
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New South Wales
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Northern Territory
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Queensland
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South Australia
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Tasmania
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Victoria
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Western Australia
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ACT
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Multicultural Youth Services (Canberra)
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About Multicultural Youth Services
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Multicultural Youth Services assists refugee and migrant young people aged 12-25, and other young people of a culturally and linguistically diverse background, who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Assistance is provided with regards to accommodation, employment, education, training, family issues and any other matters that are important to young people. The service also runs social, recreational and community development projects.
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NAYSS Program
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The NAYSS program consists of two Youth Support Workers and a Family Counsellor. The Youth Support Workers are located with another two youth workers (one JPET funded and one is funded by Territory Government to assist young refugees and migrants aged 22-25 years) at our youth drop-in centre. The Family Counsellor resides at a separate location with our Community Development Officer.
The program has been focusing on building on relationships with refugee and migrant young people that have been accessing MYS historically. The program is also spending time setting up in the new locations (we have moved to two different buildings this year) and on networking with schools, settlement workers and other agencies in the region. We are also looking at different models of working with newly arrived families.
Griffin Centre Level 2,
1 Genge St,
Canberra City 2601
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New South Wales
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Granville Multicultural Community Centre (Granville)
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8 Factory Street
Granville NSW 2142
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Mission Australia (Sydney) South West Youth Services
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162 Railway Parade
Corner of McBurney Rd & Railway Parade
(PCYC, opposite Cabramatta Community Centre)
Cabramatta NSW 2166
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Southern Youth & Family Services (Wollongong)
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Northern Territory
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Melaleuca Refugee Centre (Darwin)
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About Melaleuca Refugee Centre
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Melaleuca Refugee Centre is non-profit organization and has been in operation in Darwin since 1997. Since it’s inception as a counseling service for torture and trauma survivors, it has grown to include a counseling team, settlement workers, health workers, a community development and training team, and a director. Melaleuca Refugee Centre operates in a holistic approach to assist people from a refugee background residing in the Darwin area. The centre provides services in line with IHSS, which funds intensive support for the first six months of resettlement in Australia. Melaleuca also provides short and long term counseling for people from a refugee background. Melaleuca facilitates a reference group and refugee support network to assist in the delivery of culturally and community appropriate services.
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NAYSS Program
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The NAYSS program consists of one Youth Support worker, with support from the counseling team leader. The position will assist young people between the ages of 12-21 who have arrived in Australia in within the last five years. The close association with families arriving will provide a predominantly African refugee background client base. The program will assist newly arrived families experiencing separation and breakdown, as well as young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Young people can refer themselves to the service by calling or dropping into the office. Referrals are also accepted from schools, youth services, families or other services.
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Mailing Address:
PO Box 1226
Nightcliff NT 0814
Street Address:
Shop 33, Rapid Creek Business Village
48 Trower Road
Millner NT 0810
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NAYSS Workers
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 | Ben Garcia
Ben.garcia@melaleuca.org.au
Tel (08) 8985 3311
Fax (08) 8985 3322
| Jamie Harvey
Jamie.harvey@melaleuca.org.au
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Queensland
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Career Employment Australia (South West Brisbane)
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Mailing Address:
PO Box 215
Salisbury QLD 4107
Street Address:
Building 6
Construction Training Centre
460 Beaudesert Road
Salisbury QLD 4107
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Mission Australia (Toowoomba)
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About Mission Australia
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For more than 140 years, Mission Australia’s vision has been helping the nation’s most disadvantaged individuals and communities.
With more than 330 services across metropolitan, rural and regional Australia, in every State and Territory, Mission Australia aims to empower disadvantaged and isolated individuals, families and communities by giving them the support they need to get back on track and lead more fulfilling lives.
Our services are centred around:
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- Family support initiatives for families and children in need;
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- Youth initiatives for disadvantaged young people;
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- Housing support initiatives for homeless people and those at risk of homelessness;
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- Employment and training initiatives for unemployed people and those seeking to re-enter the workforce; and
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- Community building initiatives that help strengthen and empower entire communities.
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NAYSS Program
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It has been a really exciting time in Toowoomba since the NAYSS program began just over 6 months ago. During this time we have been busy developing links in the community, having a fantastic time meeting new people and supporting young people in Toowoomba increase their social and community connection.
In January 2006 our service relocated to bigger and better premises as well as employing a new Male Youth and Family Worker.
A lot of our time has been spent working in the schools and assisting clients with practical living skills, for example cooking workshops. Many of the male Sudanese clients said they enjoyed cooking so much they are considering a career in the hospitality field. Queensland Health also came on board to help teach clients safe hygiene practices so that they don’t get food poisoning and learning how to read food labels.
The Police have been huge supporters of the program, often attending the schools with us, talking about road safety, particpating in cooking workshops and just hanging out with the young people.
The NAYSS program recently organised a “Sudanese Youth Day”. It was heaps of fun with many of the young people learning how to shoot hoops with a professional basketballer, making the right moves with latin and FUNK dance, and getting their hands dirty with Indigeous Art workshops. In fact, some of the art work they produced is so good that a gallery has offered to sell their work.
We have lots of activites planned for the next few months, starting with a welcome back party for 2006, organising a career expo and looking into school based traineeships and apprenticeships for those young clients wanting to expand their career while still at school.
Level 1, 28 Bell St Mall
Toowoomba
Queensland, 4350
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Multilink (Logan)
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About Multilink
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Multilink Community Services Inc is a community based organisation working with communities, families and individuals from diverse cultural, linguistic and faith backgrounds to enable successful settlement in Australia.
Multilink provides services through its five core service programs – Child & Family Services, Youth Services, Multilink Community Care (ethnic aged care), Community Engagement, Advocacy & Development Services, and Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services. Through these programs, Multilink currently works across 7 Local Governement areas (Gold Coast, Beaudesert Shire, Logan, Ipswich, Brisbane South-West, Birsbane South-East, Redlands Shire, and Caboolture).
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NAYSS Program
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MultiLink’s NAYSS project enhances the capacity of the Youth Services Program to deliver culturally appropriate and integrated NAYSS JPET and NAYSS Reconnect youth support services to newly arrived young people aged 12-21 and their families who have arrived in Australia during the previous 5 years.
The initiative aims to provide a one-stop shop multifunction youth service for support and referral for newly arrived young people and their families by co-locating NAYSS with the exisitng multicultural JPET project.
The NAYSS Reconnect service provides confidential ealry intervention support to newly arrived young people and their families who are experiencing difficulties. NAYSS Reconnect focuses on 12-21 year olds who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, experiencing intergenerational conflict, family breakdown, or at risk of leaving education.
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A focus concentrating on families and providing mediation, counselling, and support are a priority of this program.
Outreach services target South East and South West Brisbane, Beadesert, Redlands Shire, and the Gold Coast.
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South Australia
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Migrant Resource Centre of South Australia (Adelaide)
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Address: 59 King William St. Adelaide SA 5000
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Anglicare South Australia (Adelaide)
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Tasmania
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Colony 47 (Hobart)
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About Colony 47
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Colony 47 is a non-profit community organisation working with people to assist with a wide range of personal issues. Colony 47 first opened its doors in 1973 as a coffee shop and drop-in centre for young people. From our small beginnings, we have developed into an independent organisation, assisting people with housing, employment, training and family issues. We operate throughout Southern Tasmania.
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NAYSS Program
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Colony 47’s NAYSS program is a combined Reconnect and JPET multi-function service.
NAYSS will offer holistic, flexible and culturally appropriate assistance to newly arrived young people aged between 12 and 21 years and their families who have arrived in Australia within the past 5 years. In addition, the young people must also be eligible to access existing JPET and Reconnect programs.
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- Reconnect provides early intervention, support and counselling for young people at risk of homelessness and issues with their families;
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- JPET assists young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and are facing many personal and social difficulties which are preventing them from getting back into school, training or work.
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 Download PDF of Colony 47 paper presented at the NAYSS National Forum - "We don't see things the way they are, we see things the way WE are" (150Kb)
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Victoria
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Centre for Multicultural Youth Issues (Melbourne)
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About 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 living in Victoria. The Centre has a priority focus on young people from refugee and newly arrived communities.
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NAYSS Program
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CMYIs NAYSS Programs in Melbourne’s southeast and northwest build on the networks and relationships already established through CMYIs long-term presence in these regions.
CMYIs NAYSS team plans to spend the first year promoting the service, building networks and relationships, and developing trust with communities. A focus in terms of action research will be working with young people in the context of their families. We will be exploring various models and strategies for engaging with families, including using casework in conjunction with strategies such as group work, recreation events, forums and outreach.
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Cutting Edge UnitingCare (Shepparton)
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135 Maude St
PO Box 136
Shepparton VIC 3632
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Western Australia
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Association for Services to Torture and Trauma Survivors - ASeTTS (Perth)
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11 Patrick Court, Girrawheen
Perth WA 6064
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