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 Snapshot of CMYI
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Service delivery - Supporting young people
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Newly Arrived Youth Support Services (NAYSS) – Southeast and Northwest Teams
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NAYSS works with newly arrived young people aged 12 to 21 who are experiencing conflict at home or at school, or who are disconnected from their family or community. CMYI delivers NAYSS services in Melbourne’s southeast (Greater Dandenong and Casey) and northwest (Hume, Moonee Valley, Brimbank).
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Reconnect Young Refugees Program
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The Reconnect program provides an early intervention service to refugee young people aged 12 to 18 who are experiencing difficulty at home, school or in their community. Combining service provision with community development strategies, the program aims to improve the level of engagement of young people with family and community. The program incorporates action research with family centred approaches and culturally appropriate service delivery. The program is based in the Cities of Greater Dandenong and Hume.
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Youth Referral and Independent Person Program
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The Youth Referral and Independent Person Program (YRIPP) aims to work with and improve the existing system of Independent Person support provided to young people in police custody who are at the initial point of processing as potential defendants in criminal matters; and, divert young people, primarily refugee and newly arrived young people, from progression to higher levels of the criminal justice system, based on culturally appropriate early intervention and diversion support efforts.
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Policy advice
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CMYI's policy work is wide-ranging and diverse. It incorporates advice to government, resource development, research, policy submissions, information provision, training and support to workers. Core policy areas include: youth participation, sport and recreation, crime prevention, social harmony and racism, family and community, refugee youth resettlement, education, training and employment.
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Information provision and research
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In informing the sector, CMYI undertakes research on issues affecting culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) young people and provides media commentary on current events. See CMYI publications and resources or subscribe to CMYI e-News to find out about our research and resources.
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Sector development
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CMYI provides direct support to workers, organisations and volunteers involved in service delivery to young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds. The organisation works in partnership with local communities to enhance service provision to young people. This includes regular Statewide Multicultural Youth Issues Network (SMYIN) meetings, issues based forums and the provision of information to key stakeholders.
CMYI sector development projects include:
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Multicultural Sport and Recreation Project
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The Multicultural Sport and Recreation project aims to increase sport and recreation opportunities for young people from migrant and refugee communities by mapping existing opportunities, barriers and establishing models of good practice. Initiatives are developed and implemented in partnership with organisations from the sport, youth, migrant, and government sectors.
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Newly Arrived Youth Support Services (NAYSS) – Lead Provider Role
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CMYI is the Lead Provider within the national NAYSS initiative, a role that includes the provision of resources, services and support to other NAYSS providers across Australia, as well as linking providers together to enhance peer communication and support within the NAYSS initiative.
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Refugee Youth Resettlement Team
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The Refugee Youth Resettlement Team incorporates the Young Refugees in the Picture project and the Statewide Refugee Youth Development and Policy program. The team undertakes capacity building to support generalist youth and settlement workers to work more effectively with refugee young people in their region. The team has a priority focus on the Cities of Whittlesea and Shepparton/Cobram. Other statewide activities include providing training, secondary consultation, professional development, sector resourcing, policy forums, data analysis and support to youth groups.
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Leadership and mentoring
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Multicultural Youth Mentoring Program
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The Multicultural Youth Mentoring Project supports CLD young people aged 16-25 to more effectively advocate for their own issues, concerns and needs. Our current program aims to mentor CLD young people to increase their skills, confidence and community networks to enable them to take up opportunities for participating in their communities.
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Young Leaders of Today
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Young Leaders of Today is a week-long Statewide Multicultural Leadership Course run in partnership with the Australian Red Cross, providing young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds in year 10 with an opportunity to gain leadership skills and confidence, and to enhance their participation in community life. Our program can also deliver leadership trainings with CLD young people through community groups on a more informal basis.
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Training and community education
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CMYI develops and delivers high quality community education and training to government and non-government agencies. Training modules include: cross-cultural training for workers and management; working with migrant and refugee young people; and an introduction on working with young people for workers new to the youth and community sectors. Training can also be tailored to the particular needs of specific agencies and staff.
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