Reconnect St George
Youth & Family Service

Reconnect helps young people in St George aged 12 to 18 from all cultures who are having problems at home, or who are at risk of becoming homeless, to stay in touch with family, school, work, training and the community.

Reconnect offers a range of direct services including:

• Information & Referral
• Practical and emotional support (casework)
• Informal Counselling and family mediation
• Advocacy and Parenting Skills
• Outreach and Brokerage.

These services are provided by qualified project staff and in collaboration with other local services. Reconnect also aims to build community capacity to sustain the outcomes of the project. Strategies for this include:

GROUPS AT RECONNECT:

• Parenting Teenagers Groups run twice a year. Fathers/ male carers group in May 2008, general parenting group is in October 2008.

Current PARENTING TEENAGERS group commences 28th October 2008 and runs for 8 weeks. Flyer and further information is available on SYS "Home" Page.

• "Talk About It": Workshops for a Campaign called 'Talk About It' which is for young people to raise awareness about early help seeking for problems, and so young people know about services.

For more information on Reconnect St George Youth & Family Service, contact John, Vera, or Charmaine on 02 9556 1769, or email: reconnect@stgeorgeyouth.org