Youth Advocacy Centre

Family Support Service

The Family Support Advocate (FSA) can provide information, advice, referral and support and advocacy  for young people and their families and in particular:

• advocate on behalf of individual young people within their families as well as in relation to court and schools, especially suspension and exclusion matters
• undertake individual and family counselling
• provide court support for young people and their families in relation to youth justice matters, including writing a report for the court where appropriate
• work on family relationships and the  young person’s issues within and external to their family (The Three Rs – Rebuild, Relationships, Respect)

The FSA also runs peer support groups for parents and carers with the assistance of a Peer Support Coordinator:  ParenTEEN runs for 6-8 weeks depending on the needs of the group with the opportunity for parents and carers to continue to meet on an ongoing basis to support each other ( ParenTEAM program. For more detail, go to the YAC website.