All of us need some help at some time in our lives, and the best thing to do when you need help is to ask someone. Our Youth and Family Support Services may be able to help you directly, or link you up with someone who can.
Our services are free and available to young people living in the Lismore and surrounding area.
If you need:
- somewhere to live temporarily while you get your life on track
- help to reconnect with family
- someone to talk with to sort out how to deal with issues or problems in your life
- help to get connected with school and training
- help to find someone who can sort out legal issues, criminal matters, or debts
- help to find support to deal with health and mental health issues
- or assistance to get some food or other emergency supplies
contact YCNC today and ask for the help you need.
How to get help from YCNC:
To talk to us about what you need, come to our Lismore office or phone to make an appointment with our Intake and Assessment Coordinator on phone (02) 669 85 616.
This appointment is to establish your needs and to how YCNC best can assist.
So what kinds of services does YCNC actually provide?
- Listening to you in a safe place and helping you work out what you need this is called intake and assessment. You can drop in or call and make an appointment with the Intake and Assessment Coordinator.
- Meeting with you to make a plan for how you can address your needs, who you can go to for the stuff you need, help to get you there, and sometimes advocating or speaking for you with other workers, teachers, family or government organizations, this is called case management. Case management is about you and your needs, so you’re not expected to fit into a mould but can be who you are and build on your strengths and goals.
Temporary supported accommodation, where you get to live in shared accommodation with other young people and YCNC helps with the rent, so you only pay 25% of your income, plus expenses. You get to work with a Youth Wellbeing Facilitator, and have some help to develop skills to live independently.
YCNC is a registered specialist youth community housing provider with properties located in Nimbin, Lismore and Goonellabah.
Places are limited in our accommodation, so you need to show that you are ready to live in shared accommodation, want to work with a Youth Wellbeing Facilitator , want to get into or stay in education, and have some goals you want to achieve while in supported accommodation.
- Counselling – meeting with an accredited counsellor for about an hour to talk through any issues or problems you are having, and how you can address them. Counselling is free but you need to call (02) 6622 3143 to make an appointment.
- Fun programs and events to link you up with other young people, help you build up your confidence learn some new skills, be part of your community and basically have a great time!
If you need help or support right now:
- Call the police on 000
- Call Community Services on 132111
- Freecall to Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800
- Call Lifeline on 13 11 14
- Call the Mental Health 24 hr access line on 1800 636 825
Or you could try connecting online:
- http://www.headspace.org.au/home/
- http://au.reachout.com/
- http://www.kidshelp.com.au/teens/get-help/web-counselling/
- http://www.twenty10.org.au/
Your rights at YCNC
Are you a parent, guardian, teacher, community member or service provider?
To talk to us about what you need, come to our Lismore office or phone to make an appointment with our Intake and Assessment Coordinator on phone (02) 669 85 616.
This appointment is to establish your needs and to how YCNC best can assist.
