what is youth transition all about
The Youth Transition Services provides supportive and robust transition support for Young people, aged 15-25yrs who are leaving our care or a youth justice residence programme and transitioning to adulthood. The Youth Transition service understand that young people moving from Care spaces to Independence face some big challenges. The Transition Support Service has been designed together with young people, using insights gathered through a co-design process, focusing on the needs of the young people.
The Young people advised that they are in need of the following:
Having a Youth Transition Worker will mean the young person will:
The Young people advised that they are in need of the following:
- responsive, flexible, relationship-based support
- someone to be there for them
- unconditional support, despite their behaviour and decisions
- support that can coordinate what they need from their communities; whānau, hapū, iwi and adult services.
Having a Youth Transition Worker will mean the young person will:
- have a transition worker to walk alongside them and maintain regular contact up to the age of 21
- be supported to either continue living or return to living with a caregiver between 18 to 21 years of age – something they haven't been able to do before
- be able to request advice and assistance from us after they leave care until they turn 25.
meet the transition team
Hayley Te Aho
Bachelor of Social Work Pawel Markowski Support Worker |
Dannyl Heeny
Support worker |
If you are wanting or needing support with Transition Support, please contact our team here
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