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Summary of activities
Principal Activities Youturn provides health and social services supporting young and vulnerable people and their families. The principal activities of the company during the financial year traverse across four health and social service sectors; Youth Homelessness, Child Safety, Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. Homelessness: Youturn is recognised as a leading provider of Specialist Homelessness Services (SHS), delivering tailored support to individuals and families at varying levels of need from immediate crisis accommodation through to temporary supported environments. Our services extend beyond shelter, offering integrated case management and early intervention strategies designed to prevent issues from escalating. We are committed to empowering vulnerable people by addressing the underlying causes of homelessness and providing a continuum of care that fosters stability, resilience, and independence. Child Safety: The company supports young people and families who have been affected by a range of unique challenges that have the potential to impact on the safety of children and young people. Through the delivery of child safety services the company supports; children who cannot remain living safely with their parents and vulnerable families to help them to maintain the family unit (where the young person is safe). These services are funded by the Queensland Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs. Mental Health & Wellbeing: The company is the lead agent for 7 headspace centres, including one satellite centre, across Queensland and South Australia that focus on early intervention for young people through a range of mental health services to ensure they receive support. The company also delivers Youth Enhanced Services (YES) in Queensland and South Australia. YES delivers specialised, wrap around mental health support for young people with complex and severe needs, combining clinical care, psychosocial support, and coordinated case management to improve wellbeing and recovery. Postvention: The company delivers StandBy Support After Suicide services across Australia to people bereaved and impacted by suicide. StandBy is Australia s leading provider of postvention support, offering free face-to-face and telephone support to individuals, families, workplaces, groups and communities. In addition to ongoing postvention support, the organisation also delivers a dedicated peer workforce and specialised suicide bereavement counselling across NT, QLD, NSW and VIC.
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Name: Specialist Homelessness Services
URL: www.youturn.org.au
Classification: Shelter and residential care (Human services > Shelter and residential care)
Beneficiaries:- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Females
- Financially disadvantaged people
- General community in Australia
- Males
- People at risk of homelessness/ people experiencing homelessness
- People from a culturally and linguistically diverse background (or people from a CALD background)
- People in rural/regional/remote communities
- Pre/post release offenders and/or their families
- Unemployed persons
- Victims of crime (including family violence)
- Victims of disasters
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Child Safety
URL: www.youturn.org.au
Classification: Shelter and residential care (Human services > Shelter and residential care)
Beneficiaries:- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Early childhood - aged under 6
- Females
- Financially disadvantaged people
- Males
- People at risk of homelessness/ people experiencing homelessness
- People from a culturally and linguistically diverse background (or people from a CALD background)
- People in rural/regional/remote communities
- People with disabilities
- Pre/post release offenders and/or their families
- Unemployed persons
- Victims of crime (including family violence)
- Victims of disasters
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: Youth Mental Health
URL: www.youturn.org.au
Classification: Mental healthcare (Health > Mental healthcare)
Beneficiaries:- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Females
- Financially disadvantaged people
- Males
- People at risk of homelessness/ people experiencing homelessness
- People from a culturally and linguistically diverse background (or people from a CALD background)
- People in rural/regional/remote communities
- People with chronic illness (including terminal illness)
- People with disabilities
- Pre/post release offenders and/or their families
- Unemployed persons
- Victims of crime (including family violence)
- Victims of disasters
- Youth - 15 to under 25
Name: StandBy Support After Suicide
URL: www.standbysupport.com.au
Classification: Human services information (Human services > Human services information)
Beneficiaries:- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- Adults - aged 25 to under 65
- Adults - aged 65 and over
- Children - aged 6 to under 15
- Early childhood - aged under 6
- Families
- Females
- Financially disadvantaged people
- General community in Australia
- Males
- Other charities
- People at risk of homelessness/ people experiencing homelessness
- People from a culturally and linguistically diverse background (or people from a CALD background)
- People in rural/regional/remote communities
- People with chronic illness (including terminal illness)
- People with disabilities
- Pre/post release offenders and/or their families
- Unemployed persons
- Veterans and/or their families
- Victims of crime (including family violence)
- Victims of disasters
- Youth - 15 to under 25
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