Case for Support - Youth Homelessness
Our clear vision for Vinnies Tom Fisher House for Youth
- Overnight accommodation for children and young people aged 12-24.
- Continuous round-the-clock support.
- Up to 12 single rooms with ensuites. Shared kitchen and dining, recreation space and free wifi.
- Low threshold and change model, and trauma informed care and therapeutic crisis interventions.
Our team is best placed to deliver
- 20+ years' experience delivering the low threshold and change model.
- Vinnies operates two successful youth hubs in Perth and Peel that change live every day.
- Since opening Vinnies Tom Fisher House in 2014, Vinnies provided accommodation and intensive intervention support for 3,000+ chronic homeless adults.
- Vinnies actively collaborates with more than 50 community organisations to provide a fully-integrated service that delivers optimum outcomes.
Engagement
Increasing capacity to engage in daily life and community.
Managing emotions
Improving the ability to respond productively to crisis and managing emotions.
Independence
Increasing hopefulness and independence.
Positive experiences
Building positive experiences and memories.
Harm minimisation
Reducing alcohol and other drug use through harm minimisation approaches.
Compassion
Delivering a strengths-based philosophy that's culturally relevant and compassionate.
Accessibility
Increasing access to higher threshold services.
Solution-based service model
Providing a solution-based and seamlessly integrated service model for enhanced outcomes.
“Somewhere to stay early on in my homeless journey would have made all the difference. The longer you’re out there on the street, the harder it is to break the cycle of homelessness.”
- Rob, aged 20, visited Passages in May 2019