Author: Lance Redgrave

YPS is currently working with the SHS Industry Partnership & other SHS services, as part of a pilot project, to secure Accreditation in the Australian Services Excellence Standards (ASES). The ASES accreditation process has been identified by FaCS as the standards all SHS services will need to accredited in by 2023. These standards are focused on making sure SHS services are meeting the needs of their community, have appropriate systems in place to manage the service requirements & build a culture of Continuous Quality Improvement.

YPS has been working with our young people to develop a number of Promotional Videos for our community- focused on sharing information about YPS from young people’s perspective & how our community can work with us to support children & young people experiencing homelessness in our community. The videos will be on our website when they are completed so keep your eye out for them- our young people have done a great job!

Yfoundations & the Real Estate Institute of NSW have come together to create the ‘Foot in the Door’ project. The project will work with the Real Estate Institute of NSW (REINSW), and Real Estate Agents, to develop training that enables agents to understand the benefits of engaging with services (who have provided support to young people experiencing homelessness) by developing relationships and understanding to open opportunities for young people to be tenants in private rentals.

The training aims to support agents understanding of trauma and of how to increase the possibility of more sustainable tenancies.

The Port Macquarie area will be one of the first areas to receive the face-to-face training & YPS will be working with Yfoundations & Real Estate Agencies to build strong relationships & opportunities for our local young people.

YPS is excited to announce that our new Kempsey Drop-in space- Kempsey Youth Centre (KYC) will be opening on Monday 5th March @ 1.30pm.  KYC is a safe & youth friendly space for young people to connect, chill out as well as access support & services if they choose. KYC   is located in Elbow Street, West Kempsey opposite the Police station & will be available for young people aged 12 to 17 years.

The dropin opening hours are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 1.30pm t0 4.30pm.

If you would like more information give Ramona a call at YPS on 6563 1230