Aboriginal Community & Youth
Too many of our mob face violence, disconnection or crisis without culturally safe support. BTS already offers wrap-around services such as counselling, cultural programs and mentoring, and this pillar grows the team around our community.
When Aunty Ruth’s Place opens, we’ll need family and domestic violence support workers on site. Our young people need youth workers who understand them. Our families need advocates who can help navigate legal, financial and administrative systems: Centrelink, ID support, and Work and Development Orders.
Sub-pillars
Youth & Education
Youth workers and school-based traineeships for young people.
Pathways & Employment
A Training & Development Officer coordinating pathways across all five pillars.
Cultural & Emotional Wellbeing
Culturally safe counselling and mentoring supports.
FDV Support
Family and domestic violence response, on site at Aunty Ruth’s Place.
Legal & Financial Advocacy
Help navigating Centrelink, ID, WDOs and the systems that leave mob behind.
Case Management
Wrap-around coordination for families in crisis.
What this creates
- Wrap-around support for families in crisis
- Culturally safe family violence response at Aunty Ruth’s Place
- Young people mentored by their own
- Advocacy and case management that don’t leave mob behind
- Pathways & Employment scaffolding running across every pillar
The five pillars stand together
No pillar works alone. Homes need Country, Country needs culture, culture needs community, and enterprise supports them all. Follow the circle.
Pillar 1Aboriginal Housing
Pillar 2On Country Management
Pillar 3CultureYou are hereAboriginal Community & Youth
Pillar 5Enterprise on Country