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Search Keyword - substance

Total: 16 results found.

   
1. Yirra
(Document Downloads)
Yirra - located in Perth - assists young people who are experiencing problems with substance use. Yirra offers two services: a day program and a 24 hour, seven days a week residential rehabilitation program. ...
Friday, 01 January 2010
2. Homeless Young Australians
(Document Downloads)
The reasons young people leave home are complex and include family conflict, physical and/or sexual abuse, substance abuse and trauma. This has been described as young people ‘running from’ family or personal ...
Friday, 01 January 2010
...  eg: family stress, poor literacy/numeracy, lack of skills, unemployment and substance abuse. Such programs are not only more successful but significantly cheaper to run. “There’s a real lack of ...
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
4. We must act now to save a lost generation
(News/Media Releases Archive)
... security and a sense of belonging can be destroyed in a matter of months. Many are already grappling with substance abuse, mental health issues, risk of self harm, homelessness, low literacy, a history ...
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
5. Head Game: new Sounds of the Street Album
(News/Media Releases Archive)
... dealing with substance abuse, or a sweetly sung lament on loves lost and remembered, or a billowing gothic industrial epic on what it's like to really live on the streets,” said Michael Hanlon, one ...
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
6. Missionbeat: a Sydney icon turns 30
(News/Media Releases Archive)
... range of other issues including mental illness and substance abuse.   “Missionbeat has changed as well. We do a lot more than simply offer transportation. Because we’re the first point of contact we play ...
Thursday, 15 October 2009
7. Community Services in Western Australia
(Community Services/Community Services by State)
... health access services Employment assistance Substance abuse support to young aboriginal people and their families Low cost community food bus Catalyst Program – providing accredited university ...
Saturday, 01 August 2009
8. Community Services in the Northern Territory
(Community Services/Community Services by State)
... to substance abuse - by engaging young people in a range of culturally, age and gender appropriate educational, social, cultural and recreational activities Help young people to build, and in some cases ...
Saturday, 01 August 2009
9. NT Volunteer Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)
... of either harming themselves or others. The service promotes individual and community well-being by minimizing the harm associated with alcohol and other substance abuse, through a co-coordinated range ...
Saturday, 01 August 2009
10. Strategic Partnerships
(Partnerships/Corporate Partnerships)
... the potential return on investment. Strategic partnerships that deliver real substance are built where the people within both organizations share a bond of trust and respect. This trust serves as the ...
Saturday, 01 August 2009
... that support – and you’re also struggling with a range of other issues, such as long-term unemployment, intellectual disability, mental illness or substance abuse – then the odds are stacked against you ...
Monday, 01 December 2008
... Director of ORYGEN Youth Health and Executive Director of the ORYGEN Research Centre. ORYGEN’s 250 clinical and research staff provide leading expertise in early psychosis, mood, substance use and personality ...
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
... become homeless for a number of reasons. While for some it’s because they’ve been entrenched in homelessness for years as a result of substance abuse or mental health issues, many others become homeless ...
Monday, 04 August 2008
... it’s mental illness or substance abuse. “More and more these days we see people who become homeless for financial reasons–they can’t make their rent or they’re too deep in debt. “The general public’s ...
Thursday, 01 May 2008
... young people in WA aged between 12-18, deal with substance abuse issues. The agency will share in $1,022,250 as part of a group of organisations offering support to families in the Perth metropolitan ...
Friday, 28 September 2007
... grandchildren unexpectedly. Often it’s because of parental substance abuse; parental incarceration, mental health issues, child neglect/abuse, domestic violence or the death of a parent. “Taking on such ...
Tuesday, 17 July 2007

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