Category: Youth
The lasting impacts of homelessness on the youth of Australia
According to the most recent report by the ABS Census of Housing and Population, roughly 116,247 people were homeless, with 26,787 (24%) being youth under the age of 18. This is an 11% increase since the last report in 2011, and the numbers continue to rise.
The impact foster care can have on children and society and the benefits of a stable foster care placement
In Australia, there are an estimated 31,800 children that have been in foster care for two years or more. For 2017/2018, the number of children in foster care topped 168,000, and it's continuing to rise.
School helps fight homelessness on the Central Coast
Brisbane Water Secondary College students raise funds for Mary Macs Place. Discover their creative fundraising initiatives.
Intensive therapeutic care for children and young people – can you help?
In 2015 the NSW government commissioned a state-wide review into the residential care sector. The review was triggered by concerns about the poor outcomes for young people aged 12 – 18 years, who were living in residential care homes, where their 24-hour care was provided by house supervisors and youth workers.
Have you heard about the Family Referral Service?
Discover how the family referral service can help you navigate challenges and connect with essential support services.
Do you find it hard to connect with your kids?
For parents these days it can be difficult connecting with your young people. Whether it’s competing with screen time or social media, or simply feeling like your kids are speaking a foreign language answering in emojis, abbreviations and community lingo – you’re an "eternal newie” referring to 30% of adults who feel like they don’t get technology.
Our youth services
Belonging to the larger network of Catholic Social Services Australia (CSSA), we provide services to 26,000+ children, young people, individuals and families on the NSW Central Coast, Northern Sydney and Northern Beaches, and have been doing so since 1987. We currently deliver around $38 million of care annually.
The amazing Australian Catholic Youth Festival
Explore the highlights of the Australian Catholic Youth Festival and our role in promoting CatholicCare's mission.
CatholicCare Case Worker presents in Rome
When Ashleigh Green, a CatholicCare Case Worker in Out of Home Care on the Central Coast, went to World Youth Day - she was never expecting that shortly after she would be nominated as the Australian representative to travel to Rome for the gathering of youth to plan the 2018 Synod and 2019 Work Youth Day.