YCSS

At YCSS, our genuine care and unique approach provides children, young people and families with a high quality wrap-around support service that is centred around stability.

Our approach prevents family and placement breakdowns resulting in greater positive outcomes for families and the community.

We offer therapeutic out-of-home care services for young people who are in the care of the Department of Child Safety, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs. We also provide in-home therapeutic support services to families through our KKAT program.

Our services: 

Therapeutic Residential Care

• Emergency and short-term placements
• Respite placements
• Long term placements
• Solution-focused counselling

KKAT Program

• Intensive in-home support
• Weekly planning and family journey mapping
• Parental coaching and support
• Positive behaviour management
• Safety planning and implementation
• Critical incident debriefing and support
• Transportation
• Supervising family contact
• Brokerage services
• Mediation services – children, young people,
  family, grandparents, kinship and carers
• Strengthening cultural and family connection
• Health and well-being support and lifestyle
  coaching
• Prevention and early intervention

Counselling

• Attachment-based therapies
• Trauma-focused psychological interventions
• Dyadic therapy
• Play therapy
• Grief and trauma psychotherapy
• Family therapy
• Psychoeducation
• Narrative therapy
• On call support
• Solution-focused counselling
• Circle of Security Training – in home
• 1-2-3 Magic® & Emotion Coaching