​Adventue Mentoring is for Young People

• In Out of Home Care (OOHC)

• In Foster Care

• NDIS Participants

• Disengaged or at-risk of disengaging from school

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​What we do

Staff support young people to build capacity through 

a combination of:

• Adventure activities

• Mentoring

• Psychoeducation

 

Structure

Young people attend one day a week over the school term. 

Sessions run from 9:00am - 2:00pm

Programs operate from:

• Longwarry

• Drouin/Warragul

• Moe/Morwell

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Impact & Structure

The AMP delivers rapid, effective support for young

people.  The program structure is deliberate—

over each term program, the group retains the:

• Same group of 3-4 young people

• Same Youth Mentor

 

​​​​Program Aims
Through engaging in peer-based community, social and

recreational activities, the Mentoring Program supports

young people to:

• Meaningfully engage in the their community

• Develop appropriate life skills

• Promote independence

 

Benefits

Regular engagement in this program has shown

young people to:

• Develop stronger, more effective social skills

• Better manage emotions

• Lessen aggressive behaviours

• Feel more contained & safe

• Stronger engagement in the community

• Increase school attendance

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Staffing
Staff are university and/or TAFE qualified in:

• Counselling

• Community Services

• Youth Mental Health

• Forensic Behavioural Science 

• Primary & Secondary Education

• Management of Youth Suicide & Self-Harm​

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