School Focused Youth Service
Every student deserves the chance to thrive in education.
We work alongside primary and secondary schools across Frankston, Bayside and Kingston to support students who are vulnerable to, or showing signs of, disengaging from school.
About This Service
School Focused Youth Service (SFYS) is a state government initiative that works in partnership with schools, education agencies and local community services to provide support to students who may be at risk of disengagement to remain positively engaged with their education.
SFYS aims to increase the capability and capacity of schools and educators to better support and respond to their students’ needs.
How We Help
At Family Life, the SFYS team works with schools across Frankston, Bayside and Kingston to provide support in responding to students identified needs by:
- Working with wellbeing and leadership teams to develop a targeted plan to support students at risk of disengaging from their education.
- Delivering evidence-based, Student intervention programs, to assist and support the students towards re-engagement in their education.
- Delivering professional development opportunities to build staff capacity to support their students.
- Connecting families with local support services (both internally at Family Life and local agencies) and community development opportunities.
Additional programs and services offered by the Department of Education’s include:
- Navigator – Navigator supports disengaged young people by working with the young person, their family and support network to address issues underlying disengagement and help them re-engage with their education.
- LOOK OUT – LOOKOUT Education Support Centres are designed to boost the capability of early childhood services, schools, carers, child protection practitioners and out-of-home care services to improve educational outcomes for children and young people living in out-of-home care.
- The Local Learning and Employment Networks of Frankston/Mornington Peninsula, and Bayside/Kingston/Glen Eira help young people stay engaged or re-engage with schooling by facilitating partnerships that help build the capacity of young people to attend education, build positive relationships with educators and develop the skills they will require to move on successfully to the next stage of their life.
Our coordinators also collaborate services to provide additional support to students’ families or to make referrals. We also collaborate with local agencies outside of Family Life to ensure that students have access to all the services they require.
Get In Touch
We’d love to hear from you! If you’re a school with Bayside, Kingston or Frankston, please contact the below coordinators.
Frankston Area:
Krystel Butson
Email: Kbutson@familylife.com.au
Bayside/Kingston:
Erica Breedon
Email: ebreedon@familylife.com.au
Phone: (03) 8599 5433
Schools outside of the above areas can find their local SFYS Coordinators here.
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