School Focused Youth

The School Focused Youth Service (SFYS) works closely with schools to support students (from grades 5 to year 12) to remain engaged in their education.

The service is an early identification and intervention program aimed at supporting students who are at risk due to their circumstances or personal issues or are showing signs of disengaging from education with low or erratic school attendance.

The SFYS staff work with schools to:

• deliver targeted programs for students
• provide advice on and referrals to other appropriate community-based services to support the students and their families
• provide appropriate professional development to build the capacity of teachers and other school staff to support vulnerable students.

SFYS does not provide direct support to individual students but works with the school’s leadership, teaching and wellbeing staff to deliver programs to support vulnerable students.

The SFYS program based at Grampians Community Health works with all government, and independent primary and secondary schools across Ararat Rural City, Northern Grampians and Pyrenees Shires.