School Focused Youth Service (SFYS)
School Focused Youth Service (SFYS) is the coordination of preventative and early intervention strategies for 'at-risk' young people aged 10-18 years, (with a particular emphasis on those aged 10-14 years), delivered by, and through, schools and local community agencies.
SFYS assists in the development of linkages and coordination between youth services, (both in schools and the community), so that the service system can more effectively address and meet the needs of vulnerable young people at an earlier stage.
Some brokerage funding is available to purchase services where there is a current service gap, and there is an identified need to provide a particular service/s to young people that would otherwise be unavailable to them.
SYS Review and Development Process Outcomes
A two-part review and program development process of School Focused Youth Service was undertaken in 2006. The purpose of this process is to provide a mechanism to capture the learnings and issues of the program over the last three years. The two-part review and development process is made up of an external evaluation and a SFYS regional consultations.
The final reports are available to download:
- SFYS Evaluation Final Report 2007 - Executive Summary (this file is over 8mb. Please contact us if you wish us to forward you a copy)
- SFYS 2006 Regional Consultations - Recommendations [PDF 78kb]
A Briefing Session was held on Tuesday 10 July 2007 to present the findings of the SFYS Review and Development process and outline the future development of the program. Presentations conducted at the briefing session are available to download below:
- SFYS Review and Development Findings [PPT 1mb]
- SFYS Evaluation - Results of Survey to Schools [PPT 1mb]
- SFYS Future Development [PPT 298kb]
- SFYS Discussion Paper and Regional Consultation Workshops - The Regional Consultation Workshops were coordinated by DHS Regional Advisers and conducted from July -September, 2006.
Responsibility for the School Focused Youth Service (SFYS) and the Secondary School Nursing Program (SSNP) now comes under the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (DEECD). Both the SFYS and the SSNP will sit within the Operations Division of the Office for Children and Early Childhood Development, DEECD. The Acting General Manager of the Operations Division is Madeleine Smith.