Become a highly trained and skilled youth worker who makes a real difference in the lives of young people. Improve their social and personal development and help them establish a voice and sense of place in their community.
Youth work and community development informational video
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Nicola Parkes has dedicated her life to supporting people with a refugee experience. After completing her degree, she began working for The Centre for Multicultural Youth in Melbourne, where she supported unaccompanied minors from Afghanistan who had come to Australia by boat.
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Neither here nor there: refugee youth facing a new type of homelessness
A study of young refugees has found many experience homelessness because of a lack of appropriate resettlement services.
