Holistic responses to homeless young people

Homelessness Australia(HA) is the national peak body for homelessness in Australia. HA provides systemic advocacy for the homelessness sector.

Homelessness Australia

Learn about Canada's Integrated Youth Services model and join the discussion about integrating  broad supports with housing in  Australia

Talking homelessness

Join a national conversation series about policy and practice

Welcome to Homelessnessness Australia's Talking Homelessness webinar hosted in partnership with Orygen and Melbourne City Mission: Holistic responses to homeless young people!Join us online as we explore holistic approaches to support homeless young people who are also experiencing mental ill health.Dr Jo Henderson (they/them), the Scientific Director of the Margaret and Wallace McCain Centre for Child, Youth and Family Mental Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada will give a keynote presentation.Dr. Henderson has led multiple projects that have built and supported integrated approaches to providing mental health and substance use services to youth and families. Importantly these approaches have integrated housing and homelessness responses for young people and have delivered substantial impacts on practice and policy nationally.Professor Eóin Killackey (he/him), Chief of Research and Head of Functional Recovery, Orygen will outline the change needed from a youth mental health perspectiveA panel including:<ul><li>Kristin Simondson (she/her), Mental Health Peer Worker, Frontyard</li><li>Vivienne Brown (she/her), Director, Policy and Engagement, Orygen</li><li>Douschka Dobson (they/them), Senior Policy &amp; Advocacy Officer, Melbourne City Mission</li></ul>and facilitated by Homelessness Australia CEO Kate Colvin (she/her) will explore what changes are needed to provide more integrated support in an Australian contextYou can also join the discussion about the changes needed.

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