Youth Services

Business Unit

Greg Neri - Manager - 9279 2329

The Bassendean Youth Services undertakes to empower young people to realise their potentials by providing assistance in a safe, non-threatening environment.

Specific services include

Resources for Adolescents and Parents Program (RAP)

Bassendean Youth Services delivers the 'Resources for Adolescents and Parents' (RAP) programme for the Department of Corrective Services, within the North East Metropolitan region. The program targets young offenders, young people considered 'at risk', and families experiencing conflict. RAP offers formal individual counselling for young people, as well as peer mediation, family mediation and family counselling.

'Open Access' program

Youth Services delivers an unstructured recreation and support program four afternoons per week offering access to facilities, IT, sporting equipment and individual support. The aim of the program is to provide positive recreational opportunities in a supervised environment, allowing for the development of longer-term support relationships and future referral to specialist services.

Youth Advisory Council

The Town of Bassendean's Youth Advisory Council is facilitated by Bassendean Youth Services and incorporates a group of twenty young people aged between 12 and 21 years who meet fortnightly to discuss youth issues at a local, regional, State and Federal level, as well as organising local and regional youth events.