community solutions - personal support services

Personal Support Services assists significantly disadvantaged individuals, families and communities to develop their self-reliance and make choices through:

Participation in economic and social activities
Prevention and early intervention initiatives; and,
Access to case management and referral support

Personal Support Services maximises the engagement of individuals and their families in the community through:

Encouraging increased participation by enabling access and promoting opportunities
Fostering a culture of self-reliance in the community and planning for the future; and,
Developing partnerships with key stakeholders (other departments, business and community organisations and service providers) to improve efficiency and effectiveness of service

PSP is an initiative of the Commonwealth Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, which is part of the Australians Working Together Initiative. The programme is designed to assist participants with multiple non-vocational barriers to achieve economic and/or social outcomes.

Achieving employment is a priority for most people and is a highly desirable outcome for all PSP participants. For some participants, gaining employment may be a very long term goal. Therefore, PSP recognises that a social outcome may represent a subatantial step forward. .

Community Solutions Inc. is a PSP provider for over 200 clients on the Sunshine Coast and in the Fraser Coast, Wide Bay Region.

The Youth Support Coordinator program is designed to support 'at risk' young people to remain connected with learning or training and to access the supports they need to remain out of statutory, crisis and intensive service systems.

The YSC program is designed to enhance the support for young people and their families who face social and/or emotional barriers to remaining engaged in education and their community.

Currently this service operates within the Calounda/Kawana, Beerwah, Chancellor Park, Bribie Island, Woodford, Kilcoy and Bundaberg areas.

Job Placement, Employment and Training (JPET) an initiative of the Commonwealth Department of Employment and Workplace Relations aimed at assisting disadvantaged young people aged 15-21 years, particularly those who are homelesss or at risk of homelessness, to overcome personal and social barriers to participating in their community.

The focus of JPET is to help young people stabilise their situation and then address their personal and social non-vocational barriers so they can re-engage with education or make the transition to employment assistance programs such as Job Network wherever possible.

Community Solutions Inc. currently delivers JPET services to young people who live in the Bundaberg, Maryborough and Hervey Bay areas.

Youth Pathways is an Australian Government Initiative aimed at assisting the most at-risk young people to make a successful transition through to the completion of Year 12 (or its equivalent) and ultimately, to further education, training or employment and active participation in the community. Nationally, the programme will assist over 17,000 young people aged 13 to 19 years old each year by providing intensive individualised assistance and support.

Youth Pathways is a national initiative and Community Solutions Inc. operates within the Hervey Bay, Bundaberg, Gympie and Maryborough areas within Queensland to provide this service.

PERSONAL SUPPORT SERVICES