Our Services & Programs
Street Net offers a variety of services and programs for the youth in Mandurah. See our list of services and programs we provide below. Please click on the links to read more about each one.
Individual support and Case Management
Case management includes risk assessment and identification of the young person’s issues and needs. The young person and Street Net staff collaboratively develop a support plan that includes a summary of the young person’s issues and needs, the goals the young person would like to achieve, and strategies to achieve those goals.
Street Net also supports and assists young people to connect with other appropriate services, their peers and communities, and to improve relationships with their families.
The service provides one to one intensive support and follow-up to develop individual strategies including appropriate referrals. This includes strategies and programs designed to meet young peoples’ needs. Services are also provided to people outside of this group where appropriate, for example to parents, carers and siblings of the young person.
Home Visits and Outreach
Street Net staff conduct regular outreach patrols which include visits to schools, shopping centres, parks and reserves, youth events and areas frequented by young people in the Peel Region.
Staff conduct home visits for the purpose of liaising with Case Management clients and their families.
Programs
Diversional and recreational activities are provided for the purpose of engaging with young people. They are provided in a safe environment where young people have positive interactions with peers and adults, and the opportunity to access information and educational activities, as well as case management support.
Respectful Relationships
Street Net Youth Service and Allambee Counselling Inc. offer free workshops to all students in Years 7 – 12, in all secondary schools throughout the Peel region.
The Respectful Relationships program aims to reduce the sexual victimisation and abuse of young people by promoting healthy, respectful relationships. The program provides young people with information and tools to assist them in recognising sexual predators, and in preventing, or minimising the occurrence of sexual violence. Students are also provided with information on how to negotiate respectful, healthy relationships and are provided with strategies to assist them in recognising if relationships are unhealthy. Links to local services and resources are also distributed.
Workshop content includes; Communication, Social media, Sexual Consent, Sexting, Cyberbullying, Online Predators, Staying Safe Online, Sexual Violence (Sexual Assault, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment), Relationship Violence and Protective Behaviours.
Love Bites
Street Net and Allambee staff deliver NAPCAN’s (National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect) Love Bites Junior and Senior programs. Love Bites Junior is delivered as a multi-session approach to students and is designed for young people aged 11-14 years. Love Bites Junior consists of 3 programs; #friends, Respectful Relationships, Bullying and Gender, and Relationships, Love and Control.
The Love Bites Senior program is designed for young people 15-17 years. Love Bites aims to provide young people with a safe environment to examine, discuss and explore respectful relationships. The Love Bites program takes a strengths-based approach and views young people as active participants who are able to make choices for themselves and their relationships when supported with information and opportunity for skill development. Love Bites education is focused on three critical areas for learning; Knowledge (youth-led collaborative learning), Attitudes (critical thinking and decision-making), and Behaviours (problem solving and communication skills).
The overall aim of the program is to equip young people with the knowledge needed to have respectful relationships, encourage and develop their skills in critical thinking and assist them in being able to problem solve and communicate effectively. When equipped in these areas, we believe that young people can make the right choices for themselves and their relationships that are free from violence and abuse.
Love Bites Senior is delivered as a single-day approach and consists of three sessions; Relationship Violence, Sex and Relationships, and Creative Session.
Drumbeat
The Drumbeat program helps to bring people together. Drumbeat is the world’s first structured learning program using music, psychology and neurobiology to reconnect with ourselves and others. It is an evidence-based program with proven social outcomes. The Drumbeat program is structured across 10 sessions, with each session focusing on different relationship themes such as identity and social responsibility, values, dealing with emotions, peer pressure, harmony, communication and teamwork.
Where participant attendance is unreliable, Drumbeat can be run as an Open Group program. A specific format has been developed for these groups that incorporates 12 themed sessions and includes additional lessons. The drumming exercises have been simplified to allow access for participants who join the group at any stage. This format is ideal for groups where participants’ attendance is irregular. Additional themes include Anger, Communication, Community and Self Belief. New exercises explore the importance of these areas in our relationships with others. Simplified rhythms allow new participants to enter the group with minimal disruption, and an increased emphasis on altruism encourages longer term participants to support those new to the group and benefit from the intrinsic rewards of helping others.