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The Lighthouse Foundation: for disenfranchised young people
Sarah Crome
The Lighthouse Foundation, Melbourne VIC
Susan Barton
The Lighthouse Foundation, Melbourne VIC
Abstract
The Lighthouse Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to empowering young people to take responsibility for their own lives.
Lighthouse provides long-term care and support within a family style environment, to young people aged between 15 and 22 years, who may otherwise be homeless. There are currently seven homes operating in Victoria.
The Lighthouse model is unique in meeting many of the long-term needs of disadvantaged young people. Emphasis is placed on relationships and community, providing young people with an environment where they are trusted, challenged, and can thrive - intellectually, physically, socially, spiritually and emotionally. A sense of being, and belonging, is encouraged.
The Foundation was established in 1991 to support the work of its founder Susan Barton AM, who has been caring for young people for over 27 years. Susan's experience and success with young people now forms the basis of programs that form the Lighthouse model of care delivery.
Keywords
community health, youth care, social work, empowerment
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