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Youth Outreach Recovery Support (YORS)

  • Family and Youth Support
  • Safety and homelessness
Strength-based support for mental wellbeing

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About Youth Outreach Recovery Support (YORS)

Youth Outreach Recovery Support (YORS) is a welcoming and inclusive support for young people between 16-25 years of age living in Victoria who have been experiencing wellbeing or mental health challenges for six months or more.

Who is this for?

To be eligible for the service, you need to be between 16 and 25 and:

  • live in Victoria
  • experiencing mental health challenges
  • your usual coping strategies are not working
  • you’re noticing signs of anxiety, depression or stress that have lasted more than a few weeks.

What to expect

We work with young people to understand what matters to them, identify what supports their wellbeing, and explore the opportunities and supports that are important to them.

Together, face-to-face or over the phone, we provide support across all areas that can influence mental health and wellbeing, including:

  • social relationships and connecting with other people
  • physical health
  • substance use
  • recreation
  • education
  • vocational training and employment
  • housing and other needs.

How to access this service

Referrals are welcome from young people to self-refer, or from referrers such as carers, schools, youth services, doctors, Prevention and Recovery Care Services (PARCS), and other services with consent.

The Mental Health Community Support Services (MHCSS) intake team will allocate referrals to the closest YORS provider (there is one per area): Australian Community Support Organisation (ACSO), cohealth, Each, Mind Australia, Neami National, Uniting and Wellways.

Contact the relevant MHCSS intake team via phone or email, to find out more or make a referral.

 

North-West, Inner, Bayside Metro

Neami intake
1300 379 462
intake@neaminational.org.au

North, East, South-East Metro

Each intake 
1300 003 224
YORSintake@each.com.au

All regional areas

ACSO intake 
1300 022 760
mhcss@acso.org.au

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Partners

YORS is provided Victoria-wide by ACSO, cohealth, Each, Mind Australia, Neami National, Uniting, and Wellways.

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