Streetwork’s Purpose

Our purpose is to support vulnerable young people in the community to turn their lives around

What we do

Teenage years can be difficult and confusing.  For Streetwork's young people, they are also dangerous and can be life-threatening. Shut off from a close adult role model and some poor decision-making, the 12 to 18-year-olds referred to our program struggle with mental health (often suicidal thoughts and self-harm), alcohol and substance misuse, social isolation, school or work disengagement, youth crime and at risk of youth homelessness.

To break the cycle of these destructive behaviours, we match a vulnerable young person with their own trained and experienced youth caseworker who supports them to:

  1. Set goals to address the behaviours that place them at risks.

  2. Connect with the specialised youth services that can help them achieve those goals.

Our mentoring model combines case management with a youth-centered (youth work) approach.

Youth Case Management is about assessing, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating a young person's improved outcomes and experiences.

Our youth caseworkers do this by:

  1. Building trust and nurturing open conversations.

  2. Empowering young people - partnering with them to set and achieve the life goals that they care about.

  3. Using evidence-based strategies - our theory of change ensures we work collaboratively with young people to achieve the best outcomes possible.

  4. A commitment to service improvement - we engage with Huber Social to evaluate our programs to ensure we are using data to improve our program and the way we deliver service.

Streetwork's early intervention and prevention program works.  PwC's 2020 (updated) research confirmed that an impressive 93% of Streetwork's young people graduated last year and achieved their goals.  The research also highlights that for every $1 donated delivers a $16 positive return to the community.

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Does StreetWork’s Program Produce Results?

StreetWork’s focus is first and last on the vulnerable young people we support. We know our program produces results. Read Huber Social’s - Social Impact report measuring the shift in the wellbeing of vulnerable young people in our program by clicking the button below. .

StreetWork’s vulnerable young people

Our medium to high-risk young people face a range of challenges and behaviours that, through no fault of their own, place their lives at risk. These videos share their StreetWork experiences and life stories.

Joel - a graduate of our Kickstart Mentoring Program - and his grandmother share their Streetwork experience.

Meet Will and listen to his thoughts on mentoring.

Meet Streetwork’s youth caseworkers

Streetwork Youth Services Team Members


Streetwork volunteers Share their experience

Helen Campbell, Streetwork North Shore Local Board Chairperson

Maria Chan, Streetwork North Shore Local Board Member

Annette Nazaroff, Streetwork North Shore Local Board Member


Meet the Streetwork team

Youth Caseworker - What we do at Streetwork

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Australian business registry

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Registered Charity

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Change Path Accreditation

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Certificate of Registration

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