Key elements of a leaving care plan
Leaving care planning should address these key topics or life domains
Health and well-being
Young people face a broad range of issues as they move to adulthood. Even with good parenting and role modelling, adolescence is generally a time for trying risky behaviours. It’s very normal for them to want more independence, experience changes to their bodies and feelings, have relationships and think about and/or have sexual intercourse, explore their sexuality or gender identity, experiment with alcohol and other drugs, consider higher education and find a job.
The following links can provide information and guidance on these topics.
Health Pathway
GPs and health care cards
- Find a General Practitioner (GP) in NSW
- Medicare Card
- Health Care Card and low income health care card
- How to access medical records or information
Youth health
- Youth Health Services
- Teen Health – provides information on a range of topics from A-Z
- Teens health and well-being
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services
- Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council
- Healthy Kids – eat well, get active
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Counselling and mental health services
- Relationships Australia
- Headspace
- Youth Solutions
- Crossroads Youth and Family Counselling
- Black Dog Institute
- Weave Youth and Community Services
- Uniting Child and Youth Counselling
- KYDS Sydney
- Youth Beyond Blue
- Kids Helpline - Free confidential counselling for young people up to 25 years, over the phone, through email or on web chat
- Lifeline Australia
- Emerging Minds - a learning and resource hub for people working directly with children and young people. Focuses on early intervention and mental health.
Emotional and social well-being
- Worrytime App
- Anxiety
- Eating disorders
- What is self harm
- Resilience in teenagers: how to build it
- Resilience for teens – Teen Health ages 12-17
- Peer pressure
- Peer pressure and fitting in
- Frenemies and toxic relationships
- Assertiveness for teens
- Signs of an abusive relationship
- Bullying
- Cyberbullying
- Exam stress and coping strategies for exams
- Self talk and self awareness – the way you talk and feel about yourself
Sexual health, sexual identity and family planning
- Reach out
- Sexual Health InfoLink - answers to questions about sexual health including HIV and sexually transmitted infections
- Teenage relationships: romance and intimacy
- Understanding sex: risks, health and contraception
- Lawstuff – age of consent in NSW
- Sexual Health Plus
- ACON – Health Promotion organisation specialising in HIV prevention, HIV support and LGBTQI health
- LGBTQI community services and organisations
- Sexuality
- Gender
- Gender identity and mental health
- Minus 18 - Youth-led organisation for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth offering online resources and support services, social events for under-18s, and mentoring
- Twenty 10 - A community-based support service for young people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex
- A parents’ guide to their child’s sexuality
- Common questions about sexuality and gender
- Family planning
Smoking, alcohol and other drugs
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Last updated: 27 Feb 2020