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Zag's Housing Service is based on the
philosophy of encouraging young women to become independent. We
believe that appropriate housing is a basic right of all young women
and aim to provide safe, affordable, secure accommodation.
Young Women And Homelessness
Young women experiencing homelessness are confronted by a range
of oppressive circumstances. The situation of homelessness is compounded
for young women in several ways. Firstly, they are women, secondly
they are young and thirdly they have little or no income.
Young women are a particularly vulnerable group amongst the growing
numbers of homeless people in Australia. Young women are more vulnerable
to violence and abuse within the home and are forced to leave their
families and/or home.
Supported Accommodation
Zig Zag provides medium term supported accommodation to young women,
either single or with a child who: |
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 are 16
to 25 years |
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who have
an income |
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who wish
to live independently and by themselves |
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who wish
to live at Camp Hill |
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who require
some support |
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who require
medium term accommodation, either as a step to explore a longer-term
housing option and/or to provide a stable base in order to complete
a certain task (eg complete study). Medium term means that we provide
accommodation for up 6 months. |
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What is support?
Support is about assisting you to achieve goals identified by you;
the following is a list of common areas that young women identify
as support needs: budgeting, accessing local transport, information
about sexual violence, info about legal rights, info about your rights
as a tenant, exploring options for long term housing, parenting issues,
looking for a job, furthering education, arranging childcare, relationship
issues, drug & alcohol issues etc!!
General Counselling
Zig Zag Service provides a general counselling service to young
women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, who are not housed
within Zig Zag's accommodation.
What is counselling?: |
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a space
where young women can talk about a range of issues..in fact, anything
that the young woman finds problematic in her life. |
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an opportunity
to explore issues underlying a young woman's experience of homelessness. |
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a time
for you to tell your story & explore thoughts & feelings when
you are ready. |
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an opportunity
to gather information about issues that are important to you. |
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a safe
place where you can be yourself and not be judged or blamed. |
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How Do I Access Zig Zag's Accommodation Or
General Counselling? |
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Contact one of the Housing Workers between the hours of 9am - 5pm
(Monday to Friday). If a Housing Worker is not there, leave a message
and we will contact you as soon as possible. |
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For general counselling, a worker will give you the option to come
in to the Centre for an initial contact session. This is an opportunity
for you to sus us out and for us to let you know more about what we
can provide. |
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For supported accommodation, a worker will let you know if there
are any vacancies. If there is a vacancy, an interview will be arranged
to share information and determine if the Zig Zag accommodation will
meet your needs. If there are no vacancies, a worker will provide
you with information on other accommodation services that may be able
to assist. |
