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Our Commitment to Working Towards Outcomes and Impact
This is part of a much-needed shift in the social sector. Stakeholders at all levels, from Government departments to philanthropic funders and service users are demanding organisations take a more...
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A Snapshot of SYC
It was also the year we celebrated our 60th year of delivering services to Australians in need. For three generations we have positively affected the lives of families, individuals and communities,...
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The Impact of Long-term Employment for Aiden
When Aiden joined the program, he had never finished high school and he had been registered with Centrelink for 313 weeks. This essentially means he left school and went straight onto a payment. His...
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Understanding Systems Thinking
But what is that? SYC has extensive experience in systems thinking and developing systems approaches – so we have developed this handy guide to bring you up to speed. We will cover what systems are,...
View ArticleAdelaide’s Increasingly Complex Youth Homeless Population
This rapid rise is concerning and, in light of the South Australian Housing and Homelessness Taskforce releasing their strategic intent document; it is evidence of a pattern of behaviour that has...
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Youth Employment Strategy: From Thought to Action
SYC has innovated throughout our history by identifying a social need, exploring solutions, designing programs to test our ideas, measuring results and ultimately establishing a sustainable funding...
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The Case for My First Job 2.0
The trend unemployment rate for 15-24 year olds has consistently been double that of the unemployment rate for people of all ages and at no point in the past 12 months has the trend unemployment rate...
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What We Learned from My First Job 1.0
That question underpinned the development of SYC’s My First Job (MFJ) initiative in 2013 and the work undertaken by the MFJ Working Group in 2014. Ultimately, the pursuit of an answer led to the...
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The future of data in Human Services Delivery – A Glossary
To help you understand these concepts and ideas and how Government and not-for-profits are putting them into action SYC has developed this handy explainer. SYC Manager of Data Analysis and Insights,...
View ArticleMaking the Client’s Voice Heard in Our Data
This is a question we ask ourselves every day at SYC as we seek to positively affect the lives of our clients. Naturally, this is followed up with deeper questions around how we measure our impact and...
View ArticleOur Experience Working with People with Disability
See our Health and Disability Services. Due to the intersection of disability and mental illness with poor outcomes related to housing, employment and education, SYC has a long history of supporting...
View ArticleWhy focus on Health and Disability?
Many of those people can receive the support they need to manage their health and achieve positive life outcomes, but for a significant number they are not able to get the care and support they need to...
View ArticleImpact of COVID-19 – Now, more than ever, youth homelessness needs to matter
As the impacts of COVID-19 put even more young people at risk of not having a safe place to live, Youth Homelessness Matters Day aims to raise awareness and public discussion about youth homelessness...
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