No Young Person Forgotten

45.9% of young Australians aged 18 to 24 report experiencing emotional loneliness

In Australia, approximately 1 in 4 young people experience bullying

More than 1 in 5 young people rate their mental health as poor or very poor.

86% of young Australians experienced financial difficulties in the last year, with 26% reporting they did so often or very often.

Approximately 12% of Australians aged 15 to 24 are classified as NEET (Not in Employment, Education, or Training).

Youth Options works because

For more than 30 years, Youth Options has empowered marginalised young people in South Australia to transform their lives and lead a life of purpose.

Being sustainably employed is more challenging for young people who lack adequate resources and support networks. We know that learning difficulties, disability, mental illness, poverty, substance abuse, absence of positive role models and the influence of generational unemployment or traumas at home can also make this disproportionately harder.

Through Youth Options unique theory of change and our experiential based learning programs we are helping transform young South Australian lives every single day.

Youth Options help people aged 14 to 30 to build their capacity to set and achieve their goals for a thriving future. We do this by nurturing trusted partnerships to help each person:

overcome their barriers
realise their own potential
take action on their own wellbeing and resilience
safely shift self-limiting beliefs and behaviours, and
access the tools and support they need to explore and shape the future they imagine.

Youth Options is not a contracted employment services provider. We work with young people before they begin applying for jobs to engage them in the future.