Steps Outreach Services
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25 Years of Steps Outreach Service
Since 1985, Steps Outreach Service has been supporting homeless young people and marginalised families in inner Melbourne. The Concern Australia Steps team works on the streets at night engaging with homeless young people who congregate around Flinders Street Station. Steps provide relational support to homeless young people, and assist young people to engage and be engaged in the community.
Steps workers advocate for young people with the police, in court, with DHS and other agencies and housing providers. They assist young people to locate and secure safe affordable housing, and to establish a home with furniture and household goods.
Steps receives no government funding, and relies on God and the support of generous donors to provide the spiritual and material support for the young people they assist.
Many homeless young people come from dysfunctional backgrounds, have experienced abuse, may never have had a stable family life, or suffer from mental illness or drug and alcohol abuse problems. The committed members of the Steps team try to be the 'significant other' for these young people, building long-term relationships, sharing the joys and challenges of life with them.
‘Steps’ is about loving people just as they are, in an accepting, non-judgmental way, just as Jesus did. If they take one step forward and three back we celebrate the one step forward and continue to believe in them and pray for them. Our philosophy is to 'hang in there' with people for as long as they want us to. In this way, we see some amazing positive changes and successes in people's lives. We believe in young people and try to demonstrate Jesus' love for each of them. And that is what makes the difference.
- Emotional, spiritual and practical support
- Responding to crisis
- Relational support
- Advocacy and assistance
Email us: steps@concernaustralia.org.au
