Community visits to the Adelaide Youth Training Centre will start this month. Back in April we asked groups of residents about what they would like from the visits and what they hoped might result.
These are some of the things they said:
‘Why don’t you have a day when you are here each week – like a program?’
‘Speak to us as a group. We might all have the same problem.’
‘Two weeks between visits is too long – you’ll miss all the lovely stories!’
‘There’s always stuff going on in the centre that we need more support on.’
‘[We need weekly visits because] anything could be happening in here.’
‘We ask the staff to contact you but then we have to wait a few days.’
‘Everyone should have your [phone] number as a pre-set when they come in.’
‘If I’m going through a rough patch or I’m not feeling confident, I won’t talk to you.’
‘Advocacy is making time easier.’
‘After you talk to the bosses, they treat us better.’
