Multicultural Youth Tasmania

About MYT

Multicultural Youth Tasmania (MYT) is a branch of Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania (MRC Tas). MYT provides targeted services and projects to support young people aged up to 25 years from multicultural backgrounds to reach their full potential and thrive as active members of the Tasmanian community. One in four young people in Australia is from a migrant or refugee background. MYT believes supporting these young people is vital to the development of an equitable, just, culturally diverse and inclusive society.

What we do

MYT runs specialist programs that provide an opportunity for young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds to develop a strong sense of belonging and resilience during settlement and beyond. MYT programs recognise that young people in this cohort face unique barriers during adolescence, but bring with them immense strength and resilience to overcome the barriers they face.

MYT’s foundations are built on the National Youth Settlement Framework (NYSF) and utilise Good Practice Capabilities to support young people to thrive as active citizens.

Sector development

Multicultural Youth Tasmania (MYT) works in partnership with young people, government and non-government organisations to promote the needs and interests of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds.

MYT is a partner organisation of the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network of Australia (MYAN). MYAN works in partnership with young people, government and civil society to promote the rights and interests of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds and ensure these are recognised in policy and practice.

MYT stakeholder network

MYT provides quarterly updates to our Tasmanian Stakeholder Network. This includes community leaders and people working within an education, health or community setting, the youth sector and sports and recreation sector.

Please contact youth@mrctas.org.au to subscribe

MYT Youth Advisory Group

The Youth Advisory Group brings together passionate young advocates to support positive change in the lives of young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds across Tasmania. The group is comprised of members from a diversity of faith, gender, age, linguistic, ethnicity, migration, life and educational experiences.

MYAN TAS Youth Advisory Group participants:

Participate in quarterly meetings to inform the work of the MYAN TAS
Undertake leadership and advocacy training
Facilitate a state level advocacy activity per year
Contribute to statewide youth consultations to ensure the voice of multicultural young people is represented in youth policy and strategy in Tasmania.

Programs

Youth drop-in

Come along to youth drop-in every Wednesday afternoon for afternoon tea, games, help with schoolwork or just to have a chat! We can provide you with support for:

Homework
English
Driving information
Forms (Centrelink and more!)

No appointment needed.

For more information please contact the youth team on (03) 6221 0999 or email youth@mrctas.org.au

Employment

Multicultural Youth Tasmania provides individualised support for young people from humanitarian and migrant backgrounds.

The MYT Team can help you with:

Getting skills ready for work
Looking for your first job
Needing advice for a problem at work
Pathway planning for your transition from school to work
Work experience placements

Make an appointment

People from a migrant or refugee background are invited to make an appointment or attend MYT Drop in every Wednesday from 3pm-5:30pm at our office in Glenorchy.

To book an appointment please email youth@mrctas.org.au or call us on (03) 6221 0999. Call 131 450 for interpreter.

Sport and recreation

My Pathways Recreation Program

The MY Pathways Men’s Program works with disadvantaged or disengaged young people to develop skills that will enhance and support active citizenship by supporting participation in employment, education, and sport and recreation. This group uses a peer support model, creating a space for young men to gather and learn from each other, building resilience, confidence and a sense of belonging in Tasmania.

The Men’s Program is committed to providing social support, information, and activities in a relaxed and non-threatening environment for young men from migrant and refugee backgrounds.

Aims:

Enhance confidence and build leadership skills
Create a sense of belonging and purpose for young men
Alleviate feelings of loneliness and isolation
Increase feelings of self-worth, and provide mutual support and care for others
Validate concerns, challenges and barriers these young men may have or currently experiencing
Provide a space that is fun and enjoyable

When: Every Friday from 1pm. Please contact Jal (Hobart) and Yousef (Launceston) at youth@mrctas.org.au for more information.

Friday Men’s Group (South) (17-25)

Are you aged 17-25 and from a migrant or refugee background? Come along to MY Pathways to take part in different recreational activities.

Learn to swim

If you want to learn to swim, we have three swimming groups:

School swimming group (12-16 years old)
Men’s swimming group (16 up & open)
Womens swimming group (18 and up)

Email youth@mrctas.org.au to learn more or call (03) 6221 0999.

Football scholarships

MRC Tas in collaboration with Football Federation Tasmania (FFT) offer newly arrived young people from refugee backgrounds scholarships to join local clubs in the area.

First year scholarships include

full fees scholarship
transport support
sporting gear

Second year scholarships include

partial scholarship
transport support

Case management services

Youth Settlement Engagement and Transition Support (SETS) Services – Hobart/Launceston

MYT Youth Settlement Engagement and Transition Support (SETS) Services offer case management and support for young people aged between 15 and 24 who arrived in Australia in the last five years as humanitarian entrants, family stream migrants with low English proficiency, and dependants of skilled migrants in rural and regional areas with low English proficiency. Case Managers can help with:

Family issues
Social participation
Health and wellbeing
Pathway planning & study support
Obtaining a driver’s license
Other issues

Eligibility

Subclass 200 (Refugee) people who had fled persecution and left their home country.
Subclass 201 (In Country Special Humanitarian) people who suffered persecution but had not left their home country.
Subclass 202 (Special Humanitarian Program) people who are subjected to substantial human rights abuses and were proposed for entry by an Australian Citizen or permanent resident over the age of 18.
Subclass 203 (Emergency Rescue) people who satisfy refugee criteria and whose lives depended on urgent resettlement.
Subclass 204 (Woman at Risk) persecuted women or female headed households and their dependents.
Subclass 866 (Protection Visa) recognized as refugees by the Australian government after they sought asylum on shore. Other (Unsure) Attach photocopy of visa to referral or call for advice about that particular visa.

Referral Form MYT (external services)

Self Referral Form

Multicultural Youth (MY) Pathways – Launceston

The MY Pathways program, based in Launceston, works with young people from migrant, refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds who are disengaged, or at risk of disengagement, with the community, education and employment and/or are displaying anti-social behaviour. The MY Pathways program is an early intervention program that works with at risk clients through case management and group work, facilitating targeted interventions based on the participants own goals.

The program is designed to support young people from migrant backgrounds to thrive in the local community and to facilitate community safety goals around social cohesion. Participants referred into the program will undergo an intake and assessment and if suitable will receive wrap around intensive support.

Eligibility: Young people between 14-25 years from multicultural backgrounds, including young people born in Australia and whose parents arrived as migrants, refugee or asylum seekers.

Our Community MY Future – Hobart/Launceston

Our Community My Future (OCMF) supports social cohesion through positive engagement of at-risk youth from refugee, migrant, and Australian born backgrounds.

The program’s collaborative, holistic approach provides strengths-based case management and psychosocial support to young people in the community who face complex barriers to economic, civic and community participation.

The program connects young people who are at risk of disengagement and offending, with experienced youth workers and community mentors to provide wrap around support to connect and engage with the broader community and build skills for their future.

OCMF also offers young people a chance to participate in co-designing and delivering a community-based project in their local community to build skills and local networks, and support their education and employment pathways.

To learn more or to make a referral please contact

Multicultural Youth Tasmania: mytreferrals@mrctas.org.au (Statewide)
The Link Youth Health Service: hello@thelink.org.au (South)
Cornerstone Youth Services (North)

This inclusive program is delivered by MRC Tas, Cornerstone Youth Services, The Link Youth Health Service.

Youth Advisory Group

The Youth Advisory Group brings together passionate young advocates to support positive change in the lives of refugee and migrant young people across Tasmania. The group is comprised of members from a diversity of faith, gender, age, linguistic, ethnicity, migration, life and educational experiences. MYT is a partner organisation of the Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network of Australia (MYAN).

MYT Youth Advisory Group participants:

Participate in quarterly meetings to inform the work of MYAN
Undertake leadership and advocacy training
Facilitate a state level advocacy activity per year
Contribute to statewide youth consultations to ensure the voice of multicultural young people is represented in youth policy and strategy in Tasmania.

Contact us

We are open Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm.

Hobart

Phone: (03) 6221 0999
Email: youth@mrctas.org.au
Facebook: Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania
Instagram: @multiculturalyouth_tas

Office location:

KGV Sports and Community Centre
Level 2, 1A Anfield Street, Glenorchy TAS 7010

Launceston