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Understanding Support Circles
Supporting young people to build an enduring network of personal, family and community connections that includes the offer of assistance to map out connections to family, community and culture, and to be supported to reconnect with people from their past if they wish to do so.
Young people develop the skills and capacity to build an enduring network of supports in their community, and to have the confidence to seek help from mainstream services.- Introduction to Support Circles
- A Support Circles Approach
- Support Circles Mapping
- Trauma Informed Practice
- Supporting Documents & Resources
The Support Circles approach helps young people build strong, lasting connections with family, community, and culture. It recognises that young people thrive when surrounded by people who know them, care for them, and walk beside them as they grow. This module supports you to guide young people in mapping their networks, reconnecting with their roots, and developing the confidence to seek help from both cultural and mainstream services.
Through trauma-informed, culturally respectful practice, you’ll learn to support healing, identity, and belonging. Every interaction becomes a chance to expand a young person’s support circle and strengthen their future. As a provider, your role is to embed this approach across all services—creating space for connection, reflecting on how support networks can be activated, and fostering a culture that values lived experience, safe boundaries, and collaborative care.
Introduction: Support Circles
Module 1. A Support Circles Approach
Module 2. Support Circles Mapping
Module 3. Connecting with Family & Culture
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Supporting Documents
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