ABSTRACT
Jacqui de la Rue, Brisbane Youth Service
The Recovery Orientation Model in Action: How Meaningful Change Can, and Does, Happen for Homeless Young People.
Innovative mental health approaches are needed to increase access to services that are timely, appropriate, youth-friendly, affordable, and support meaningful recovery.
A wide set of sector reports (for example, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare National Reports 2013, 2014) all suggest that mental health has become a central health issue for Australians, aged 12 to 25. Much of these reports do not address homelessness, but the following points from the 2014 National Mental Health Report, are important to the current discussion about how homeless young people can access services.