Youth Homelessness Support and Relationship‑Based Practice in a Time of Social Distancing

Published April 10, 2020

ABSTRACT

Rhianon Vichta-Ohlsen and Brisbane Youth Service Workers, Brisbane Youth Service

As Brisbane Youth Service (BYS)  transitioned the majority of its youth housing and homelessness support workers to work from home arrangements due to Covid-19 social distancing restrictions, service delivery was forced to adapt.

Using creativity and innovation in engaging with young people in the new landscape, workers not only developed new ways of working and focusing their engagement with the young people they support; they witnessed the resilience of young people through this crisis time.