Main theme
Access to information and legal advice/ assistance.
Other relevant themes
Social services, accommodation, and welfare benefits, promote inclusion and integration, awareness-raising.
Aims
To promote and develop an inclusive approach through integration and partnership of services and agencies working with children, young people and families that serve their needs and enable them to realise their potential.
Description
Young People at Risk have a Ukrainian and International Protection Service (refugees/asylum applicants), employing one Community Link Worker who has lived experience. They support a large number of young people, with the majority refugees and asylum seekers. They aim to support these young people to link in with a range of different organisations and access local services and supports. They also provide workshops on human rights, accessing rights and workshops which focus on cultural barriers. For example, they have delivered a range of workshops which seek to improve relationships between young refugees and asylum seekers and the Irish police (An Garda Síochána). Many young people were found to have little trust in the police and a fear of them due to previous negative experiences in other countries. The workshops, for example, support to young people to share their own lived experiences and explain where their fear may stem from. The workshops also provide an important space for police to better understand the young people and their perspectives, and provide insights into how they can work to build a trusting relationship with them.
Results/ Outcomes
Pending
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