{"id":934,"date":"2025-01-21T05:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T05:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nessabeecreative.com\/homestrech\/?page_id=934"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:01:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T15:01:41","slug":"home-stretch-wa-model","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nessabeecreative.com\/homestrech\/home-stretch-wa-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Stretch WA Model"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Key elements of the Home Stretch WA Model<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Home Stretch WA provides support to young people leaving care from 17 \u00bd to 21 years. The Home Stretch WA Model integrates a range of practice approaches, resources and tools that have been co-designed, tested and refined with young people and Aboriginal Community.<\/p>

Whilst the model describes how a Home Stretch WA service is delivered, the needs of each young person are always placed at the centre of a persistent, consistent, culturally strong, hope inducing relationship with a skilled and trained Transition Coach.<\/p>

The model offers young people choice, control and agency in how they engage with the service, whilst guaranteeing access to support and resources to the age of 21. Home Stretch WA is designed to be flexible and individualised, and provide continuity and certainty during a critical transition period.<\/p>

The Transition Coach Practice Principles<\/a> describe how Coaches work and the Home Stretch WA Model Integrity Framework<\/a> provides more information on the service standards for Home Stretch WA providers.\u00a0<\/p>

See the Practice Resources<\/a> section for more information on each of the elements listed below and to access supporting practice guidelines and resources.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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1. Transition Support<\/u><\/b><\/h5>

Transition Support is a key element of the Home Stretch program. Flexible, one-to-one support focused on encouraging towards interdependence This support is offered in two main ways:<\/p>

  • Smooth Transition<\/strong> <\/span>Working together with a young person and their support circle from age of 17.5 years to ensure a smooth transition into the Home Stretch WA program and a seamless continuation of support until the age of 21 years. It\u2019s also about young people being aware of their rights and being able to independently access support they are entitled to after 21.<\/span><\/li>
  • Transition Coaches<\/strong><\/span> A consistent, persistent and skilled youth worker who works with young people to provide flexible, one to one support focussed on coaching towards independence. The Transition Coach works from a set of practice principles ensuring support provided is consistent and focused on building a young person\u2019s self-reliance, skills, capacity and connection to community, culture and country.<\/li><\/ul>

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    2. Safety Net<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/h5>

    The right to a visible, accessible and secure financial safety net that ensures access to housing, foster care, health, education and life skills. This is provided through three different Home Stretch WA service offers:<\/p>

    • Housing Allowance<\/strong><\/span> Young people can be supported to access a Housing Allowance that can assist them to afford a broader range of living arrangements and includes an emphasis on providing them the skills and supports they need to secure and maintain safe and stable housing.<\/li>
    • Staying On Agreement<\/strong><\/span> Young people can be supported to continue \u2018staying on\u2019 with a carer to ensure they have a stable living arrangement until age of 21. This includes a continuation of payments and support to foster and family carers with an expectation that a young person will contribute to their living expenses from their independent income.<\/li>
    • Invest In Me<\/strong><\/span> Gives young people the \u2018right\u2019 to a visible and secure financial safety net for resources to support them towards their aspirations and goals, or for crisis relief. It provides young people with fast access to financial assistance without having to return to a District Office. There is an expectation that young people will contribute (chip-in) to build their independence, but this isn\u2019t always financial.<\/li><\/ul>
      3. Support Circles\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h5><\/div>
      Support Circles are at the centre of all of the support provided by Home Stretch WA. Transition Coaches are focused on supporting young people to grow and maintain lasting connections to the people, places and things that are important to them. This support also includes the offer of assistance to map out the past and to help reconnect with family and historic relationships. The importance of support circles can be seen in every service offer of the Home Stretch WA program, though is the focus of two areas of support.<\/span><\/div>
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      • Footprints: <\/u><\/b>Walking alongside young people to help them understand and explore the people, places and connections that are important to them. Mapping out the footprints and parts of their life story, we hope to find opportunities for them to build new connections or revisit old ones.<\/li>
      • Pathways<\/u><\/b>: Walking alongside young people as they navigate their connections to family, community, culture and country. Providing the resources and supports they need to heal and connect when they are ready. Coaching young people in the skills and knowledge they need to build their support circles, encouraging them to explore pathways to reconnect and providing a safety net for them if things don\u2019t work out how they had first intended<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Key elements of the Home Stretch WA Model Home Stretch WA provides support to young people leaving care from 17 \u00bd to 21 years. The Home Stretch WA Model integrates a range of practice approaches, resources and tools that have been co-designed, tested and refined with young people and Aboriginal Community. Whilst the model describes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-934","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nessabeecreative.com\/homestrech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nessabeecreative.com\/homestrech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nessabeecreative.com\/homestrech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nessabeecreative.com\/homestrech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nessabeecreative.com\/homestrech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/nessabeecreative.com\/homestrech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2623,"href":"https:\/\/nessabeecreative.com\/homestrech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/934\/revisions\/2623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nessabeecreative.com\/homestrech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}