Yangah Worker – SEQ

The position aims to reduce the number of 10 – 17 year old girls being held on remand in the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre and/or police watch houses in the Greater Brisbane Area.  The Yangah Worker is responsible for improving the likelihood of a successful bail application, through ensuring girls’ access to suitable and stable community-based services and support.  The Worker also provides post-release support to enable girls to continue to meet their bail conditions.   This is primarily an outreach service.

How can you help?

The Sisters Inside Fund for Children supports children of women in the criminal justice system to choose their own future free of the burdens so commonly felt while their mother is in prison.