Youth Supports

Barkuma is dedicated to assisting you in creating, pursuing and achieving your life goals. This is done through one-on-one support with a dedicated worker to engage with the community and your education. Our experienced team has supported over 1000 school students in a range of programs tailored specifically to individual needs.

We aim to empower students through:

Our skilled and motivated staff are matched to individual students and meet fortnightly to assist with:

The Barkuma Difference

We use an individualised person centred approach which is driven by the student. Our staff work in partnership with the student, their family, school and other key stakeholders to deliver the best possible plan. Engagement can occur at any year level and the program can continue to support students into their post school year.

Download our 'Where to now?' brochure (PDF, 211kb).

How do I access this support?

Currently we support people where a package of funding can be identified. This could be through an NDIS plan or private funding.

We are a registered provider of the following supports for people under the NDIS: