Youth and Family Wellbeing Case Management Service and Mentoring

This program is designed to support the social, emotional and cultural wellbeing of young people (aged between 10-25 years old) and families who are, or are at risk of experience the Northern Territory youth justice and policing systems. Rather than focusing on criminogenic risk, B2A builds health determinants for young people and families, drawing on research and localised evidence to deliver best-practice supports through critical transitions out of Youth Justice systems - essential for successful reintegration and community participation.

Moving beyond traditional case management, B2A provides on-the-ground mentoring, after-hours engagement, and a wellbeing hub accessed by both young people and families. The hub features a sensory room, arts spaces, yarning circles, gym facilities, native gardening areas, a shed for work experience, and hot-desk computers for life administration and employment support. B2A engages with young people and families across multiple settings: in community, watch houses, youth detention facilities, throughout the transition phase back to community, at home, and through continued support for young people up to 25 years of age.

Identity and Cultural Mentoring

B2A delivers inclusivity, identity, and mentoring sessions at Tivendale (Don Dale), Malak, and Palmerston reengagement schools. The program engages young people who face systemic or individual barriers to wellbeing support in education while building their knowledge and pathways to employment. Sessions include workplace tours, one-on-one mentoring, goal-setting workshops, and cultural strengthening activities.

Education and Employment Mentoring

Focused on expanding employment pathways for First Nations young people, the program combines practical workplace tours and mentoring with goal-setting and cultural strengthening activities that ground participants in their identity while building their future opportunities.

Key components of Brother to Another's programs include:

• After-hours and weekend support
• Local First Nations role models
• Role model and service agreements, which are led led by families and young people
• Comprehensive data collection and expression sessions led by young people
• Working with the entire family unit including siblings and caregivers
• Data sets focusing on cultural, social and emotional wellbeing determinants
• Strong community and sector collaboration and partnership
• A focus on identifying and addressing gaps in service and improving the effectiveness of support in the sector
  

Brother to Another strategically expands access for young people and families - connecting them to pro-social activities, healthcare, education, employment opportunities, and essential services. By collaborating across community, government, and NGO sectors, B2A fills critical gaps in support for young people experiencing the policing and legal systems. The organisation's coordinated support, mentorship and wrap-around support aims to reduce First Nations youth detention contact while building the wellbeing and capacity young people and families need to lead self-determined lives.

• Culture and identity
• Safety and ethics
• Solutions-focused
• Accountability
• Strong relationships and respect
• Collaboration and capacity building
• Compassion

Brother to Another is a registered charity with an all First Nations board and staff. B2A are establishing a Community Reference Group that will provide additional accountability structures, ensuring services remain responsive to community needs. This commitment to community-led accountability is demonstrated through family-led service plans, where families themselves identify their needs and B2A responds accordingly.