Every young person
deserves a second chance.
Our Youth Services programs have been created to assist young people in developing new skills, attitudes and behaviours that inspire change and connectedness.
Long-term commitment, not band-aid solutions
Designed to curb reoffending/offending for those from juvenile detention and build trust for those experiencing family separation, homelessness and more. Iron Armour Mentoring has been working alongside young people from these backgrounds since 2015, both within juvenile justice precincts and in our community programs.
We do not believe in band-aid solutions but in long-term commitment that supports true rehabilitation.
The Evidence Behind Mentoring
Research by the Australian Institute of Criminology shows that structured mentoring programs can reduce youth reoffending rates by up to 46% when sustained over 12 months or more. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports that young people who receive consistent adult mentoring are significantly more likely to re-engage with education and employment.
Sources: Australian Institute of Criminology, "Youth Justice in Australia" (2023); AIHW, "Young People in the Youth Justice System" (2024); Australian Institute of Family Studies, "Mentoring and Youth Outcomes" (2022).
The four pillars of our approach
Reflection
Helping young people look inward, understand their journey, and learn from their experiences.
Regulation
Building the tools and strategies to manage emotions, impulses, and responses in healthy ways.
Responsibility
Encouraging ownership of actions and empowering young people to make positive choices.
Rehabilitation
Supporting true, long-term change through commitment, consistency, and genuine care.
Back in the Game
With Back in the Game, the young person follows a one-on-one mentoring program that uses a variety of mental support tools, active learning sessions, such as fitness and/or sport-specific sessions. Young people will also have access to the IAA work experience program that encourages work ethic and social skills. Allowing us to create a tailored program for the young person.
Born 4 More
During Born 4 More, the young person follows a one-on-one mentoring program that provides support from a positive role model. The mentor will engage with the young person to build self-esteem, self-worth, healthy relationships and communication skills. As the connectedness is established, we use growth mindset tools to build goals and hope.
G.R.I.D
The GRID program has been designed to support young people while in detention. This is a group program that is based on collaboration with the young people. During the program, the young person will learn self-reflection and regulation strategies while working cohesively as a group, creating group values that inspire responsibility and rehabilitation.
"The Malmsbury youth justice centre would like to express our great love and appreciation for the Iron Armour Mentoring program and all that they do and stand for. They have become a welcome and much-looked-forward-to event each week in our unit. Iron Armour mentoring helps our clients in a multitude of positive ways, from both inside and out and is both well listened to and respected by the clients and provides a different form of positive role modelling."