GUIDING PRINCIPLES:

The Bridge Youth Service Guiding Principles:

• We work in a way that will increase the sense of belonging and connectedness to community

 

• We value and respect the people we work with.

 

• We are flexible in our response to people’s needs

 

• We believe that people have the power to change their situations

 

• We respect people’s differences

 

• We view people in the context of their situation, their environment and their communities.

 

• We believe that people have both rights and responsibilities

 

• We do not accept responsibility for other people’s lives, situations or their ability to change

 

• We believe that the responsibility for a person’s well being should be shared by the individual and the community

 

• When providing services we will:

  i. Focus on strengths

  ii. Provide an environment for change

  iii. Provide an opportunity for choice