In NSW, Mission Australia focuses on providing pathways to strong families and healthy, happy children; pathways through a successful youth; and pathways away from homelessness.

A diverse range of services operate within these pathways, including:

• Early intervention programs for families
• Supported accommodation and housing
• Voluntary coordination programs for newly arrived immigrants
• Youth mentoring programs
• Financial and gambling services

Here are some of the services we provide in NSW, see below for detailed services information

Pathways to strong families and healthy, happy children:

• Pathways to Prevention, Miller
• Brighter Futures

Pathways through a successful youth:

• Creative Youth Initiatives
• Dubbo Leadership and Cultural Development Program
• Triple Care Farm
• Triple R 'youth' gambling and financial counselling services

Pathways away from homelessness:

• Mission Australia Centre
• Housing and Support Initiative
• Charles Chamber Court

For more information about the services Mission Australia operates in NSW, please contact the NSW State Office

Pathways to strong families and healthy, happy children:

Pathways to Prevention, Miller

Pathways is an early intervention program for young children and their families. The project promotes healthy development, positive relationships and strong communities. Miller Pathways, located in South Western Sydney, provides supported playgroups, nutrition programs and a family resource centre.

Brighter Futures

Brighter Futures is a voluntary, targeted program designed for families encountering problems that impact on their ability to care for their children. The program provides families with the necessary support and services to help prevent an escalation of the problems they are facing. The program recognises that supporting families before problems turn into a crisis improves family resilience, promotes healthy child development, and reduces child abuse and neglect.

Pathways through a successful youth:

Creative Youth Initiatives

Creative Youth Initiatives, in Sydney’s inner city, provides free creative programs for young people aged 16 - 25 who are facing many and varied challenges in their lives, such as homelessness, mental health issues or family breakdown. With support from musicians, artists and social workers, students are develop a broad range of skills and use creativity as an outlet for the issues they face.

Dubbo Leadership and Cultural Development Program

Dubbo Leadership and Cultural Development Program assists young Aboriginal students to stay in school, gain leadership skills and culture awareness.

The program supports Aboriginal students by providing:

• Weekly after school sessions that are educational, vocational, cultural and fun
• Links to community support services
• Assistance with family mediation and support if needed
• Connections to Aboriginal elders and mentors
• Support with school work
• Assistance for parents to liaise with schools
• Assistance for students in the event of suspension
• Cultural camps during the school holidays

Triple Care Farm (TCF)

Triple Care Farm (TCF) is a residential, treatment and vocational training program in the southern highlands of NSW for young people aged 16-24 with complex backgrounds. Triple Care Farm provides residential living skills, counselling and vocational training programs such as metalwork, woodwork and farming. Sports and recreation activities are also available at the farm. The service includes a post support program “Stepping Out” which ensures that the young person and their family continue to receive help and support after they have left Triple Care Farm.

Mission Australia’s Triple R Services

Mission Australia’s Triple R Service provides counselling and community education services. Triple R stands for “Reflect, Refresh, Realise” because these services help people to reflect on their situation, refresh their thinking, and realise their own potential. Triple R Services help people in four key areas - financial counselling, gambling counselling, youth financial literacy, and youth gambling counselling. These services operate from NSW and work in many different areas and helps people in metro, regional and rural communities. There are many other activities that Triple R Services are doing in communities, such as educational programs and community advocacy. Triple R Services involve a large group of passionate people who are professionals in counselling and experienced in delivering educational programs.

Pathways away from homelessness:

Mission Australia Centre

The Mission Australia Centre in central Sydney aims to break the cycle of homelessness. The service provides varying levels of intervention through flexible, innovative responsive services, programs and support options with a particular focus on aboriginal homelessness.

This groundbreaking centre is the first of its kind in Australia and provides a bridge to greater social and economic participation. Specialised staff and volunteers are committed to tackling the real problems faced by individuals - not just the symptoms. The non-institutionalised environment aims to prevent the stigmatisation felt by homeless and marginalised people in the past and prevent the ‘revolving door’ syndrome. It offers a range of services including accommodation, learning and education.

Housing and Support Initiative

The Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative (HASI) is an innovative partnership between NSW Health, Housing NSW and community services organisations, including Mission Australia. It provides accommodation and support services for people with a moderate or high level of psychiatric disorder. Mission Australia provides HASI in North Sydney, North Coast, Dubbo and Coonabrabran.

Charles Chambers Court

Charles Chambers Court, located in Sydney’s inner city, is a fully accredited aged care facility. It provides high quality accommodation and personal care for homeless, frail or aged people. It enables the residents to lead an independent lifestyle. The service provides modern, stable and secure accommodation for elderly people, who have been living on the street and moving through crisis accommodation. It gives relief from the homeless circuit.

Missionbeat:

Mission Australia’s homeless outreach service, Missionbeat, patrols inner Sydney streets seeking out those in distress and offering them support. The iconic vans transport homeless men, women, children, families and intoxicated or drug affected men and women to services to meet their immediate needs, including safe accommodation, medical care or food and clothing. In June 2009 Mission Australia launched a new arm of the service, the Missionbeat Bicycles to improve the speed and flexibility of the service. Each day outreach workers on bicycles criss-cross the city talking to people sleeping rough in alleyways and alcoves where the vans can’t access. These dedicated and trusted staff use Mission Australia’s radio network to connect people with services – whether it’s calling a nurse to treat and dress an infected wound, arranging for a van to transport them to a shelter or contacting emergency services for crisis support. Missionbeat responds to public calls for help as well as calls from police, ambulance, community services and government departments.

Resource & Recovery program:

Resource & Recovery is a free Mental Health service delivered by Mission Australia in Dubbo, Bathurst, Parkes/Forbes and Cowra to improve the lives of 16-64 year olds who are recovering from a mental illness. Resource & Recovery will run through various stages of recovery with the client such as: goal setting, establishing links within the community and the transition to independent living and/or employment. Referrals can be made by medical professionals, family, friends or self referrals for persons recovering from mental illnesses.

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