Mission Australia

1. Community Service Workers - Casual Positions
(Work For Mission Australia/ Mission Australia Jobs - New South Wales)

... potential of gaining significant insight to issues surrounding women in crisis, mental health, alcohol and drugs or disabilities and is suited to a person seeking to enhance their assessment and social ...

2. High & Complex Needs in Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
(Community Services/Community Services)

...  Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) and the NSW Department of Community Services (DOCS). Homelessness NSW, the Women’s ...

3. Missionbeat
(Community Services/Community Services)

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, ...

4. Drugs, suicide and body image - the issues of most concern to young Australians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... stress (30.2) were at the top of the list. For girls and young women, physical/sexual abuse topped the list of concerns with 27.5 per cent considering it a top three issue – compared to only 17 per cent ...

5. Homeless hit the street for City2Surf
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Ten homeless men and women from Mission Australia’s Sydney services will run in Sunday’s City to Surf as part of a program to improve their general health and wellbeing. More than 50 Mission Australia ...

6. Community Services in NSW
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... 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 ...

7. Community Services in the Northern Territory
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... based on a pre-existing service provided by the “Strong Women” patrollers from the communities of Yirrkala and Ski Beach. The Patrol offers people voluntary transportation to a place of safety, be that ...

8. NSW/ACT Volunteer Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... Point A Woman's Place is a homeless service for single women. This is a crisis residential service that aims to make a difference in the lives of the women who access the service, through case management ...

9. Corporate Volunteering Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

...  Time: 10.30am to 2.30pm Volunteers: 8-12 Financial cost estimate: TBC Location: Surry Hills, NSW Client Group: Elderly Spend quality time with men and women who live at Charles Chambers ...

10. Mission Australia to build $16M Aged Homeless Service as number of elderly homeless climbs
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... line it will more than double Mission Australia’s permanent accommodation places for elderly homeless people in NSW. Women will benefit particularly because we’re the only organisation in the heart of ...

11. Hush for Homelessness launches in Martin Place
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... All money raised will go to Mission Australia’s services providing crisis care, transitional or medium-term accommodation and essential support for homeless men, women and children. Mission Australia’s ...

12. Paid maternity leave battle reignited
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... for employees in 2007. Of its 3,500 staff, close to 70% are women, so the move to paid maternity leave was both a moral and practical decision. As an organisation that believes strongly in family and ...

13. Body image the main concern for young Australians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... women’s level of concern about body image has increased from 28.5 per cent in 2006 to 34.9 per cent in 2007. “As a community, we should all be concerned by these results,” said Ms Hampshire. This is ...

14. More homeless services needed in Tasmania
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... to the national figure of 46 per cent. “But these figures are out of date. Based on our experiences – and what other agencies are saying – we believe homeless numbers across all groups (women, men, families, ...

15. Sydney’s bed shortage crisis for homeless women
(News/Media Releases Archive)

One of Sydney’s leading providers of crisis accommodation services is having to turn away hundreds of homeless women each year as the city struggles to cope with growing numbers of women needing help and ...

16. Increased rents create greater risk of homelessness
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... provides a 24-hour, intensive support base for the state’s homeless men, women and families – helping them transition from the streets into a more independent, sustainable and safe mode of living. Residents ...

17. Combating youth unemployment rates in Tasmania
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... for Children program model to include a focus on young people, aged 6-16. • Expand funding for effective programs that work with very marginalised young people. • Develop and implement a Rural Women’s ...

18. New blueprint to tackle causes of Australia’s youth unemployment problem
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... for effective programs that work with very marginalised young people. Develop and implement a Rural Women’s Apprenticeship Program that provides training and local career development opportunities ...

19. Roma House - A new service for homeless Queenslanders launched in Brisbane
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... intensive support base for the state’s homeless men, women and families – helping them transition from the streets into a more independent, sustainable and safe mode of living. Roma House represents ...

20. Mission Australia to open new offices in Adelaide's west
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... education options, case management, and life skills training to young people, particularly young women who are disconnected from mainstream education. School holiday programs at the Athol Park Neighbourhood ...

21. New program to protect homeless young women from sexual assault, other harm
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Young women who are living on the streets or in unsafe situations in Adelaide are being taught self-protection skills in a ground-breaking new program being run by Mission Australia. They are being taught ...

22. Brisbane's War Chronicles recorded by unemployed
(News/Media Releases Archive)

In time for ANZAC Day, a group of unemployed people from Brisbane is capturing the memories of women at war – those left behind and those called into service – during World War I and II. The documentary-style ...