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Mission Australia’s Going Places service in Cairns, which helps disadvantaged locals to find and sustain housing, has been named as a finalist in the 2012 Health and Community Services Workforce Innovation ...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
... 15 South Australian teenagers to be Body Image Ambassadors to help young people have a healthier and more realistic appraisal of their body image. The chosen ambassadors will receive media literacy, ...
Thursday, 10 May 2012
... and the injection of significant funds towards reducing the public dental health care waiting list are very welcome. “Similarly, measures aimed at getting more Australians participating in employment ...
Wednesday, 09 May 2012
... kids applying for the same handful of properties, Rob and Jenny’s family felt they were being pushed to the bottom of the list. After a few weeks of fruitless searching, they came to the devastating ...
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
5. Junaa Buwa! Centre for Youth Wellbeing (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)
... misuse. The name Junaa Buwa! means “to declare a new beginning’” in the local Gumbaynggirr language. This Mission Australia service provides holistic three-month live-in drug and alcohol rehabilitation ...
Tuesday, 08 May 2012
6. The cost of homelessness
(News/MA Newsletter)
... from case managers. Guaranteed access to a range of specialist services tailored to the person’s needs, including a psychologist, counsellor, dentist, recreation office and computer and literacy training. ...
Monday, 07 May 2012
... of 26km that included six hill climbs above 200m. The trekkers completed the return journey in under eight hours, and developed a new-found respect for hiking poles as well as a few blisters along the ...
Tuesday, 24 April 2012
8. Winter Appeal 2012
(Donations/Support Mission Australia)
... at one of our specialist long-term facilities, and assigned the family a case worker. We gave Brenda assistance to buy furniture and helped her with her application for priority housing. Today, Brenda ...
Monday, 23 April 2012
9. Winter Phone Appeal 2012
(Donations/Support Mission Australia)
... at one of our specialist long-term facilities, and assigned the family a case worker. We gave Brenda assistance to buy furniture and helped her with her application for priority housing. Today, Brenda ...
Monday, 23 April 2012
... picked up a guitar and started singing ‘Shine’, the hit he co-wrote with Vanessa Amorosi. The nine finalists then walked on stage and joined in.  Mission Australia Operations Manager Jillian Smith ...
Monday, 16 April 2012
... for it.” The siblings are among 20 young semi-finalists who will try to win over judges Mark Holden, Deni Hines and country singer-songwriter Paul Costa tomorrow night, and score a spot in the Urban ...
Thursday, 12 April 2012
... while U-Turn is delivered in a workplace-style setting, “it’s all the other things that happen during the course - there's holistic, social, mental and emotional support for each student… weaved through ...
Thursday, 05 April 2012
... group. Mission Australia’s General Manager Social Advocacy and Public Affairs, Eleri Morgan-Thomas, said the Specialist Homelessness Services Collection: first results report released by the Australian ...
Wednesday, 04 April 2012
... have long waiting lists. “We need more of these supports – what we call ‘wrap-around’ services – for homeless people. Services that are complementary to accommodation, accessible and responsive to their ...
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
...  Kellie Streeter, who is Case Worker/Manager at Mission Australia’s Palmerston office and event coordinator, said the majority of semi-finalists were first-time entrants. “There are only a few familiar ...
Wednesday, 28 March 2012
... she said. “In my role here I have one-on-one contact with all the residents. I reach out to them and listen to them. “I think a lot of the time my age helps me in this role as I’m often on the same ...
Friday, 23 March 2012
... said. About 2,500 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders out of 46,000 young people aged 11 to 24 took part in the survey, which asked respondents to rank the top three items they valued from a list ...
Tuesday, 20 March 2012
... of a broad range of issues,” she says, “as there aren’t a lot of local specialist services we can refer clients to.” Gina also travels the 200 kilometres to Wilcannia each week to provide an outreach ...
Thursday, 08 March 2012
19. Young mums are aiming for success
(Community Services/Community Services)
... cent) topped the list. Given the uncertain economic times and higher expectations from family, peers and society to “get ahead”, it’s no wonder young people feel they’re under more pressure than ever ...
Monday, 05 March 2012
... of Health and Welfare (AIHW) that showed close to 60 per cent of people who need help from government-funded specialist homeless agencies were turned away. The data showed that of people needing ...
Thursday, 01 March 2012
... reinforces that we believe in them and their ability to live a healthy life free of drugs and alcohol and offending behaviour,” Ms Heise said. The service provides a holistic three-month live-in drug ...
Friday, 24 February 2012
... is open to vocalists under 19 years. Now in its second year, it’s the first time Urban Quest will be held in Alice Springs. Two acts from an Alice Springs semi-final, to be held in March, will go through ...
Thursday, 23 February 2012
... below: If you listen to our political leaders, the country’s financial status is anywhere between ‘‘robust good health’’ and ‘‘hell in a handbasket’’ — with the truth no doubt somewhere in the middle. ...
Friday, 17 February 2012
24. Crèche Volunteer - Catalyst Clemente Program
(Downloads/Miscellaneous Documents/Volunteer positions)
The position of Crèche Volunteer supports Mission Australia’s Catalyst Clemente Program, a free university course for adults, at Mission Australia’s Wattle House service. The Crèche Volunteer supports ...
Friday, 11 May 2012
25. Young people and the criminal justice system: New insights and promising responses
(Downloads/Social Policy Reports/Social Policy Reports Documents)
... through holistic community-based services than through detention/incarceration.  ...
Monday, 25 July 2011
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