Mission Australia

1. Our Response to Commonwealth Gov Green Paper - Which way home
(Document Downloads)

Mission Australias aspiration is to have appropriate housing and support for everybody in our community by 2020. A national plan Linking Support and Housing to End Homelessness will get us there. It will ...

2. Pathways to Prevention Project
(Document Downloads)

... problem behaviour in young children, strengthens families and fosters positive child development. Mission Australia and Griffith University are partners in the groundbreaking family early intervention ...

3. Project Officer - Child Friendly Communities - Mt Druitt
(Work For Mission Australia/ Mission Australia Jobs - New South Wales)

Full time Dynamic and Rewarding role Mt Druitt location Focusing on children 0-12 and their families, our project builds the strengths and capacity of the community to ensure its facilities, ...

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

... isn’t enough for a 12 year old. Drug education campaigns need to strengthen young people and give them the skills to respond appropriately if drugs enter their lives or the lives of friends and family.” ...

5. Pathways through a successful youth
(Community Services/Community Services)

... their families and friends, and sometimes for the whole community. We work in partnership with young people to develop their strengths and their capacity to make positive life choices. We support them ...

6. Pathways to strong families and happy healthy children
(Community Services/Community Services)

... their situation, then we help them implement ways to overcome their more immediate challenges and build resilience for the future. In implementing these solutions, we work with the existing strengths of ...

7. Community Services in Tasmania
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... together and identifying needs, aims to strengthen relationships, develop skills and facilitate referrals to appropriate services. IFSS is a family support service for eligible families referred from ...

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

... of the services available and are empowered to access them, resulting in long-term family benefits. The Personal Helpers and Mentors Program (PHaM) The Personal Helpers and Mentors Program is a strengths-based, ...

9. NT Volunteer Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... for transferring into the ESS system Formatting of resume for sending out to potential employers Assisting in developing a resume that captures the strengths and skills of the job seeker Our Employment ...

10. Bringing together the family services in Mt Druitt
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Power, Mission Australia Service Manager for Communities for Children, Blacktown. “Linking them to local services is critical to strengthening families and promoting the well-being of young children. ...

11. The welfare experiment - an opinion piece from Mission Australia's CEO, Toby Hall
(News/Media Releases Archive)

...  Without investing in strengthening families long-term, isolated efforts – such as quarantining income support – are likely to have limited or non-sustainable impact.      Investing heavily in early ...

12. Mission Australia supports local music in the south
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... with the City of Onkaparinga, had supported the presentation of original live music at REYC with monthly ‘Stage Against the Machine’ (SATM) gigs for five years. “The gigs have gone from strength to strength, ...

13. Homeless men take up the City2Surf Challenge
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... strength and confidence I need to keep moving ahead with my life,” said Alex. Mission Australia is an Official Partner of the 2008 Sun-Herald City2Surf. Interviews and photos available with Daniel Petsalis, ...

14. Youth Beat service to help young Tasmanians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... hopes to link young people to family, education, community and recreation within Glenorchy. “This project will not only strengthen family relationships by supporting families to care and take responsibility ...

15. Home care program for mentally ill reaps huge rewards National Mental Health Week
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... part time support worker servicing up to 30 people with mental illness at any time. “HASI has been successful because of the way we work with each person’s strength to improve their life skills and confidence ...

16. Tasmanian youth wanted for mobile arts competition
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... not only strengthen family relationships by supporting families to care and take responsibility for their children but also reduce anti-social activities to provide community and social benefit. “This ...

17. Backyard footy competition takes game back to grassroots in SA's mid north
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... service programs in rural and regional South Australia, was pleased to support such an innovative program to help strengthen the capacity of a diverse regional community. “These are the sorts of initiatives ...

18. New support on mental health issues for individuals, families in Whyalla region
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... important relationships,” said Mission Australia’s PHAM Team Leader Kathryn Hollingworth. “But it doesn’t have to be like that,” she said. “With a focus on people’s strengths, our program looks at developing ...

19. Work for dole project reconstructing history in SA
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... and training initiatives for the long-term unemployed; and Community building initiatives that help strengthen and empower entire communities. In South Australia, Mission Australia operates in metropolitan ...

20. Australian-first study shows achievements of ground-breaking early intervention program
(News/Media Releases Archive)

 The most comprehensive analysis of a major Australian early intervention program has provided clear evidence it reduces problem behaviour in young children, strengthens families and fosters positive ...

21. Mission Australia launches African Pathways Program in Darebin and Banyule
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... communities by empowering their leadership and using community strengths to reach local solutions.” Mission Australia and the NMRC believe that strengthening relationships between the Horn of Africa ...

22. New program benefits young people in Taree, Port Macquarie and Kempsey
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... to help identify strengths, goals and the barriers they face; individual assistance and guidance to help overcome barriers; support to achieve their goals; and other services aimed at ...

23. Sign up to Mission Australia’s anti-poverty video petition!
(Uncategorised Content)

... focuses on poverty around the world, especially in the poorest countries but also in wealthier countries such as Australia. What is the aim of Anti-Poverty Week? Its main aims are to: strengthen ...