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  1. Employee engagement | Mission Australia
    (Employee engagement)

    can choose from a range of meaningful activities that match your employees' areas of interest - be it homelessness, at-risk youth or families in distress. We have developed best-practice processes to ensure your employees get the most from their...

    Created on 08 April 2016
  2. Keeping children and young people safe | Mission Australia
    (Children, youth & families)

    document how our organisation is child safe. The above responsibilities are detailed within our Code of Conduct, Child and Youth Safe Policy, Behavioural Standards for Keeping Children and Young People Safe Policy and our Reconciliation Action Plan....

    Created on 08 April 2016
  3. Youth Survey Toolkit | Mission Australia
    (Research, impact, policy & advocacy)

    Are you a school and want to get involved? Principal Consent Form ACT ACT Catholic schools CEO Canberra & Goulburn ACT Independent schools ACT Government schools NSW NSW Catholic schools CEO Bathurst CEO Canberra &...

    Created on 08 April 2016
  4. Annual Youth Survey | Mission Australia
    (Research, impact, policy & advocacy)

    Get the results of the 2023 Youth Survey Four issues that young people cared most about in 2023 Mission Australia’s Youth Survey results Media release Want to learn more? Learn more about our research and work with...

    Created on 08 April 2016
  5. Mission Australia senate submission on child care bill - January 2016

    Mission Australia welcomes the additional investment in quality Early Childhood Education and Care to support workforce participation, however we are concerned that some vulnerable families and children may be worse off.

    Created on 04 March 2016
  6. We need more youth focused treatment services to tackle the national catastrophe of ice addiction
    (Media and updates)

    the number of people overcoming addiction. And we simply have to improve access to this treatment. We also desperately need youth specific facilities. Young people do not cope well in adult units. It’s not necessarily safe for them, and it exposes...

    Created on 29 February 2016
  7. Home and Away: Child and Youth Homelessness Report 2016

    Up to one in seven young people could be at risk of homelessness, pointing to the need for more early intervention services to address their issues before they become homeless.

    Created on 22 February 2016
  8. Blueprint for the domestic and family violence response in NSW

    Mission Australia is an experienced provider of Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) services. We work across the whole DFV spectrum and provide early intervention and prevention, crisis accommodation and specialist services as well as sector advocacy....

    Created on 09 February 2016
  9. If NSW can commit to social housing, why can’t the Commonwealth and other states?
    (Media and updates)

    welfare reform. For example, even with Commonwealth Rent Assistance, 40% of recipients remain in housing stress, and the Youth Allowance is inadequate to cover rent, food and other basic necessities. Concentrated disadvantage must be tacked through...

    Created on 08 February 2016
  10. It is the job of all of us to help young people find the way
    (People and communities)

    investment and some good initiatives from governments. For the last 14 years, Mission Australia has conducted an annual Youth Survey – the largest of its kind in Australia. We survey thousands of young people to get an understanding of their concerns,...

    Created on 05 February 2016
  11. Domestic Violence: Interventions for higher risk offenders

    Mission Australia welcomes the NSW Government's commitment to preventing and responding to domestic and family violence. We support perpetrator programs to break the cycle of violence, alongside much needed services for women, children and other family...

    Created on 01 February 2016
  12. Australia Day in Rokeby, Tasmania
    (News)

    watching their balloon creations being made by the Balloon Lady and making badges with our friendly Mission Australia Youth Beat staff. The annual Gum Boot Throw provided one of the highlights of the day but most of us are still none the wiser about how...

    Created on 01 February 2016
  13. Mission Australia Youth Survey 2015 Infographic

    In 2015 Mission Australia conducted its 14th annual survey of young people aged 15-19 years. The higlights of the survey findings are represented within this infographics document.

    Created on 01 December 2015
  14. Mission Australia Youth Survey 2015

    encourage Australians aged 15-19 to ‘speak up’ about the issues that really concern them through Australia’s largest online youth survey. In 2015 we had nearly 19,000 respondents and the survey revealed that more than half of young people believe there...

    Created on 30 November 2015
  15. What's important to YOUth? Response to discussion paper

    and recommendations in this submission draw on what we’ve heard from young people themselves, gained though: our annual Youth Survey; and consultations specifically for this submission.

    Created on 10 November 2015
  16. Youth Survey Mental Health Report 2015

    This report presents findings from 2012-14 on the rates of psychological distress in young Australians, aged 15-17, the concerns that are related to high levels of psychological distress and the help seeking behaviour of young people.

    Created on 21 October 2015
  17. Youth Survey 2014 SES report

    Location, Vocation, Aspiration considers this year’s Youth Survey findings in relation to young people’s socio-economic status (SES) measured by whether they were living in low, moderate or high SES areas.

    Created on 21 August 2015
  18. Youth Concerns about Drugs and Alcohol

    Youth Concerns about Drugs and Alcohol compared those who were highly concerned by alcohol and drugs against those expressing a low level of concern about these issues. These two groups of young people were compared across a range of questions from...

    Created on 22 July 2015
  19. Voices of the Vulnerable

    Voices of the Vulnerable: Insights and concerns from young clients accessing our services

    Created on 25 May 2015
  20. The Cost of Youth Homelessness in Australia

    This Cost of Youth Homelessness in Australia research, the first national study of its kind, was conducted to better understand the experience, impact and support needs of homeless youth. This landmark research project was led by Swinburne University...

    Created on 17 February 2015

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