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Social Outreach and Advocacy

Social Outreach and Advocacy Services reach out to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing. Our broad range of community-based services are located across Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. Accessible free of charge or at minimal cost, Social Outreach and Advocacy Services aim to provide essential services to communities that would not exist without St John of God Health Care's intervention.

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Find out more about our services from the links below:

Early Years Services
Support for pregnant women and parents with children up to the age of four.
Raphael Centres provide perinatal and infant mental health services in Ballarat, Berwick, Geelong and Warrnambool (Vic), Blacktown (NSW) and Subiaco (WA).
Strong Family, Strong Culture helps improve Aboriginal maternal and child health in the northern regions of Western Australia.

Youth Services
Focusing on support for young people aged 12 to 25.
Horizon House provides long term accommodation, care and intensive support for young people aged 16 to 22 in nine locations across WA and Victoria.
Youth mental health services including support for drug and alcohol use.
St John of God Waipuna provides a range of services for young people and their families in Christchurch, New Zealand.

International Health - health development programs in East Timor, Tonga and PNG.

Counelling and Support
Mental health, drug and alcohol, and disability support services.
Accord - community-based service for people with intellectual disabilities in Melbourne.
Casa Venegas -  supported accommodation for people with mental illness in Sydney.
DAWN - Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Network, Perth.
Murdoch Community Mental Health - counselling, social and emotional wellbeing services, and health promotion in Fremantle.
Pomegranate House - community psychology service in Ballarat, Victoria.
South West Community Drug Service Team - drug and alcohol support, Bunbury.
Warrnambool Mental Health Services - community mental health outreach.

Spotlight on Social Outreach and Advocacy

  • Aboriginal health

    Aboriginal health

    Our contribution to closing the gap in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people within Australia is highlighted by services in varous places.

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  • Horizon House

    Horizon House

    Our longest standing commitment to young people is rooted in the need to provide accommodation, care and intensive support for homeless youth in the community.

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  • Determining the future

    Timor nurses

    Various social building blocks determine how long we live and how healthy we will be  - that's why addressing the social determinants of health is a central theme of our services.

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