Mission Australia: Building Stronger Communities Through Social Work

This report elucidates the functioning and purpose of Mission Australia in community building within Australia, emphasizing its role in providing security housing, addressing drug and alcohol abuse, and supporting individuals with mental health issues and disabilities. It evaluates Mission Australia's practices, including mobile outreach services and projects aimed at improving the lives of homeless individuals, highlighting the positive impact on hospitalization rates and social isolation. The report also identifies resources and funding sources, such as partnerships with the Department of Social Services, the Federal Department of Health, and various foundations, which enable Mission Australia to deliver essential programs and services to vulnerable populations, including Indigenous communities and young people facing employment barriers. Desklib provides access to this document and many more solved assignments.

Running head: ROLE OF MISSION AUSTRALIA IN COMMUNITY BUILDING
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Executive Summary
The main purpose of this report is to elucidate on the functioning purpose in relation to
Mission Australia. The report also evaluates processes and identifies resources in relation to
mIssion Australia. It also states about funding opportunities that helps Mission Australia in
realizing their objective.

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Table of Contents
Purpose of Mission Australia.....................................................................................................3
Theoretical Perspectives underlying aims of the organisation...................................................3
Evaluation of Practice of Mission Australia..............................................................................4
Resources along with Funding of Mission Australia.................................................................5
References:.................................................................................................................................7

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Purpose of Mission Australia
Mission Australia upholds the idea that all the people who are living in Australia
should be able to enjoy the facility in relation to security housing. The organization wants the
people residing within Australia should be able to enjoy good health and people should be
treated in a manner that can make themselves feel to be an integral part of community
(Missionaustralia.com.au., 2018).Community Housing facility is provided by Mission
Australia that can remove the pain of people who are homeless in Australia. There are many
people living in Australia who have to suffer the brunt of drug and alcohol abuse. Mission
Australia plays an important role in supporting the people who are addicted to drugs and
alcohol. Mission Australia adopts a holistic approach in relation to solving the problems of
the people.
Personal Development is an arena that is focussed on by Mission Australia and they
help people so that they can live a healthy and contented life. Statistics have revealed that one
out of every five Australia have issues pertaining to mental health. There are around 4 million
Australians who are disabled and Mission Australia takes an active part in working for the
betterment of life of these people. Mission Australia acts as the NDIS partner and they help in
delivering Early Childhood Early Intervention so that the people can be cured of mental
illness (Chan & Chan, 2018). Mission Australia offers its valuable services to the people who
are facing hurdles in relation to employment. The services of Mission Australia helps people
in gaining skills so that they can prove to be productive in relation to their occupation.
Theoretical Perspectives underlying aims of the organisation
Mission Australia wants to build a happy along with enjoyable community within
Australia. The community works for the welfare of the people who are living a deprived
existence on account of being homeless. There are many people who have to spend their time

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in the hotel and some even stay with relatives who do not care for them. Mission Australia
extends its valuable services that can help people in dealing with challenge like domestic
violence (Hesson et al., 2018) Early Learning Services is provided by Mission Australia that
helps in providing kids with the chance of playing in the natural environment. Empowerment
Theory underlies the activities of Mission Australia which helps in developing capabilities
and proficiency of that of the individuals. The community organization makes use of suitable
programs that can help people in leading a healthy life.
The vision of Mission Australia bears evidence of the empowerment theory as the
community organization helps in providing housing support along with child service for the
disadvantaged class within the society. The community organization lends its hand to the
people who suffer from different kinds of disabilities by taking recourse to the various social
support programmes (Grant & Greenop, 2018). Mission Australia works in the field of
employment that can help people in improving their financial status. Mission Australia
provides training to the young people that can help them in the arena of employment. The
community organization is well aware of the social and mental experiences in relation to
addiction and the people are empowered so that they can break their addiction.
Evaluation of Practice of Mission Australia
Impact Measurement refers to the process with the help of which Mission Australia
can bring about improvements in the services which can improve the life of the people. There
is a mobile outreach service by the name of Going Places- Street to Home in Cairns works
with the client group. This service has noticed that there are people who does not get proper
amount of medical care in time. The community organization is also instrumental in sending
mobile nurses that helps them in supporting the people who were facing issues of
homelessness within that of the street (Vaughan et al., 2015). Opinion pertaining to the client
was enquired for regarding the fact whether the facility of mobile nursing care has been able

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to bring about changes in the health of the people. The project in relation to Mission Australia
called Michael Project was directing at offering help to the homeless people in Sydney so that
their lives can improve. Results pertaining to Michael Project brought out the fact that timely
support can provide help to a great extent for changing in a positive direction lives pertaining
to the vulnerable people. The rate pertaining to hospitalisation had reduced from four to 1.7
times with the help of the valuable services provided by Mission Australia. The various kinds
of programmes in relation to Mission Australia helped in making the people feel less isolated
which helped them in having higher chances pertaining to employment. Results brought out
the fact that reduction of the aspect of homelessness can prove to be of great help in saving
that of money.
Resources along with Funding of Mission Australia
Mission Australia plays the role of local partner that helps in the delivering of
National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA). Information is provided by Local Area Co-
ordination Service that can offer extensive support pertaining to the community. Services are
delivered by Mission Australia to people who are suffering from mental illness and other
kinds of psychosocial disability. Department of Social Services helps in the funding of this
kind of program. Federal Department of Health helps in funding the programme by the name
of Partners in Recovery. Dick & Pip Foundation is instrumental in helping the Australians in
regard to homelessness (Markle-Reid et al., 2015). Mission Australia also works with
Dempsey family for supporting the programs related to that of family homelessness. It also
runs the Indigenous Employment Programs which is funded with the help of government of
Australia. Local partnerships forged by Mission Australia ensures that the Torres Strait
Islander are provided with enormous amount of help so that they can get employment.
Mission Australia also works with Lyn Storey Foundation that helps in the supporting of the
young and elderly people who needs it (Gordon, 2016). Mission Australia also works with

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Dunn family Trust so that the disadvantage can be overcome by taking recourse to various
programmes which is in relation to childhood development.

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Hesson, A., Fowler, C., Rossiter, C., & Schmied, V. (2018). ‘Lost and confused’: parent
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Markle-Reid, M. F., Dykeman, C. S., Reimer, H. D., Boratto, L. J., Goodall, C. E., &
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Vaughan, C., Davis, E., Murdolo, A., Chen, J., Murray, L., Block, K., & Quiazon, R. (2015).
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