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Jesuit Social Services staff explore how nature-based therapy can enhance their practice
On a rainy morning in a patch of Kew bushland, Jesuit Social Services staff gathered to learn about nature-based therapeutic practice and the ways it can enhance their work with participants, and improve their own wellbeing.
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Jesuit Social Services celebrates World Refugee Day
Jesuit Social Services stands in solidarity and celebrates the positive contributions of refugees and people seeking asylum to acknowledge World Refugee Day on Tuesday 20 June and partner with Refugee Week, which runs until 24 June.
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Jesuit Social Services gets the ‘Rainbow Tick’
Jesuit Social Services staff member, Alex Fraser, is one of several team members who led the organisation towards Rainbow Tick accreditation over the last four years. The organisation set up a Rainbow Tick advisory group made up of interested staff from across the organisation, started a newsletter sharing LGBTIQA+ resources, began intentionally marking key dates – such as Wear It Purple Day and the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia, and Intersexism – with staff events and on its public platforms, updated its data collection practices and materials provided to participants, and set up an LGBTIQA+ Cultural Safety position, among other things.
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Jesuit Social Services commemorates World Refugee Day and Refugee Week 2022
Jesuit Social Services staff and volunteers have gathered to acknowledge people forced to flee their homelands, and affirmed our commitment to the fair and humane treatment of all people seeking asylum, at a reflective morning tea...
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Voice to Parliament – Jesuit Social Services’ position statement
At Jesuit Social Services we support a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the Traditional Owners of the land on which we live and work, who have never ceded their sovereignty. We acknowledge and respect the long histories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, their connection to land and sea, and their stewardship of these precious gifts that we now share.