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Policy submissions

Here you’ll find a wide selection of policy papers and submissions we’ve published. Each paper draws on our experience working with disadvantaged youth, families and communities.

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    Response to the Victorian Inquiry into the Labour Hire Industry and Insecure Work

    • 1 November 2015

    Our policy response proposes eight key ways to improve labour hire arrangements for Victorian workers, businesses and the broader community. It conveys our experience of particular groups in the Victorian community who are more likely to become ‘trapped’ in insecure work. We recommend: Funding alternative labour hire models that are able to meet the needs…

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    Response to the Victorian Government's What's Important to YOUth? discussion paper

    • 1 November 2015

    Our policy response makes 28 recommendations on what should be done to improve educational, training and employment opportunities for young people, as well as their mental health, housing and their lives in general. Get your copy Download Jesuit Social Services’ response to the What’s Important to YOUth? discussion paper

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    Too much too young: Raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12

    • 24 October 2015

    Our paper urges all Australian governments to increase the age of criminal responsibility in Australia from 10 to 12. The minimum age of criminal responsibility across all Australian jurisdictions is 10, despite extensive scientific evidence the brains of children under 12 are not adequately developed for them to be criminally responsible. We make six key…

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    Response to the Victorian Government's Employment Programs Review

    • 10 October 2015

    Our policy response calls for a coordinated strategy to address the employment needs of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups, based on six key planks: Intervene early, and intensively, to prevent long-term unemployment and disadvantage Build the skills and capabilities of vulnerable people (including job-readiness training, for jobseekers with limited previous work experience, such as young people,…

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    An escalating problem: Responding to the increased remand of children in Victoria

    • 1 October 2015

    Our paper describes the dramatic increase in the number of children held on remand in Victoria, including a significant increase in children under 15. It finds that the increase is directly driven by reforms to the Bail Act in December 2013 that impose the same conditions and restrictions on children as are applied to adults.…

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    Response to Victoria's next 10-year mental health strategy

    • 20 September 2015

    Our policy response proposes actions to: prevent and reduce suicide; reduce disadvantage and increase social and economic participation; respond to need with effective, coordinated treatment and support; and recognise and respond to the experience of trauma. It supports the vision articulated in the discussion paper for an holistic approach to mental health that takes account…

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    Response to the independent review of delivery of Mental Health and Drug Treatment Services

    • 9 September 2015

    Our policy response draws on our experience of over 38 years working directly with people with complex needs with mental health and substance misuse issues. It focuses on the impact of recommissioning of mental health community support services (MHCSS), but also comments on alcohol an other drugs (AOD) services where applicable. We strongly endorse the concerns…

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    Submission to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence

    • 9 May 2015

    This submission explore the gaps and opportunities for better responding to perpetrators of family violence. Our diversity of work means we have direct experience of the gaps in responses to family violence. While our services are not family violence specific, the impact of family violence is present across all our programs: our participants have experienced violence,…

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    Building a Just and Safe NSW

    • 10 January 2015

    Our policy platform draws on our daily work with communities in Western Sydney and remote regions of the state. In it, we call on the next NSW Government to tackle the root causes of disadvantage in order to build a safer and more just community. We identify four key areas for action: Building strong and cohesive…

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    Investigation into the rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners in Victoria

    • 12 December 2014

    Jesuit Social Services contributed this submission to the Victorian Ombudsman’s Investigation into the Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Prisoners. This submission outlines some steps to be taken to confront the dual challenges of overcrowding in our prison system and transitioning people from prison back into community, as well as to strengthen the Victorian justice system’s approach…

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