Social Outreach and Advocacy

 

Reaching out to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing.

Providing care and relief to people who are oppressed, materially poor, powerless and disadvantaged is core to St John of God Health Care's mission of healing. We want to contribute toward just and inclusive communities where everyone's dignity is respected and supported. We involve ourselves in partnerships with others in a range of activities because true health involves all aspects of the environment and conditions in which people live and work.

St John of God Raphael Centre Blacktown, focusing on Perinatal Women's Mental Health, provides parents and families with much needed assistance.         

Apart from a group-wide Social Outreach and Advocacy program, our other Sydney hospital, St John of God Hospital Burwood operates Casa Venegas, an outreach service for homeless people with mental health problems.