Other services
In addition to hospitals, pathology and home
nursing services, St John of God Health Care operates numerous
Social Outreach and Advocacy Services -
reaching out to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health
and wellbeing.
Social Outreach and Advocacy Services include the following:
Early Years Services
- Raphael Centres -
providing support and treatment to parents and families who are
affected by anxiety, stress, or depression during pregnancy and
following childbirth for up to three years of age. Located in
Victoria (Ballarat, Bendigo, Berwick, Geelong, and
South West Victoria), Western Australia (Perth and Fremantle) and
New South Wales (Blacktown).
Youth Services
- Horizon House
- Long-term accommodation and intensive support for young
people who are homeless or at risk of homelesness -
houses at ten locations across Victoria and Western
Australia.
- Waipuna -
A specialist youth agency in Christchurch, New
Zealand, providing young people, their families/whanau and the
community with support and opportunities to develop.
- Bloomsbury House -
Support service for young people (12 to 25) with
co-occurring substance use and mental health problems in Ballarat,
Victoria.
Aboriginal Health Services
- Strong Family, Strong
Culture - Working with Aboriginal women and their
families during pregnancy and early childhood (up to the age
of five) to improve maternal and child health and wellbeing -
Western Australia.
- Horizon House
Broome - specific support for Indigenous young people
in need of long term accommodation and care.
- A range of other services supporting Aboriginal health operated
by some of our hospital divisions, is listed here.
Disability Services
- St John of God Accord
- Support service for people with intellectual disabilities in
Melbourne, Victoria.
- Casa Venegas -
Service providing accommodation and support for people
with chronic mental illness who would otherwise be homeless in
Sydney, New South Wales.
- St John of God
Halswell - long-term residential support for
physically and neurologically disabled adults between the ages of
16 and 65 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
- St John of God
Wellington - A supported residential facility for
physically disabled adults in Wellington, New Zealand.
Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Services
- DAWN - The only
home-based Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Network (DAWN) in
Perth.
- Murdoch Community Mental
Health - Community-based mental health services
including counselling and social and emotional
wellbeing operated from Ferns House in Fremantle.
- Pomegranate House -
Community psychology service in
Ballarat, Victoria, providing counselling to low income
earners.
- South West Community Drug
Service Team - A specialist team
working with clients within the south west of Western Australia to
reduce the harm associated with the use of alcohol and other
drugs.