Jesuit Social Services works to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential - by partnering with community to support those most in need and working to change policies, practices, ideas and values that perpetuate inequality, prejudice and exclusion.
Price: Free
Young people in remand in Victoria
Young people in remand in Victoria: Balancing individual and community interests analyses current Australian and International trends in evidence-based prison policy. This inlcudes remand and its place in the criminal justice system. Available for free download.
Price: Free
Moving from the Edge
Stories of achieving greater social inclusion Author: Tony Vinson (2010) Moving from the Edge personalises the policies and discussions about social inclusion through case studies.
Price: $20
Not So Straight
A report examining same-sex attracted school students. This report is a resource for all School Principals and those responsible for pastoral care
Price: $20
Unequal in life
This study investigates the distribution of social disadvantage in Victoria and New South Wales by postcode.
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Price: Free
Engaging Art
Examines the role of the arts as a framework for socially reengaging highly marginalised young people. This publication is currently free to download.
Price: Free
Conversational Starters training manual
This manual is intended for those who work with teachers and early childhood
professionals. "Conversation Starters" are opening phrases and sentences that encourage and allow a conversation to begin with a parent in different situations.
Price: Free
Drug Policy
This policy document outlines Jesuit Social Services' response to drug use problems in society.
Price: Free
Doing Justice: 30 years of Jesuit Social Services
A beautifully presented history of the organisation with stories of life, justice and disadvantage in Melbourne.
Price: $35
A is for Aunty and Z is for Zigni
An alphabet book of African Stories written with a group of women from the Horn of Africa living in Melbourne, Australia. What began as a community project became something much more...
Price: $20
Dropping off the edge
The distribution of disadvantage in Australia. Author: Tony Vinson (2007) This research report identifies and describes the complex web of disadvantage that ensnares generations of Australians.
Price: $20
Keeping them connected
This national study of how Australian Catholic secondary schools can best respond to incidents of illicit drug use by students addresses a difficult and complex issue.
Price: FREE
Unequal in Health
Access to comprehensive health services is one of the most important needs of Australians who experience social disadvantage.
This study by Emeritus Professor Tony Vinson maps how effectively it is occurring in the populations of the most disadvantaged postcodes in New South Wales and Victoria.
Price: Free
Conversational Starters information sheet
This information sheet is intended for those who work with teachers and early childhood professionals. "Conversation Starters" are opening phrases and sentences that encourage and allow a conversation to begin with a parent in different situations.
Price: Free
Catholic Identity and Culture in Catholic Community Service Organisations
An Esther's Voice background paper by John Honor investigating the relationship between spirituality and human services. Downloadable in two parts.
Price: Free
part 1
part 2
Crime & Punishment
This position paper challenges the community and our political leaders to move from a view of crime and punishment which is purely retributive, to an approach the seeks to meet the needs of all parties involved, a restorative justice approach.
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