Jesuit Social Services

Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation with a vision of building a just society. We believe that working collaboratively with others is key to achieving this vision. Accordingly, we seek to influence hearts and minds to that end - our program participants, staff, volunteers, government and key decision makers, community, business, church, and the wider community. Our origins as a community service organisation forming robust, respectful and purposeful relationships with the most disadvantaged people in our community continue to determine our priorities and remain the focus of Jesuit Social Services. This engagement gives us both the mandate and the responsibility to use what we learn on the ground to articulate and disseminate our findings (including information about both emerging and entrenched problems and models of effective practice), to build capacity, to develop leadership for justice, and to advocate for change. We believe that fundamental to the building of a just society is the opportunity for all people to reach their full potential. In keeping with our tradition, we believe that all people seek meaning and purpose in their lives and that all our activity - our service delivery and our influencing work - must take account of this imperative. Jesuit Social Services began in 1977 and is the work of the Australian Jesuit Province operating under an independent Board of Directors as an incorporated organisation.