Jesuit Social Services: Creating a Just Society for All
Jesuit Social Services is a social change organization dedicated to building a just society where everyone can reach their full potential. They work to address inequality and exclusion by influencing policies, practices, and values. Their focus areas include research, advocacy, and interventions to reduce violence and harmful behaviors prevalent among boys and men. Additionally, they highlight the significance of child sexual abuse prevention through initiatives like Stop It Now! service.
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Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential. We do and we influence. We accompany people and communities to foster and regenerate the web of relationships that sustain us all across people, place and planet and we work to change policies, practices, ideas and values that perpetuate inequality, prejudice and exclusion.
Our purpose To provide leadership on the reduction of violence and other harmful behaviours prevalent among boys and men, and build approaches to improve their wellbeing and keep families and communities safe. Our vision Good men, respectful relationships, safe communities Our mission To support boys and men to live respectful, accountable and fulfilling lives free from violence.
OUR WORK AREAS OUR WORK AREAS 1. Research & Advocacy Research & Advocacy Research to understand the attitudes of men and boys including how these attitudes impact behaviours. Positive attitudinal change Positively shifting cultures and attitudes about what it means to be a man in the 21st century. 2. Positive attitudinal change Effective interventions Building and piloting early interventions that fill gaps in the service system by addressing the underlying drivers of violent and other harmful behaviours. 3. Effective interventions
Child sexual abuse Significance of the problem Over 1 in 3 girls, and nearly 1 in 5 boys in Australia experience child sexual abuse (Australian Childhood Maltreatment Study, 2023) 1 in 5 men in Australia experience sexual thoughts about children or have perpetrated child sexual abuse offences(Salter, Tyler, Naldrett et al., in preparation) similar numbers in UK and USA 1 in 3 of those with sexual thoughts about children want help to manage these thoughts (Salter, Tyler, Naldrett et al., in preparation) Royal Commission into Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse acknowledged a gap in secondary prevention and recommended a program informed by Stop It Now! UK & Ireland
Stop it Now! A child sexual abuse prevention service introduced by Fran Henry 30 years ago, a victim-survivor of child sexual abuse It is now present in UK and Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium and now here in Australia Key features: Service for adults concerned about their own or someone else s sexual thoughts or behaviours towards children Anonymous and free helpline; telephone, email and live chat Support and action based psychoeducation and advice to assist caller to make positive behavioural changes Online self-help modules Advocacy, training and public messaging
Similar service for children & young people Worried About Sex and Pornography Project (WASAPP) Data suggests 51% of all child sexual abuse has involved sexual abuse by another child or young person (Australian Child Maltreatment Study., 2023) Collaboration between University of Melbourne and Jesuit Social Services to develop a support and action based service for young people concerned about their sexual thoughts and behaviors, including pornography Workshop and interviews completed with practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and young people who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour to investigate the early intervention needs of children and young people with harmful sexual behaviour Scoping study underway to determine design and feasibility requirements. Early recommendations suggest an online self-help tool and live chat support.
