What Wesley Mission is doing to help

The harmful effects of bullying appear like a rash across Wesley Mission’s major child-focused programs in foster-care, early intervention, anti-truancy, youth mentoring and counselling. The problem is faced and treated in a dozen inventive ways. Here we have filmed four of our counsellors speaking about the different programs they run for children, young people and parents.

Cool-it Program

Annie Rogers is the Area Manager (West) of Wesley Youth Services and here she talks about the Cool-it Program, an anger management program run over 10 weeks for young people who are prone to bullying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mInaYAv2TmY

Parenting groups

Jenny Cairns works at Wesley Family Services in the Hills area and is running parenting groups which focus on teaching parents how to build self-esteem in young children. Here she explains more about this early intervention program.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iucZm8hYLcA

Breakfast Club

Louise Marzella, also from Wesley Family Services, runs the Breakfast Club at Riverstone, the aim of which is to build social skills in children and create a sense of belonging. Hear her speak about the long-running success of the Breakfast Clubs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Br2FGlTboOc

Specialist Foster Care Program

Kate Smith is a Case Manager with Wesley Out-of-Home-Care and works with children and carers in a Specialist Foster Care Program. Hear about the particular needs of the kids in her program and how the program is working towards social development.