Parkerville Children and Youth Care

Mediserve is proud to be a supporter of this organisation which we came across during a charity event. Its organisation’s like these that make a significant positive difference to peoples lives. The great thing is they have been doing this for over 110 years. If you would like to know more about them, here is some information-

Parkerville Children and Youth Care

One in four girls and one in six boys in Australia will suffer some form of abuse (emotional, physical, sexual or neglect) before they reach 18 years of age. Trauma from this abuse affects their brain’s developmental pathways, often resulting in cognitive, emotional or physical disability. If left untreated, these children will carry their disability for the rest of their lives.

Established in 1903, Parkerville Children and Youth Care has been caring for Western Australia’s most vulnerable children and youth for over a century. Overtime the organisation has evolved from an orphanage to a specialist provider of programmes and services for children, youth, and their families, who have suffered trauma from abuse.

Parkerville now works with more than 1800 children annually, providing therapeutic services and programmes throughout the Perth metropolitan area and the WA Wheatbelt and Murchison regions. In 2011 Parkerville children and Youth Care opened the George Jones Child Advocacy Centre (CAC), introducing the innovative CAC model to Australia for the first time.

For more information on Parkerville Children and Youth Care visit www.parkerville.org.au