About Us

UnitingCare Harrison is an agency of the Uniting Church in Australia and is one of 85 community agencies and missions within the synod of Victoria and Tasmania that form the UnitingCare Victoria and Tasmania (UCV&T) network. Since the 1960s Harrison has been offering general welfare services in the Eastern Metropolitan area of Melbourne. Current services and programs to clients, tenants and residents are provided through two programs Clients Services and Housing Services. With over 200 volunteers and more than 90 employees, Harrison assists and/or accommodates more than 450 people at any one time.

All Harrison programs and services aim to maximise client, tenant and resident satisfaction and to establish well-documented, measurable, high standards of professional practice through three programs:

• Client Services - supporting people who have a disability, young people, adults, families and people from diverse backgrounds who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, and people who require assistance to achieve greater personal independence
• Housing Services - offering retirement housing and social housing
• Business Services -  with the Administration and the Buildings & Grounds teams providing a range of effective and efficient services to support the provision of programs to clients, tenants and residents.