Kieran Cuddihy

And there's got to be kind of services provided for them.

You've got people like Megan whose own mental health has deteriorated while she's been homeless.

And, you know, there's wraparound services needed for all of that.

Yeah.

The...

The experience of seeing the kids grow up, what's that like?

You must have seen them kids being carried in here and then they're skipping off themselves now to school every day, are they?

But if you grew up here as a child, that's a huge... I don't want this to sound wrong, but you should just be a vague kind of memory to these kids, if a memory at all.

But, you know, you're a feature in their lives and you shouldn't be.

Yeah, Julie is with us as well.

I mentioned Julie Swan.

So, Julie, you work every day with the staff in particular and making sure they have all the supports they need to...

Maybe describe to me how that balance works between how fulfilling the work is but how challenging at the same time.

Some people are brilliant at compartmentalising.

You know, they can walk out the front door the evening, whether they work in a hospital or a hospice or homeless services, and they leave it behind them.

But others are maybe not as good at it.

And I'm sure you probably have to manage that as well.

You know, that has to have an impact on staff.

They befriend families here.

And those families then, as Megan said, they get an email to say, sorry, your contract is up.