Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence in CALD communities
Promoting safety for migrant and refugee women, children and families.
Employers & Employment Partners
SSI's government funded programs work with employers to help find great candidates.
Asylum Seeker Employment Skills Support (ASESS)
Helps participants on humanitarian visas to develop career paths & helps them gain sustainable & skilled employment.
Multicultural Support Workforce
SSI’s Multicultural Support Workforce has over 120 officers that provide support across 35 different languages.
ParentsNext
Helps participants transition from full time caring responsibilities to employment.
Global refugee youth advocate named chair of Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network
SSI Youth Collective steering committee member and refugee advocate Arash Bordbar was elected Chair of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN) in June 2019.
Armidale local shares skills with refugee and aspiring photographer
Armidale local and freelance photographer Simon Scott partnered with Settlement Services International (SSI) to use his skills to foster the talent of aspiring photographer and Ezidi refugee Salwan Qasm Muhi.
Refugee families celebrate Australian culture at Easter Show
SSI’s Welcome2Sydney program enabled two refugee families to enjoy an iconic Australian experience last month: the Sydney Royal Easter Show.
The time is ripe to cast the spotlight on diverse female artists at the inaugural Australian Women in Music Awards
The Australian Women in Music Awards is drawing attention to the accomplishments of our female musicians, who have traditionally been under-represented in parts of the music industry.
SSI welcomes State Budget support for vulnerable children and families
Settlement Services International welcomes the contribution the NSW Government is to make in support of vulnerable children, families, disability services and multiculturalism, according to the 2018–19 NSW State Budget delivered on June 19 by NSW Treasurer, the Hon Dominic Perrottet MP.
Techfugees hackathon builds social capital around refugee settlement
Refugees and people seeking asylum could soon benefit from a smartphone app that navigates health care for those challenged by language and the healthcare system.
What a Syrian refugee has accomplished after four months in Australia
Samira Maksoud has a talent for languages. Despite having been in Australia for only four months, Ms Maksoud has already found a job thanks to her language skills, which span Arabic, English, Turkish and Armenian.
Youth Collective member given Premier’s award
SSI Youth Collective steering committee member Sarah Yahya added another award to her collection of accolades when presented with the Premier’s Multicultural Youth Award last week. Sarah, her mother and sister, came to Australia as refugees from Iraq in 2007. The family had spent seven years in Jordan after fleeing Iraq suddenly in the middle of the night when Sarah’s father was arrested.