The Humanitarian Settlement Program provides essential early support and information to refugees and humanitarian entrants. Learn more
IgniteAbility Small Business Start-ups is a pilot program established to facilitate business creation for people with disability. Learn More:
The Multilingual Disability Hub is a national multilingual hotline and website that provides relevant and easily accessible information about disability and NDIS in your language. Visit us
Employment is integral for newly arrived refugees, migrants, asylum seekers and for other vulnerable people in our community. Learn more
Access Community Services became a subsidiary of SSI in December 2018. Working as one organisation, we can strengthen our position to support service growth in QLD and NSW. Learn more
Like many essential services, SSI last week faced a decision about how to protect our staff and clients from the growing COVID-19 pandemic without disrupting our delivery of critical support to vulnerable communities.
Read more: From the CEO: SSI transitions to remote service delivery
Due to the risk posed to staff and client wellbeing as a result of the escalating COVID-19 pandemic, SSI and Access locations will be temporarily closed from Monday, March 30, 2020.
Read more: SSI update on response to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic
SSI voiced its unwavering support for recognising Indigenous Australians in the nation's constitution and called for corporate Australia to lend its weight to the Uluru Statement from the Heart, at a Diversity Inclusion Council conference last week.
Read more: SSI voices support for Uluru Statement from the Heart
COVID-19 is now affecting many thousands of people around the world and causing uncertainty over what the coming weeks will bring in Australia.
Read more: Despite physical distancing, social connection must remain strong
Nearly 200 women from diverse backgrounds took the opportunity of SSI’s International Women’s Day (IWD) event, Empowering Women through Employment, to discuss the strengths of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) women in the workplace.
One of the best ways to excel at your job is to start from the bottom and work your way up. Chris Blackwell, Team Assistant with SSI Employment Services, knows this well.
