Return to Work
Provides targeted support to women from CALD backgrounds to help them overcome individual barriers and re-enter the workforce.
Local area coordination
SSI supports people to access the NDIS and other services and supports in the community.
Disability Employment Services (DES)
Supports people living with disability, injury or health conditions to participate more fully in the workforce.
Youth Collective
Youth Collective empowers young people from migrant, refugee and multicultural backgrounds to participate in activities that help shape service delivery planning, implementation and outcomes that impact them.
ParentsNext
Helps participants transition from full time caring responsibilities to employment.
Bankstown Arts Centre presents ‘Homelands’ for Refugee Week
Bankstown Arts Centre will celebrate Refugee Week 2022 with “Homelands”, a free, family-friendly festival, on Saturday, June 25.
Home: between here and there, opening night at Bankstown Arts Centre
They say home is where the heart is, and for people seeking asylum in Australia this can be a difficult question to answer. For most of them, ‘home’ oscillates between the memories of the homeland they left behind and of a new place that is unknown but filled with hope.
Supporting young people as agents of change
Almost 100 people, including young people, gathered to learn about the unique challenges and opportunities facing young migrants and refugees at a dedicated Youth Symposium last month.
New hub set to streamline recruitment and lower attrition in home care
A new purpose-built facility will streamline the recruitment and training of home care workers entering the sector, as well as assist home care providers with their hiring and retention strategies.
SSI Allianz scholarship supports 34 refugees to overcome barriers to education in digital world
Allianz Australia and Settlement Services International (SSI) have awarded 34 deserving refugee students with SSI Allianz Refugee Scholarships, providing vital funding to access technology, pursue their education, and obtain local qualification recognition.
Refugee Week 2022
Every member of our community should feel they belong. SSI has been supporting refugees and working for a more socially cohesive society for over 20 years.
NSW Government extends supports to young people in care until 21
SSI welcomes the news that the NSW Government will extend financial assistance to foster carers or people in care until the age of 21, bringing the system into line with all other states and territories.
SSI NAIDOC Week celebrations promote Indigenous economy and self-determination
Settlement Services International (SSI) is observing NAIDOC Week this year by not only celebrating First Nations art and culture but also contributing to the Indigenous economy and self-determination.
From the CEO: Foster inclusiveness and a sense of belonging this Harmony Week
Harmony Week, March 21 to March 27, marks our country’s rich multicultural identity.
SSI partners with Cricket Australia and Cricket NSW to welcome Afghan evacuees to Australia
Settlement Services International (SSI), in partnership with Cricket NSW and Cricket Australia, today launched The Welcome Project to provide Afghan evacuees access to Australia’s favourite sport, cricket.
SSI brings its experience to disability service delivery in Sydney and South West Sydney
From July 1, 2020, Settlement Services International (SSI), in partnership with the NDIA, began delivering Local Area Coordination (LAC) services for the NDIS across two districts in NSW.