SSI Insights
As a thought-leading community organisation, SSI provides insights and in-depth research on topics including domestic and family violence, access to employment, CALD access to NDIS, regional settlement, and early intervention. Read SSI’s latest insight papers here.
Community attitudes during the first four years of refugee settlement in Armidale, NSW
Community attitudes toward refugee settlement in Armidale_Report_ 2023
Community attitudes toward refugee settlement in Armidale_Appendices_ 2023
Armidale, NSW, is Australia’s newest regional refugee settlement location, with around 600 Ezidis settling there from early 2018 onwards. The University of New England, in partnership with SSI, initiated research to empirically gauge community attitudes during the first four years of refugee settlement. The research provided regular insights to SSI and others on the concerns and hopes of different segments of the Armidale community in the evolving two-way process where refugees and the host community adapt to one another and become entwined in the fabric of the local community life.
Summary of evaluation of the NSW Settlement Partnership and the delivery of the SETS Program
Summary of evaluation NSP
The NSW Settlement Partnership (NSP) is a consortium established in 2015 of more than 20 community organisations, led by SSI, delivering settlement services in agreed areas of NSW under the Settlement Engagement and Transition Support (SETS) program. The SETS program aims to equip and empower humanitarian entrants, other eligible permanent migrants and their communities to address their settlement needs, in order to improve social participation, economic well-being, independence, personal wellbeing and community connectedness. This evaluation aims to build the evidence base on the NSP model to better understand the key enablers of the consortium model and SETS program delivery that result in positive settlement outcomes for clients and communities.
Unlocking Potential: Addressing the economic participation of migrant & refugee women in Australia
Unlocking Potential Policy Brief
Untapped potential Report
The ‘Untapped Potential’ research, commissioned by SSI and carried out by NATSEM, analyses trends and disparities in the economic participation of migrant and refugee women in Australia. The report is accompanied by a policy brief, "Unlocking potential', that shines a light on actions needed to unlock the economic potential of migrant and refugee women.
The research highlights how migrant women from low- and middle-income countries and refugee women have greater or similar levels of education to women born in Australia yet are more likely to be employed in roles below their education and experience. Many of these women have sought-after skills and experience in industries facing critical shortages, such as the health and social sectors. A more tailored and targeted policy response is needed at Federal and State/Territory levels to unlock the economic potential of migrant and refugee women.
Foundations for Belonging 2022: Insights on Newly Arrived Refugees
Foundations for Belonging 2022
Snapshot: Foundations For Belonging 2022
Foundations for Belonging 2022 Appendices
Foundations for Belonging 2022 reports on a third phase of research carried out with newly arrived refugees in Australia. The research, conducted by SSI in partnership with the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, aims to deepen understanding of the social and civic dimensions of integration in the early stages of settlement. This latest report continues a focus on women and digital inclusion, building on earlier phases of this research, while also exploring the impacts of COVID-19 on family separation and reunion.
Summary of evaluation of CultureReady
Summary of evaluation of CultureReady
CultureReady is a series of training sessions designed to build the capacity and capability of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) service providers to deliver quality culturally responsive disability supports to participants from CALD backgrounds. SSI was contracted to deliver CultureReady by the Jobs and Market Fund (JMF) in early 2020. The JMF is an initiative of the Australian Government’s Department of Social Services (DSS), designed to support the growth of the NDIS market and workforce.
Foundations for Belonging 2021: Insights on Newly Arrived Refugees
Foundations for Belonging 2021
Foundations for Belonging 2021 Appendices
Foundations for Belonging 2021, Insights on Newly Arrived Refugees: Women and Digital Inclusion, reports on a second wave of research carried out with newly arrived refugees in Australia. The research, produced by Settlement Services International and the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, aims to deepen understanding of the social and civic dimensions of integration in the early stages of settlement with a focus on refugee women and digital inclusion.
