About AMES Australia

For 70 years AMES Australia has helped new and recently arrived refugees and migrants to settle in to Victoria. AMES Australia offers much more than just teaching English – we not only work with new arrivals but also with the community, business and Government to develop sustainable and effective settlement solutions for the whole Victorian community.

Our vision is “full participation for all in a cohesive and diverse society.”

Our Services

AMES Australia provides a comprehensive range of settlement services for refugees and migrants. These include on-arrival settlement support, English language and literacy training, vocational education and training, and employment services. These services are primarily delivered through the following federal and state contracts:

  • Humanitarian Settlement Program (HSP)
  • Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP)
  • Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) Program
  • Skills First
  • Workforce Australia

Delivering all of these programs at the same time gives AMES Australia a unique perspective of our clients’ journeys and provides insights that allow us to build individual client pathways and to adapt or create bridging programs between the core services.  

We deliver services from eighteen major locations in metropolitan Melbourne.