Planning Career Futures for Refugees

AMES Australia in partnership with Scanlon Foundation will deliver a career pathways planning program for skilled humanitarian entrants to South Australia.

The program will work with each participant to:

• Plan a career pathway in Australia
• Show how to find jobs that match their overseas skills and qualification
• Obtain recognition of overseas qualifications, upskill or reskill 
• Connect to local employers, state and federal government programs and
• Find employment and volunteering opportunities that assist participants achieve their career goals in Australia

The program will run from March to December 2019.

Eligibility criteria:

• Refugees who have arrived in Australia in the past 5 years
• Hold visa subclass: 200, 201,202, 203 or 204
• Have good English 
• Have overseas skills and/or qualification