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 2019 to March 2022.

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

Outcomes:

To date, the project has achieved the following outcomes out of 31 participants:

• Employment in similar job – 32%
• Further study/retraining - 32%
• Apprenticeship - 16%
• Internship - 11%
• Registration with AHPRA - 5%
• Volunteering - 5%