Settlement engagement & 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.
Services and Support
Our program tailors SETS services to client issues. These issues may vary and change across locations, cohorts and during each client’s settlement journey.
Our SETS program provides clients with:
- One-on-one casework
- Settlement-related information sessions
- Training workshops to build skills and knowledge
- Employment readiness and support
- English classes
- Citizenship test preparation classes
- Social support
- Referrals to mainstream or relevant services (education, employment, social support, etc.)
- Advocacy
- Eastern Suburbs
- City and Inner South
- Inner West
- Chatswood – Lane Cove
- North Sydney – Mosman
- Ryde – Hunters Hill
- Hornsby
- Northern Beaches
Program eligibility
- People who first arrived in Australia less than 5 years ago
- People requiring urgent help. This includes those with emergency health and wellbeing issues and/or issues with family or domestic violence
- Individuals who need one-off or short-term support with a significant life change or event
- Dependents, often women, who have otherwise prioritised the needs of their family and delayed their own use of settlement services
- Individuals with prolonged issues of low literacy and English language proficiency
- Individuals with critical settlement needs where there are no other available settlement or mainstream services that they can get to support their needs
- Older migrants or individuals who arrived at a young age and have been in Australia for over 5 years and develop issues as they grow older
- New and emerging ethno-specific communities, community leaders and emerging community representatives
- New and emerging ethno-specific organisations with limited corporate capacity.
SMCS offers free and confidential support. Please call us on 02 9663 3922 or email us at info@sydneymcs.org.au to find out more.
For more information and bookings, please contact 0493 050 664 or email ssp1@sydneymcs.org.au.
The following classes are held weekly at our Daceyville office:
English Classes
Come and practice your English in a friendly and relaxed environment.
Beginners Class – Tuesdays, 10 am – 12 pm
Intermediate Class (online) – Thursdays, 2 pm – 4 pm
Conversational Class – Wednesdays, 10 am – 12 pm
Citizenship Test Preparation Class
Sydney MCS has you covered and will help you prepare for the Australian Citizenship test.
Tuesdays, 10 – 11 am
School Work Assistance
Our facilitator will help guide your children with their homework or assessments in a friendly environment.
Thursdays, 3:30 – 5 pm
Art for Wellbeing
Are you bored of staying at home? Want to relieve stress? Do you want to make friends? Join our Art for Wellbeing group to:
– Build your self-esteem
– Explore and discover your creativity
– Express yourself freely in a safe environment.
Sessions guided by Art Therapist Maria Rosa Casanova
This 10 week program begins Friday 14 October with a multicultural art for well being workshop in English from 10 am – 12 pm and then a workshop for our Spanish speakers from 12 pm – 2 pm.
Watch a video about the Art for Wellbeing program here.
Yoga Class
We will be running a six-week Yoga Course at Kensington Park Community Centre on Thursdays.
The course will run from Thursday 10 November until 15 December, 9 am – 10 am.
Registrations are essential, please contact us at the details above.
We can arrange the following services by appointment:
Thread Together
Thread Together can provide you with a wardrobe of brand-new clothes donated by fashion brands. Come and dress up with us an enjoy some retail therapy. Contact us to arrange an appointment in Kensington or Daceyville.
Discounted Driving Lessons
Contact us to book discounted driving lessons with a professional driving school. Learn to drive safely and prepare for driving test with certified instructors. Flexible location, days, and times.
Upcoming Info Sessions & Workshops:
More sessions and workshops to be listed here soon.
Events:
UNITE for All Women
UNITE for All Women is an opportunity to connect with other women and to raise awareness of the important role that we all have as a community in addressing violence against women and girls.
Art Therapist Maria Rosa Casanova will guide a creative and expressive art workshop focusing on women’s empowerment. We will also discuss practices to care for oneself and for each other.
Please wear something orange, as this colour represents harmony and our hopes for a brighter future.
Friday 2 December, 10 am – 12 pm
For more information and bookings, please contact 02 9663 3922 or email sets1@sydneymcs.org.au.
English Classes
Come and practice English in a friendly and relaxed environment.
Beginners Class (online) – Wednesdays, 10:30 am – 12 pm
English and Chinese multilingual class
Intermediate Class – Mondays, 10:30 am – 12 pm
Learn English from a native English speaker
North Sydney Stanton Library (L2 conference room)
234 Miller St, North Sydney NSW 2060
Advanced class (ESL English as a Second Language books Club) – is coming soon in February 2023.
Citizenship Test Preparation Class
We offer FREE citizenship test preparation classes in person and online to help you pass the Australian Citizenship test.
Fortnightly on Thursdays, 1 – 3 pm
96 Bank Street, North Sydney 2060
Employment Support Program
Learn useful tips to become employable by practicing speaking and writing skills, improve your online job search and list transferrable skills in your CV. This program is facilitated through Zoom.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 am – 5 pm
96 Bank Street, North Sydney 2060