the hills holroyd paramatta migrant resource center

This is the migrant resource center that covers the area as mentioned by name the hills shire council,holroyd council and paramatta council.Baulkham Hills Holroyd

Parramatta Migrant Resource Centre Inc.
Street Address:
Level 6, Macquarie House, 169 Macquarie St. PARRAMATTA 2150
Postal Address:
PO BOX 1081 PARRAMATTA 2124
Telephone:
(02) 9687 9901
Fax:
(02) 9687 9901
Email:
enquiries@bhhpmrc.org.au
Description of Service:
Information and referral service - the MRC uses specially trained workers to assist migrants and refugees arriving in Australia from a non-English speaking country. Migrants and refugees are helped in their own language, to make greater use of local community and government organisations to solve their immediate settlement needs.
Community Settlement Services (CSS) - MRC staff include : Bangladeshi and Burmese workers, who provide settlement information and referral services. supporting the needs of newly arrived Bangladeshi and Burmese migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants. Assistance is provided on housing, education, health, immigration and employment. Somali speaking workers to assist Somali speaking migrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants, by addressing their settlement needs, providing casework, referrals and other support services.
Ethnic Community Groups - the MRC liaises with specific communities to provide an ethno-specific service. Workers provide casework, group work and conduct information sessions to clients in their own language. The following ethno-specific workers are available at MRC: Arabic (Wed), Filipino, Bengali (Thurs), French (daily), Bosnian (daily), Somali (Thurs & 2nd Fri), Burmese (Mon,Tues,Thurs), Spanish (Wed), Cantonese/Mandarin (Mon), Portugese (Fri), Singhalese (Thurs), Dari/Farsi (Tues &Thurs), Romanian (daily), Tagalog (Mon).
Caseworkers also help with: general information on services offered and contacting appropriate staff, in the various organisations; advice on service rights and obligations in the organisations, help in how to present particular settlement problems, and in negotiating to achieve an appropriate response; direct assistance in using the organisation, including help in filling out forms and understanding terminologies.
General services include: A bilingual settlement casework service; Information on basic services; Advice on settlement problems; Referral to government and other services in the local government area; Free use of conference rooms/sessional offices for community groups; Regular English language classes; Regular First Aid courses; Migration agents/solicitors to give advice regarding immigration matters (by appointment only); Tax help for people on low income (seasonal between July – October); Open Access/ Job club program for newly arrived migrants; Free use of MRC facilities such as: computers, phone, photocopier and fax when looking for work; Specialist Migrant Placement Officer's (SMPO) provide information and advice regarding employment (by appointment only); Access to information sessions on a variety of settlement issues such as: health, education, immigration, housing and social security.
Office Hours:
9am – 5pm Mon to Fri
Area Serviced:
Baulkham Hills, Holroyd and Parramatta LGA’s

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