Casework
St Anthony’s provides casework and referral services to the Sudanese community as part of our Settlement Grants Program. A Community Development Worker supports individual clients and families to overcome the challenges that they face in settling into Australia by providing them with information about Australia’s systems, assisting them to access mainstream services, acquiring skills for everyday living and helping to build their capacity to independently solve problems when they arise.
Settlement issues that clients often seek help with include:
- Housing
- Paying bills
- Accessing English language services
- Relationships
- Family Violence
- Employment
- Children’s development
- Health
- Income Support
- Access to government and non-government services
The service is mobile to be flexible to the needs of a variety of clients. The bi-lingual Community Development Worker regularly attends St Anthony’s Migrant Services outreach playgroups to provide information and referral to those clients. For other clients referred for Casework, we deliver an appointment based service either in the client’s home, or at a nominated location in their local community.
To be eligible to access the Casework service, clients must meet the following criteria:
- live in Central Western or Blacktown regions of Sydney
- have arrived in Australia within the last 5 years
- be seeking assistance with issues relating to their settlement in Australia.
Please click here to download our referral form.
To find out more about the service, or to ask for help, please contact:
Helen Cooper, Manager Service Support and Development
Phone: (02) 9747 5782
