Services

Services for refugees and asylum seekers

General support

Refugee Council of Australia

www.refugeecouncil.org.au

The Refugee Council of Australia is a non-profit organisation with information on and advocacy for refugees and humanitarian entrants. It is not a part of the Australian Government.

81-85 Barry Street, Carlton VIC 3053

Tel: (03) 9348 2245

Fax: (03) 9342 9799

Email: melbourne@refugeecouncil.org.au

Brotherhood of St Laurence and the Ecumenical Migration Centre

www.bsl.org.au

The Brotherhood of St Laurence provides a full range of services including job training and placement programs, care for the elderly and people with disabilities, early childhood development programs and support services for newly arrived refugees and migrants. They deliver these services over a large area spanning from Craigieburn in Melbourne’s north, through inner Melbourne and down to Frankston on the Mornington Peninsula.

67 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy Vic 3065

Tel: (03) 9483 1183

Fax: (03) 9417 2691

Email: info@bsl.org.au

The Ecumenical Migration Centre

Attached to the Brotherhood of St Laurence, the EMC specialises in the delivery of services to migrants. The centre also builds bridges into mainstream services and opportunities.

95-97 Brunswick Street , Fitzroy Vic 3065

Tel: (03) 9416 0044

Fax: (03) 9416 1827

Email: svassos@bsl.org.au

Accommodation

The Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy

www.immi.gov.au

The IHSS provides intensive initial settlement support to newly arrived refugees. This includes helping entrants to find appropriate and affordable accommodation and provides them with basic household goods to start establishing their own household in Australia.

Asylum Seeker Project – Hotham Mission

www.hothammission.org.au

Works with asylum seekers in the community lawfully awaiting an outcome on their refugee or humanitarian claim, providing free housing, pay for emergencies and monthly cash relief.

2/579 Queensberry St, North Melbourne, 3051

Tel: 03 9326 8343

Fax: 03 9326 7470

Email: asp@sub.net.au

Translation

Translating and Interpreting Service

This Federal Government funded 24-hour 7 day a week telephone and on-site interpreting and translating service covers most community languages.

Tel: 131 450

Health

Victorian Refugee Health Network

www.refugeehealthnetwork.org.au

The network brings a range of health and community services together in order to respond to the needs of refugees and asylum seekers. Services listed included:

Royal Melbourne Hospital: Victorian Infectious Disease Service

Immigrant/Refugee Clinic every Tuesday. Tel: (03) 9342 7212.

Dandenong Hospital Outpatients: Refugee Health Clinic

Mondays 1.30 to 4.30. Tel: (03) 9554 1000.

Geelong Hospital ID Outpatients: Immigrant/Refugee Clinic

Tuesday mornings. Tel: 52 267254.

NSW Refugee Health Service

www.swsahs.nsw.gov.au/areaser/refugeehs/about_rhs_our_aim.asp

Gives health information to refugees and provides clinical assessments and referrals, particularly for recent arrivals.

Suite 5, Level 2, George St, Liverpool NSW 2170

Tel: 02 8778 0770

Fax: 02 8778 0790

Email: refugeehealth@swsahs.nsw.gov.au

The Forum of Australian Services for Survivors of Trauma and Torture:

www.fasst.org.au

FASSTT is a national network of Australia’s eight specialist rehabilitation agencies that work with survivors of torture and trauma who have come to Australia from overseas.

6 Gardiner St, Brunswick, Victoria, 3056

Tel: 03 9389 8932

Fax: 03 9387 0828

Email: admin@fasstt.org.au