Individual & Family Support

MiCare’s Individual and Family Services support newly arrived refugees and migrants to realize their individual and family strengths, confidence, well-being, and connection with the community.

Individual & Family Support

Every year, refugee and migrant families come to Australia from all over the world and there can be many joys and challenges in building a life in a new country.  MiCare’s Individual and Family Services support newly arrived refugees and migrants to realize their individual and family strengths, confidence, well-being, and connection with the community.

MiCare provides one-to-one support for individual and family humanitarian entrants from arrival up to 5 years. Our services seek to empower and assist individuals and families to meet their needs as they settle into a new community. Our experienced and culturally diverse teamwork to build and enhance:

  • Independence and personal wellbeing
  • Family relationships
  • Social and community connections
  • Economic and education pathways

Specialized Intensive Services program (funded by the Department of Home Affairs) is a short-term needs-based support program for individuals and families from refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds with multiple, challenging, and/or complex needs. If you would like to work specifically with MiCare in this program and/or require assistance with referral to the program, contact us.

Community Participation

As part of our individual and family support, we deliver a range of community group programs. We work with community members to identify needs and interests and deliver programs in partnerships with other organizations.  Examples include,

  • Playgroups,
  • Elders groups
  • Family engagement groups.
  • Driver Education
  • Digital Literacy
  • Community Support Groups

These activities offer an opportunity for community members to increase independence, strengthen friendships and leadership as well as explore new experiences and interests.

Community Information and Education

MiCare often works in partnership with other organizations, to deliver a range of community information and education programs. The program aims to equip and empower communities to build capacity, and access and navigate services to meet their needs. Topics may include but are not limited to:

  • Education and Training
  • Employment
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Housing
  • Language Services
  • Transport
  • Civic Participation
  • Family and
  • Social Support
  • Justice
  • Finance

For more information about the programs, eligibility, and referrals, please contact Intake at intake@micare.com.au or call 1300928223.

Testimonial

I would like to thank you and MiCare for giving me this opportunity to have a laptop to study the IT program as I will start the course soon. The course will be two days in the class face to face and two days online so it helps me saving time to study at home instead of going to the library.

~ Hanan khorsheed

Migrant Services

“Your activism inspires me to not just participate in activism but to be an activist in my own community and support women to live in a world free from violence”

~Liliane, Community leader for Burundian Cultural Ladies of Victoria. Participated in MFVCovid 19 project 2021

 

Avondrust Lodge

The new friends I have made, in both Elders and staff, has made it easier for me in my new home. The staff are such beautiful people; I feel very lucky.

~Elder Maria P, Avondrust Lodge- Carrum Downs

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