INFORMATION SESSION ON SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE VIETNAMESE ORGANISATIONS AND KARITANE On the 5th
of November 2003 the information session for Vietnamese General
Practitioners on services provided by the Vietnamese organisations and
Karitane was organised at Cabra Vale Diggers Club with 12 Vietnamese
General practitioners attended. The aim of this
session was to raise awareness of Vietnamese GPs about social / welfare
services provided by Vietnamese organisations and also the Karitane
service for their referral information. Following is the summary of
information was delivered by guest speakers on that evening. Vietnamese
Australian Welfare Association NSW Inc.
is located at 6-8 Bankstown City Plaza, Bankstown NSW 2200 (across
Bankstown Station, near Commonwealth Bank) to provide accommodation for
Indo- Chinese Homeless aged 16- 24 years who are living in Fairfield,
Bankstown and Canterbury Local Government areas, particularly who can live
independently and who is willing to share a house with others on a
co-operative basis. For enquires regarding referrals, admission or further
information, the contact number is (02) 97071519. Vietnamese
Community in Australia/ NSW Chapter
provides various social welfare and settlement services to the Vietnamese
residents in NSW. Service provision include
For further
information, please contact 97968035 – level 2, 300 Chapel Rd South,
Bankstown or 97275599 – 84C John St. Cabramatta. Vietnamese Women’s Association in NSW
(VWA) is a non-profitable
organisation founded in 1984 to represent the settlement needs and
concerns of Vietnamese women and their families in NSW. Managed by a
voluntary management committee, its main objectives include:
The organisation
currently has four positions, a full time Community Settlement Services
Worker funded by Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous
Affairs) to provide general settlement services; a part time Outworkers
Employment Project Officer (funded by the Department of Industrial
Relations; to assist Vietnamese women outworkers gain employment and
training; a part time one day Disability Support Worker to provide support
to Vietnamese people with a disability and their carers (funded by the
Community Relations Commission); and a part time bookkeeper. VWA’s Office
is situated in Cabramatta, but they also provide outreach services to
Liverpool and Campbelltown. For more information about services and
courses available and how they may help you, contact VWA on 02 9723 2022. Karitane
promotes health and provide quality care and guidance to families so that
children can thrive. Karitane provides wide range of services including
Karitane Volunteer Programs is a home visiting service for families with a child under the age of three years living in the Fairfield, Bankstown and Liverpool local government areas. Feedback from the information session After the session, the
participants have given the very positive feedback such as the informative
session and excellent guest speakers. From the questionnaire
received, there was the suggestion for organising more information on
women’ s refuge services and other non-government organisations such as
Centacare, Burnside Cabramatta, Anglicare etc. Generally, most the
participants indicated that they all have known the Vietnamese Community
in Australia/ NSW Chapter; the Vietnamese Women’s Association; the
Vietnamese Elderly Friendship Association. For other organisations such as
Karitane is the second best known, and it has been referred the most by
the participants. Bonnie and Mimosa women’ refuges were not familiar
much by the participants. In conclusion, the comments of
one guest speaker has indicated the successfulness of the session as
follows “I found last night
to be much more interesting than I originally thought because as we all
know about each other's service, we sometimes get bored by these
presentations. However, I must say all the speakers were very engaging and
it surprised me that the doctors were engaged and asked lots of questions.
So, well done. I would be more than happy to explore further
collaborations”. |
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