Managing Cultural Diversity in the Workplace: Qualification Appropriate Work for Syrian Refugees in Australia
Aims
The purpose of this proposed project is to explore ways to integrate Syrian refugees into the Australian workplace and find them qualification appropriate jobs. Our long-term aim is to have refugees able to utilise job agencies and independently find appropriate work based on their qualifications, as well as establish a more cost-effective and generalised intervention for all refugees, where Australia can gain skilled workers and cultural diversity in the workplace. Our proposed project focuses on Syrian refugees relocated to Victoria, Australia and will provide individualised help in locating qualification appropriate job. By …show more content…
Additionally, we hope to increase awareness in employers about the neo-classical approach, whereby industries base the employment on competency, qualification, and education (Colic‐Peisker & Tilbury, 2007). Similar to the “Given the Chance” program our project will use case workers to support refugees with pathway planning, work experience, job skills training, counselling and further education if required (Pyke, Doughney, Kyle, & Macdonald, 2004). This will assist dealing with the common problems experienced by refugees such as discrimination, language barriers, qualification training, and cultural transition …show more content…
This project will be advertised by government resettlement programs. The participants will receive weekly one hour sessions with their case worker for five months. Several rural locations will be available (ie. Bendigo, Mildura, Ballarat), as well as several locations in Melbourne and its surrounding suburbs. An interpreter will be available at each session to translate questions if necessary. In addition, there will be English lessons sponsored by the AMEP available in the same locations held at different times throughout the week for five months.
Interviews, observations and questionnaires will document the process and take place over the five months during the case-specific intervention. The semi-structured interview approach will allow the caseworker to ask a variety of questions in a casual conversation (Pe-Pua, 1989). This will inform our research with how the refugee is specifically having trouble finding a job. A variety of questions will assess linguistic, institutional and cultural barriers. Interviews with Syrian refugees who did not partake in the individualised case intervention will allow us to compare how successful our project
Aims
The purpose of this proposed project is to explore ways to integrate Syrian refugees into the Australian workplace and find them qualification appropriate jobs. Our long-term aim is to have refugees able to utilise job agencies and independently find appropriate work based on their qualifications, as well as establish a more cost-effective and generalised intervention for all refugees, where Australia can gain skilled workers and cultural diversity in the workplace. Our proposed project focuses on Syrian refugees relocated to Victoria, Australia and will provide individualised help in locating qualification appropriate job. By …show more content…
Additionally, we hope to increase awareness in employers about the neo-classical approach, whereby industries base the employment on competency, qualification, and education (Colic‐Peisker & Tilbury, 2007). Similar to the “Given the Chance” program our project will use case workers to support refugees with pathway planning, work experience, job skills training, counselling and further education if required (Pyke, Doughney, Kyle, & Macdonald, 2004). This will assist dealing with the common problems experienced by refugees such as discrimination, language barriers, qualification training, and cultural transition …show more content…
This project will be advertised by government resettlement programs. The participants will receive weekly one hour sessions with their case worker for five months. Several rural locations will be available (ie. Bendigo, Mildura, Ballarat), as well as several locations in Melbourne and its surrounding suburbs. An interpreter will be available at each session to translate questions if necessary. In addition, there will be English lessons sponsored by the AMEP available in the same locations held at different times throughout the week for five months.
Interviews, observations and questionnaires will document the process and take place over the five months during the case-specific intervention. The semi-structured interview approach will allow the caseworker to ask a variety of questions in a casual conversation (Pe-Pua, 1989). This will inform our research with how the refugee is specifically having trouble finding a job. A variety of questions will assess linguistic, institutional and cultural barriers. Interviews with Syrian refugees who did not partake in the individualised case intervention will allow us to compare how successful our project