For three years Calvary Health Services has run a ‘Refugee Mentoring Program’, aimed at giving people from refugee or asylum-seeker backgrounds a leg-up into working in Australia’s healthcare system – complete with personal mentors.
Participants are sponsored by an agency, like Companion House, the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT), Canberra Refugee Support (CRS), or Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services (MARSS).
About six people go through the program each year, from countries all over the globe. The latest round, including Mr Elwakil, graduated on Thursday, 21 August.
He and his three fellow participants have completed placements in nursing, education, allied health, hospitality, community care, and administration across the Calvary John James and Calvary Bruce Private Hospitals, as well as Calvary Home Care. The next wave of participants will also experience Calvary Haydon Aged Care.afadadf
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