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Who is Eligible: Permanent Residents, Convention Refugees

Immigrants, whether newly arrived or long established, need assistance in their process of settlement and adjustment to our City's socio-economic and cultural environment. University Settlement provides assistance to individuals at different phases of their settlement process.

Services Available
• Counselling: Settlement Worker helps newcomers with all your needs,
o Banking, , look for family physicians and health facilitates
o Find school and daycare and help school registration
o Find living area, Acknowledge responsibilities of landlords and tenants
o Employment and training; LINC and ESL training

• Information and Orientation: Through one-on-one and group orientation sessions, clients are provided with information related to newcomer information, Ontario Drug Benefits, subsidized community housing, youth job search, sponsor family members, etc.
• Employment-related Services: Counsellors provide assistance with cover letters, résumé writing, job search strategies, interview techniques, and how to follow up on the telephone with potential employers.
• Referral: Newcomers are linked to community resources and services such as employment resourced centre, community health centre, and legal facilities, etc.
• Documentation: Clients receive support in completing government documents such as Permanent Residence Cards, Work Permits, OHIP applications, Citizenship applications, applications for sponsorship, Child Tax Benefits, and other related forms.
• Interpretation: Interpretation is offered to newcomers to help them contact governments, read government letters, etc.

Located at
University Settlement Centre
720 Spadina Avenue Suite 310 Toronto, ON M5S 2T9
Phone: 416-977-8325 Fax: 416-977-4188
www.usrc.ca
 
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