This play list includes the information below in the following languages:
- Tigrinya
- Amharic
- Karen
- Farsi
- Dari
- Hazaragi
- Oromo
- Arabic
- Nepali
- Burmese 

This is an important message from the Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania about help for people with disabilities.

In the past it was common for people with disability to stay at home and not get to do things or go into the community.

In Australia people with disability have the right to get support so they can participate in the activities of every day life. And to participate in the community as well.

For example, education, recreation, community and cultural events.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme, or NDIS, helps people under the age of 65 years old with a permanent and significant disability.

Permanent means the disability will not go away.

Significant means the disability affects the things people need and want to do every day.

People with an NDIS plan will get supports and services they need to participate in every day life.

For more information you can phone Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania on 03 6221 0999. To use an interpreter, call 131 450 first.

Or you can visit us by dropping in on any Monday between 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at the Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania office at 1a Anfield Street, Glenorchy.

Maybe your family doesn’t need this information, but maybe you can share it with a family who might find it helpful.

Please share this message so that everyone is included in the life of the community. Thank you.

Disability and NDIS Information

These stories are made possible by the generosity of volunteers who share to support skilled migrants to start out (or re-start) their career in Tasmania. It is a project of Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania. For more information, to feedback or volunteer to help, please phone 6221 0999 or email migrant.network@mrctas.org.au

Gin 4 - What was the most challenging in my career establishment

This interview is with Karin who is a Nurse and It's about her career experience and her experience of successfully seeking work in Tasmania. And even changing jobs to further her career in Tasmania. 

[audio length: 8:00]

These stories are made possible by the generosity of volunteers who share to support skilled migrants to start out (or re-start) their career in Tasmania. It is a project of Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania. For more information, to feedback or volunteer to help, please phone 6221 0999 or email migrant.network@mrctas.org.au

Photo by Patty Brito on Unsplash

Interview with Karin about nurse career

Thank you Anson Kim Kwan Au for sharing his experiences about getting a job after participating in the Hospitality Ready project. He shares some job seeking tips about facing challenges and working in his first job.

Our goal is to help job seekers with a humanitarian background prepare for their first job in Australia.

The My First Job playlist has been created by Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania with the generous support of volunteers sharing their experience. 

If you’d like to contribute or feedback please email settlement@mrctas.org.au


Photo by Marten Bjork on Unsplash

First Job at a Hotel - Porter and Office

How to get support for a loved one with special needs |Part 1: Introduction  
This information is for people with disabilities and their families. 
Part 1 is about disability and how to contact MRC Tas. Part 2 is about different types of help.
It is presented by Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania (or MRC Tas for short).
People living with disability have special needs to support their participation in the activities of everyday life. 
Without support, people living with a disability and their family members caring for them can miss out on life’s opportunities.
Unfair social beliefs, attitudes and shame is an additional challenge faced by many people living with disability. 
In Australia there are supports for people who are living with disability. This is because they have the same rights as everyone else. Disability is not a curse and does not mean a person is less good or less valuable. 
Disability can happen to anyone. It can be caused by an accident or a health condition. Or it can be something you were born with. 
Most people understand that a person using a wheelchair is living with a disability because they can see the physical disability. 
Other types of disability are harder to notice such as difficulty seeing, hearing or speaking. 
Some disability is invisible and noticed in how they learn, grow and behave. 
A person may have difficulty developing as a child (such as intellectual disability – this can make learning new things hard).
A person may have difficulty with their brain and thinking (such as a cognitive disability from a head injury – this can make remembering things hard). 
A person may have difficulty with their mental health (such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – this can make daily life hard when a person keeps re-experiencing past traumas) 
A person may have difficulty with their feelings (such as depression – this low mood can make motivation to take actions hard).
A person may have difficulty socially (such as people living with autism – this can make social interactions very hard) 
In Australia, regardless of the type of disability, or how it was caused, people living with disability have as much right as everyone else to learn, work, and enjoy their lives. And so do the family members who are ‘carers’ for them. 
With support, people living with a disability and their family members caring for them can enjoy more of life’s opportunities. Part 2 is about different types of help.
To talk with us about the information in this introduction, please phone between 9am – 5pm. If you need an interpreter, call 131 450 first. 
Say your language, tell the interpreting service your name, and give the interpreter the phone number for Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania 03 6221 0999.

Amharic_People with special needs

This is an important message from the Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania about help for people with disabilities. 

In the past it was common for people with disability to stay at home and not get to do things or go into the community. 

In Australia people with disability have the right to get support so they can participate in the activities of every day life. And to participate in the community as well.

For example, education, recreation, community and cultural events.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme, or NDIS, helps people under the age of 65 years old with a permanent and significant disability. 

Permanent means the disability will not go away.

Significant means the disability affects the things people need and want to do every day.

People with an NDIS plan will get supports and services they need to participate in every day life.

For more information you can phone Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania on 03 6221 0999. To use an interpreter, call 131 450 first. 

Or you can visit us by dropping in on any Monday between 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at the Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania office at 1a Anfield Street, Glenorchy. 

Maybe your family doesn’t need this information, but maybe you can share it with a family who might find it helpful. 

Please share this message so that everyone is included in the life of the community. Thank you.

Disability and NDIS Information in Karen

This is an important message from the Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania about help for people with disabilities.

In the past it was common for people with disability to stay at home and not get to do things or go into the community.

In Australia people with disability have the right to get support so they can participate in the activities of every day life. And to participate in the community as well.

For example, education, recreation, community and cultural events.

The National Disability Insurance Scheme, or NDIS, helps people under the age of 65 years old with a permanent and significant disability.

Permanent means the disability will not go away.

Significant means the disability affects the things people need and want to do every day.

People with an NDIS plan will get supports and services they need to participate in every day life.

For more information you can phone Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania on 03 6221 0999. To use an interpreter, call 131 450 first.

Or you can visit us by dropping in on any Monday between 10:00 am – 3:00 pm at the Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania office at 1a Anfield Street, Glenorchy.

Maybe your family doesn’t need this information, but maybe you can share it with a family who might find it helpful.

Please share this message so that everyone is included in the life of the community. Thank you.

Disability and NDIS Information in Tigrinya

Disability & NDIS Information in Farsi

Disability & NDIS Information in Arabic

Disability & NDIS Information in Oromo

Part 1 Car Cafe

This is a story about the experience of getting a first job doing "Night Fill": cleaning & restocking after hours in a department store.

Thank you to our generous volunteers for sharing their experiences!

First Job - "Night Fill" at Big W

Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania (MRC Tas) is a not-for-profit organisation that has been supporting people from migrant backgrounds to settle successfully in Tasmania since 1979.

Amharic_People with special needs

Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania

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