Immigration and Settlement Service
Welcoming newcomers home.
It takes a great deal of courage and hope to come to a new country and make a life – but hope and courage aren’t all that’s needed to live a healthy, prosperous life. For more than 45 years, Catholic Social Services has helped immigrants and refugees feel at home in their new home, and integrate into Canadian Society.
With multilingual and culturally diverse staff, Catholic Social Services is able to provide various settlement, educational, language/language assessment, employment and outreach services. Our services are free and are offered in English, French, and more than 35 other languages.
East Central Alberta Region
Immigration and Settlement Services
This program focuses on the needs of Immigrants and Temporary Foreign workers, living and/or working in Lloydminster and surrounding communities (in both Alberta and Saskatchewan). A range of supports to community organizations and businesses are also provided. This confidential service allows Newcomers, the community, and employers, access to a resource for Newcomer issues. This program offers professional educational workshops for Newcomers, the community, and Employers.
Edmonton Region
Client Centred Pilot Project
This pilot project builds on the Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) services delivered in the first six weeks of arrival in Canada to government-assisted refugees.
CORE Skills Program
This program provides training and on-the-job work experience in the health care industry for immigrants and refugees.
Cross Cultural Counselling and Outreach Program
This program provides specialized counselling, support, and outreach services to immigrants and refugees.
Host Program
This program matches volunteers with newly arrived immigrants or refugees in order to link the newcomers to the community and help them feel they belong here.
Host Program Homework Club
Host program Homework Clubs provide academic and social support for immigrant and refugee youth to help them integrate into the school and community.
Immigration and Settlement Volunteer Program
This program recruits, screens, orients, and places volunteers in various programs to enhance service delivery to newcomers.
Intercultural Education Program
Since 1984, the Intercultural Education Program has offered cross-cultural professional development training to human service providers. The Program designs and delivers workshops to assist community organizations, institutions and businesses to respond positively to persons of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Language and Vocational Assessment (LVA) Program
This program provides first-language literacy and/or English language level assessment using the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) tools. It also offers career and educational counselling, student financial information, and referrals to ESL programs.
Language Assessment, Referral, and Counselling Centre (LARCC)
Provides language and counselling supports for adult immigrants and refugees
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Assessment Program
This program provides English language level and/or first-language literacy assessment as needed, using the Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) tools, and referral to LINC language classes and/or other appropriate programs in the community.
Newcomer Children and Youth Program
This program provides support to immigrant and refugee children and youth. The programs offered are specifically designed to address the settlement and integration needs of newcomer children and youth and help them adapt to a new life in Canada.
Reception House Program
This program provides temporary accommodation and orientation services for newly arrived government-assisted refugees.
Refugee Sponsorship Program
This program provides information and assistance to encourage and foster the sponsorship of refugees by church and community groups.
Resettlement Assistance Program
This program provides initial settlement services for government-assisted refugees within six weeks of arrival. This includes help with finding housing, banking, referral for health care services, registering children in school, making appointments for Canadian Language Benchmark Assessment, and initial information and orientation to living and working in Canada.
Settlement Counselling Program
This program provides information, referral, orientation, interpretation, translation, and supportive counselling to help immigrants and refugees settle and integrate into the community.
Temporary Foreign Workers Program
Temporary Foreign Workers and their families are supported with information and referrals, counselling, interpretation and translation services, and advocacy as they adapt to living and working in Alberta.
Youth Support/Homework Club Program
This program provides academic and social support for immigrant and refugee youth to help them integrate into school and the community.
West Central Region
Resettlement Assistance Program
Provides initial settlement services for government assisted refugees. This includes arrangements for temporary accommodation at a local hotel, distribution of food and incidental funds, assistance to locate permanent accommodation, assisting with banking/setting up an account, making arrangements and referral for urgent medical care, registering school-age children, making referrals for Canadian Language Benchmark Assessment, and initial orientation to living and working in Canada.
Settlement Counselling Program
Provides information, orientation, referral, language translation, supportive counselling, and other services to assist immigrants and refugees settle and integrate into the community.
Temporary Foreign Workers Program
Temporary Foreign Workers and their families are supported with information and referrals, counselling, interpretation and translation services, and advocacy as they adapt to living and working in Alberta.