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Social enterprise and CALD communities: an evaluation

Social enterprise and CALD communities: an evaluation. Associate Professor Jo Barraket Australian Centre for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Studies. Objectives. To present a case study of social enterprise working with migrants and refugees To examine its impacts on:

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Social enterprise and CALD communities: an evaluation

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  1. Social enterprise and CALD communities: an evaluation Associate Professor Jo Barraket Australian Centre for Philanthropy & Nonprofit Studies

  2. Objectives • To present a case study of social enterprise working with migrants and refugees • To examine its impacts on: • Individual and community health and well-being • Employment and skills development • Social relationships and connectedness

  3. Employment Risks for Newly Arrived Migrants and Refugees Source: LSIA, DIMIA (2007)

  4. Contributing Factors • Language • Non-recognition of overseas qualifications • Discrimination • Ethnic path integration (Colic-Peisker & Tilbury 2006) • Particular barriers for women/older people • ‘Work-first’ model of employment services

  5. Social Enterprise Response… • Defining social enterprise: Social purpose organisations that trade to fulfill their mission

  6. Models of Social Enterprise • Intermediate labour market • Service provision • Income generation (for nonprofits or communities)

  7. The AMES Program • Seven enterprises across four industries • Enterprises developed with clients & run ‘in-house’ as AMES program • All consistent with ILM model; some with service model • Most have partnership support (state/local government, community sector agencies, corporate involvement)

  8. Core features of AMES model • Highly contextualised training and work environments • Sustained social support • Training and skills development through a range of courses and programs

  9. Employment and Training Outcomes to Date • Employment created for 31 people • Mediation of further employment with enterprise clients and local employers • Vocational and accredited training for 51 people (projected to approx 210/year) • Powerful model for skills acquisition • High degree of client satisfaction and retention

  10. Outcomes for individuals • Manifest and latent benefits of employment: • Income and training • Improved social connections and relationships • Improved self-esteem and self-efficacy • Positive intergenerational and intercultural effects

  11. Outcomes for communities • Needed goods and services (news, food products) • Building community hubs (school-based enterprises): • Community pride (operators and students) • Cross-cultural learning (teachers and operators) • Increased involvement (CALD parents) • Healthy eating (students)

  12. Program Limitations & Challenges • Financial sustainability: • Real cost vs price setting & ‘work first’ logic of employment services • Under-employment & occupational downgrading • Response to broader social influences informing labour market segmentation • Wider presence of social enterprise not known (yet!) Thankyou 

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