Introduction to supporting refugee integration

Overview: 

Are you involved in facilitating integration support to refugees or people in the asylum process? This course helps you understand the key principles of a rights-based refugee-led approach to integration. You will understand the underpinning principles of the Scottish integration framework and effective integration planning. You will recognise where your role fits within the framework and will have the opportunity to share good practices and learning with other practitioners.

By the end of the course you will be able to: 

• Understand the underpinning principles of a refugee-led integration framework
• Recognise where your role fits within the wider integration process
• Understand how dependency is created and how to build on people’s resilience
• Have had the opportunity to troubleshoot any integration-related issues

Who is this course for? 

This is an introductory course for practitioners and managers from the statutory and third sector in Scotland who are providing integration support to refugees or people in the asylum process.

This course assumes a basic understanding of the UK asylum and refugee protection context. We recommend that practitioners who are completely new to this area of work attend our Introduction to Refugees: Asylum and Resettlement course first, before proceeding to the Introduction to supporting refugee integration training.

More Information and pricing:

The course length is 3.5 hours. This course is available as a public course for £93 per person or £70 per person for members. It is also available for commission. Please refer to the FAQs page for further information.