RSTP Professional Development Webinar for Settlement Professionals: Supporting Privately Sponsored Refugees

The Settlement Support Connection Team at RSTP (Refugee Sponsorship Training Program) is pleased to invite you to an informative webinar about supporting Privately Sponsored Refugees.

This session will equip settlement workers with additional tools to better support clients who arrived as sponsored refugees and to collaborate effectively with the clients' sponsors to ensure a smooth settlement experience.  

The session will cover the following topics:  

• key elements of the Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR) and Blended Visa Office-Referred (BVOR) programs,
• IRCC's expectations for sponsored refugees to access government-funded settlement services,
• the complementary roles of sponsors and settlement professionals in providing settlement support,
• description of the Settlement Support Connection project,
• best practices for collaboration with sponsors.  

Please send any questions about this session to spoconnect@rstp.ca