About Us

Who
We Are

SETSCoP is a national community of practice bringing together organisations delivering the Australian Government’s Settlement Engagement and Transition Support (SETS) program. 

Facilitated by the Social Policy Group, SETSCoP creates opportunities for providers and practitioners to connect, share knowledge and effective practice, strengthen professional capability and respond to emerging issues across the settlement sector. 

Through collaboration and shared learning, SETSCoP supports stronger settlement practice and better outcomes for people supported through the SETS program. It also brings together sector insight and experience to contribute to the ongoing development of settlement policy, programs and service delivery. 

SETSCoP facilitates:

Sharing knowledge and effective practice 
Creating opportunities for providers to share knowledge, experience, emerging insights and approaches to settlement service delivery. 

Innovation and practical solutions 
Supporting providers to explore emerging issues and develop practical, sector-led responses to shared challenges.

Collaboration and professional networks 
Strengthening connections between SETS providers, practitioners and relevant sector stakeholders across Australia. 

Sector insight and continuous improvement 
Bringing together experience from SETS delivery to support continuous improvement and contribute to policy and program development. 

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What we want
to achieve

SETSCoP has the following objectives:

Strengthen collaboration across the SETS program 
Build connections between providers, practitioners and jurisdictions to support communication, shared learning and professional networks. 

Strengthen settlement practice and capability 
Support the exchange of knowledge, effective approaches and practical resources that strengthen service delivery and contribute to better outcomes for people supported through the SETS program. 

Identify emerging issues and shared challenges 
Bring together insights on trends, service gaps, barriers and operational issues affecting settlement services and the communities they support. 

Develop practical, sector-led responses 
Create opportunities to explore solutions, share approaches and co-design resources and outputs in response to shared priorities. 

Contribute to policy and program development 
Bring together sector insight and experience to support continuous improvement in settlement policy, programs and service delivery.

Our
Structure

SETSCoP operates through a range of structured engagement opportunities that support collaboration, learning and sector development. 

State and Territory Forums bring together settlement providers, government representatives, researchers and other sector partners to share local insights, strengthen connections and explore emerging issues and place-based responses.  

National SETSCoP Networks provide focused, peer-led spaces for learning, reflection and collaboration across key areas of settlement practice. They support peer learning, identification of emerging issues and service gaps, co-design of practical resources and strengthening capability across the settlement workforce.  

Professional development and events provide opportunities including webinars, workshops, sector briefings and capability-building sessions in response to emerging sector needs.  

CEO Forums bring together senior leaders from SETS provider organisations to discuss strategic and system-level issues, share leadership insights and inform broader sector development and policy considerations. 

Read the SETSCoP Terms of Reference.