Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce program
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce program
Overview
Health Workforce Australia's (HWA) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker project looked at the current challenges facing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce and potential future actions to build capacity.
The project findings culminated in Growing Our Future: Final Report of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Work Project.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce program is now implementing a number of sub-projects developed in response to the Growing Our Future report.
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Growing Our Future report (9.8mb pdf) is available to download.
HWA projects are being developed to support some of the 27 recommendations identified in the report.
Eight projects now under way are:
- Skills recognition and upskilling of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers
- Review and update of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary healthcare training package
- Review and update of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clinical log book
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker multimedia resource package
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander benchmarking and risk assessment
- Funding for 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers to complete the nationally accredited delivery of Certificate IV training and assessment course
- Develop an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker health curriculum framework
- Accreditation support for registered training organisations
Background
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker project was launched in May 2010 and completed in December 2011.
The project's aim was to develop current and future policies that strengthen and sustain the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker workforce to deliver care in response to the known burden of disease in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population.
A highly consultative approach was taken to understand the existing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health worker workforce, the challenges it faces and to reach consensus in identifying opportunities for future action.
Contacts
Pat Maher
Program Manager, Workforce Innovation and Reform
Tel: (08) 8409 4564
Email: Pat.Maher@hwa.gov.au
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