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Newsletter Number 36 - September 2006

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'LIVIN IN A HOUSE' CD GOES DOWN IN HISTORY!

Mark Grose of Skinnyfish Music has a friend who works out bush from time to time, and she told Mark this story.

A local school teacher recently visited a rock art site with some traditional owners, as they were marvelling at the ancient paintings, the teacher looked down and there, written on a rock, was an entire verse of the 'Livin in a House' song - recorded in stone for future generations!

She said the kids at the school absolutely love it.

If you would like a copy of this very cool CD, the result of collaboration between Human Services Training Advisory Souncil, Skinnyfish Music and Aboriginal musician, George Rrurrambu, please contact us on (08) 8981 2550 or email admin@hstac.com.au

CAREERS EXPO 2006

Click here to see Narelle and Elisabeth hard at work at HSTAC's stall at the Katherine Careers Expo in August. The students are busy participating in our Emotional Health and Wellbeing quiz.

COMMUNITY SERVICES & HEALTH INDUSTRY SKILLS COUNCIL NEWS

CHC02 Review - Discussion Paper now available

The Discussion Paper provides a focus for the review process by defining and articulating some of the issues surrounding the Community Services Training Package and its relevance to meet the future workforce development needs of the Community Services Industry.

The Discussion Paper is being used to inform communication forums and support stakeholders in providing submissions. It contains three key sections:

  • Future industry drivers
  • The CHC02: Where is it now?
  • Questions for the CHC02 Review

Stakeholder submissions are invited until 31 October 2006.

Click here to download the Discussion Paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Health Training Package CD ROM

The new Health Training Package will be submitted for endorsement in October 2006 and will, hopefully, be endorsed by Christmas 2006.With over 87 qualifications and more than 1000 units of competency across Direct Client Care Work, Technical Support Work, Ancillary and Business Services Work and Public Health, the CD ROM includes:
  • Qualifications Framework Assessment Guidelines
  • Employability Skills Qualifications Summaries
  • Client Safety Framework
  • ANMC Mapping Documentation for Enrolled Nursing qualifications
  • Mapping Guide from the old Training Package to new competancy units.
The special pre-release discounted price of the CD ROM is $380 (incl GST) - that's $100 less than the post-endorsement price of $480 from January 2007. Download the Pre-Release Order form here

Home & Community Care English Language & Literacy - WELL (Workplace English Language & Literacy) Resource

Funded by the Department of Education, Science & Training (DEST) through WELL Strategy and Resource funding, the Home and Community Care (HACC) 'Orientation Made Easy!' Resource Kit was designed and developed focusing on orientation/induction programs for the HACC sector.

The area of Occupational Health and Safety presents this sector with challenges for new and existing workers, especially home and community care workers who are from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background, and the resource kit is designed for trainers to address this through integrating Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) into their training and assessment methodologies.

Easily customised for new and existing workers in Aged Care, Disability and other appropriate community services qualifications, the resource kit has been designed to be adaptable for both accredited and non-accredited training, and used for orientation programs with the need to specifically address language and literacy issues. Click here to find out more

WHAT'S NEW FROM NARELLE (Narelle Higginson is Disability Coordination Officer at HSTAC)

Narelle's travel dates for October 2006 are:

Tennant Creek Tuesday 10 - Thursday 12 October

Nhulunbuy Wednesday 25 - Thursday 26 October

If you would like to meet with Narelle, or have a chat, please contact her on (08) 8981 2550 or email projects@hstac.com.au