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Newsletter Number 48 - September 2007

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2007 AUSTAFE 'BRIDGING THE DIVIDE' CONFERENCE - CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY - 4-5 October 2007

Check out the latest draft program by downloading from the Conference Webpage>>

AN INVITATION TO ALL NURSES AND MIDWIVES FROM AUSTRALIAN NURSING & MIDWIFERY COUNCIL (ANMC)

Darwin - 12 November 2007

Would you like to be involved in a project to develop a national framework for continuing competence for Nurses and Midwives?

You are invited to participate in a forum where your views will help to develop Australia's first national framework for continuing competence.

We particularly want to hear from CLINICAL nurses and midwives!

  • Have your say!
  • No cost
  • Pre-reading material provided
  • Certificate of attendance
  • Your contribution will be collated and used in development of the final framework

It is necessary to complete a registration form to be able to attend the forum. These are available at www.anmc.org.au or contact the ANMC forum facilitator at anmc@anmc.org.au

Venues and final program to be confirmed.

FUNDING FOR SPECIALISED TRAINING PLACES - AGED CARE

The Department of Health and Ageing is inviting Expressions of Interest from suitably experienced and qualified Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) to provide accredited training over four years to aged care workers from a culturally and linguistically diverse background and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, in a wide range of aged care planning regions nationally. More>>

The Request for Expression of Interest documentation is available on the Department's website www.health.gov.au (About Us - Tender and Grants). Organisations must register on the website to download these documents.

Applications close at 2.00pm (EST) Wednesday 17 October 2007

Further information about the project may be obtained by phoning the Aged Care Information Line 1800 500 853 or email community.aged.care.workforce@health.gov.au

 

 



 

 

WELCOME TO HSTAC

HSTAC Council members and staff welcome our new Project Officer, Joan Kieboom, who started work with us on 29 August 2007. Read more>>

IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU. . .
NT Council of Social Service Survey

The NT Council of Social Service (NT COSS) is carrying out a survey. It's about understanding the recruitment, retention and staff development issues across the Community Sector in the NT, and they want to hear from YOU!

The purpose of the survey is to find out what needs to be done to recruit and retrain people who work in the non-government social and community services sector, and what workers in the sector feel about their work.

This research is being conducted because of the need to build a highly skilled workforce to better serve the needs of the disadvantaged people who use the service.

The survey is available by clicking here>> Please take a few minutes to complete and send to:

Strictly Confidential
Workforce Project
NTCOSS
PO Box 1128
Nightcliff NT 0814

Responses to the survey need to be returned by 1 October 2007. If it is easier, you can complete and fax to 8948 4590. All responses are completely CONFIDENTIAL, and no information that identifies you will be made to anyone outside the research group within NTCOSS.

If you have any questions about completing the survey or just want more information, please contact Donna Blackler on 8948 2665 or email donna@ntcoss.org.au.

HSTAC @ 2007 CAREERS EXPO

HSTAC was represented at the 2007 Careers Expos in Alice Springs, Nhulunbuy and Katherine. As always they were extremely successful, enjoyable, well attended and, without exception, the students were a delight.

This year our theme was 'JOBS THAT MATTER - Careers That Support People with a Disability'.

For the past three years HSTAC has prepared a theme related quiz and has found it a very successful way to engage and interest students. This year was no exception, with the quiz entitled 'Dispelling Disability Myths'. Not only students but teachers and parents as well were keen to be involved, resulting in HSTAC's stalls buzzing with activity most of the time, as these photos taken by Debra Bennett from CHARTTES show.