Priority-population: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

Attraction
Aboriginal Cadetship Program (WA)

WA Health’s Aboriginal Cadetship Program offers Aboriginal University students the opportunity to gain paid work experience in health, while studying an undergraduate degree. The program provides the opportunity to develop…

Online Training
Palliative Care Training for Care Workers working with people living with Dementia

Palliative Care Training for Care Workers working with people living with Dementia Initiate conversations about advance care planning with people living with different stages of dementia. Empower and prepare families…

Case Study, Learning
First Peoples Disability Network Training Resources

First Peoples Disability Network Australia (FPDN) is a national organisation of and for Australia’s First Peoples with disability, their families and communities. The organisation is governed by First Peoples with…

Retention, Toolkit
Aged Care Indigenous Induction Program (ACIIP)

First impressions make a real difference to the experience had by new workers Induction serves a number of purposes including: introducing the organisation and its workplace culture; and providing new…

Attraction, Learning
Indigenous health scholarships

The Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme (PHMSS) is designed to encourage and assist undergraduate students in health-related disciplines to complete their studies and join the health workforce. The scheme provides…

Case Study, Learning, Research, Retention, Toolkit
WorkWell Toolkit: Helping workplace leaders create mentally healthy workplaces

WorkSafe's WorkWell Program supports workplace leaders to prevent mental injury and promote safe and mentally healthy workplaces by providing access to tools and resources, funding and networking opportunities. The WorkWell…

Research
Findings from the sector: The Human Services Workforce Forum report

The HSSO mandate is to find sector solutions to attracting and skilling a pipeline of potential employees to meet the needs of the nation’s employers as and when they need…

Attraction, Learning, Recruitment, Retention
Building a Skilled Workforce: A guide to VET for Human Services Employers

The challenge of building a skilled workforce is a pressing one for the human services. The HSSO has designed this guide to help employers and managers in these industry sectors…

Learning
Aboriginal Environmental Health Officer Training Program

The Aboriginal Environmental Health Officer Training Program (Training Program) provides traineeships in environmental health for Aboriginal people to become tertiary qualified and comprehensively trained EHOs. This contributes to improving workforce…

Attraction, Recruitment
Ageing and Disability Job Ready Pilot Program

The aim of the Ageing and Disability Job Ready Program is provide a pathway to employment for individuals wanting to commence a career in the Aged Care or Disability sectors. …

Attraction, Recruitment, Retention
NDIS Jobs Roadshows

NDIS Jobs Roadshows Project is  a 'Workability Qld' Initiative.  WorkAbility Qld is a consortium of three organisations who have worked together since 2015 on strategic workforce policy, planning and development…

Research, Retention
Vocational Placement Action Learning Research Project

The NDIS Vocational Placement Project is  a 'Workability Qld' Initiative.  WorkAbility Qld is a consortium of three organisations who have worked together since 2015 on strategic workforce policy, planning and…

Research, Retention
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Control Organisation (CCO) Management Capability Project

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organisation (CCO) Management Capability Project is  a 'Workability Qld' Initiative.  WorkAbility Qld is a consortium of three organisations who have worked together…

Attraction, Recruitment, Research
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Existing Workforce Development

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Existing Workforce Development is  a 'Workability Qld' Initiative.  WorkAbility Qld is a consortium of three organisations who have worked together since 2015 on strategic…

Research
NDIS Workforce Research Project

The NDIS Workforce Research Project is  a 'Workability Qld' Initiative.  WorkAbility Qld is a consortium of three organisations who have worked together since 2015 on strategic workforce policy, planning and…

Check Up - Grow your Own Workforce

The Grow Your Own web-based resource is part of a collaborative partnership between CheckUP Australia and Queensland Health’s Workforce Strategy Branch (WSB). It forms part of a broader health education to employment pathways project which…

Attraction, Recruitment
Get SET (Skills Employment Training)

"Get SET, Skills, Employment, Training Program" aims is to tackle the low uptake of Aboriginal people into care work and especially at regional and remote locations across the Northern Territory.…

Attraction, Recruitment
Community Services Job Match

Job Match is a Community Services Industry Alliance project. The Job Match site provides an online meeting place for Community Services Industry employers and Job Seekers. The site enables: those…

Research
National Workplace Initiative (Mental Health)

In the 2019-20 Federal Budget the Government announced an investment of $11.5 million over four years for the National Workplace Initiative (NWI). The NWI provides a nationally consistent approach to…

Attraction, Recruitment
High School to Health Careers Program

The High School to Health Careers Program is an Indigenous Allied Health Australia Initiative (IAHA). The aim of the  Program is to provide a positive and strengths based approach to…

Research
Indigenous Allied Health Australia Workforce Development Strategy

Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA) is a national, member-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health organisation. IAHA leads sector workforce development and support, to improve the health and wellbeing…

Attraction, Case Study, Recruitment
IAHA National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Academy

The IAHA National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Academy is an Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA) initiative. The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Academy is an innovative,…

Attraction, Research
Industry Skills Advisory (ISA) program – Health (QLD)

CheckUP has been engaged by the Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (QLD) as the Industry Skills Advisor (ISA) for Health. As the ISA for health CheckUP will engage…

Attraction, Case Study, Recruitment
Aged Care Career Opportunity for Aboriginal People - Launch into Work)

The Australian Unity Launch into Work program was designed with VTEC (Real Futures), Aboriginal Training Pathways (NSW TAFE) and NSW Department of Industry Mentoring programs (NCAP and The Way Ahead).…

Attraction, Recruitment, Retention
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Cultural Awareness Resources

The ACT Council of Social Service (ACTCOSS) Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Resources can assist organisations and their staff develop more awareness about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. These…

Attraction
CarePlaysVR

CarePlaysVR assists young indigenous people in the Northern Territory to take up sustainable and rewarding careers in the care sector. Using innovative Virtual Reality tools and tailor-made training resources, the…