Industry Overview -Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers

This site (weblink provided below) provides employment and training information and data on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker workforce.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Practitioners play a significant role in meeting the health needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The roles that they perform vary and are dependent on the needs of the community they serve, and they often work in collaboration with a range of clinical health practitioners, allied health practitioners and many other types of workers across the health sector to ensure the needs of individuals are adequately met.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Training Package Products are being updated in consultation with sector stakeholders. An area of particular focus involves the examination of the skills needs of the workforce with the current qualifications to help identify and determine what updates are required to ensure training is aligned with industry needs for job roles.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Industry Reference Committee (IRC) is responsible for seven qualifications, packaged in the HLT – Health Training Package