Further Support for Aged Care Training
Release: 30th April 2007
Esset Australia is pleased to announce the release of a new aged care training project.
A successful proposal through the Department of Health and Ageing's (DoHA) Support for Aged Care Training Program, a $30 million national training initiative funded by the Australian Government, has been achieved in partnership with 12 rural and remote aged care facilities.
Phill Bevan, Managing Director of Esset Australia, said 'This proposal has been successful in the first round of the new four year DoHA initiative, and will provide approximately 300 course places over two years to employees in participating aged care facilities. This project has lead directly from the work Esset Australia has undertaken in the last four years in previous aged care training projects, where over 1500 course places have been provided to participants in residential aged care facilities across Victoria and Tasmania.'
This successful Support for Aged Care Training Project commences in May 2007 and will run to May 2009. The project has been designed to remove the barriers to training in rural and remote areas, by providing flexible delivery of a range of programs, including short courses through to full Certificate and Diploma level courses.
Project topics include:
- Wound Care
- Palliative Care
- Diabetes Care
- Dealing with Grief
- Manual Handling
- Care Planning
- Food Safety
- Certificates in Aged Care Work
Over fifteen different course areas are being delivered as a part of the initiative, direct to aged care workers, onsite at their facilities. Onsite delivery locations are located across regional Victoria and Tasmania, including Queenstown, Smithton, St Helens, George Town, Oatlands, Flinders Island, Campbell Town, Deloraine, Bendigo and King Island.
'The project is a fantastic opportunity for aged care workers and residential facilities to access training and skill development opportunities they would not otherwise be able to do' Mr Bevan said. 'The Department of Health and Ageing has provided funds to address these issues so that staff will be educated to cope with the increasing and changing skills needs of the aged care industry and to ensure the high quality of life for the residents.'
Barriers to participation in training by aged care workers that have been identified through project design include a lack of confidence to study, the cost of training, time to study, low levels of literacy and numeracy, and difficulty accessing training.
For further information please contact:
Esset Australia
Lesley Blefari
Project Manager
Ph: 1300 558 936
lblefari@esset.com.au
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