Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rural and remote aged care training project - Queensland Newsletter No: 2, September 2011

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Welcome to the secondedition of the Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander ruraland remote aged care training

project - QueenslandNewsletter.

Please join us in celebratingstudents learning experiencesand the outcomes they have

achieved so far.

Stay tuned there's more to

come!

Welcome

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Public Edition 1 – May 2011

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Aged Care Training ProjectAged Care Training ProjectAged Care Training Project

QueenslandQueenslandQueensland

For information about the

project or to submit a story for

consideration please contact:

Alinta Batten

Email:

[email protected]

Telephone:

(07) 40 422 677

Inside thisissue:Welcome 1

Ngoonbi HACC 1

The Project 1

Student guide 2

‘Your Mind, Your Learning’ by

Venessa Curnow

2

Disclaimer 2

Mitakoodi Aboriginal Corporation

3

Bamaga HACC 3

facebook 3

Project website 4

Staff Profile 4

Woorabinda

Multi-PurposeHealth Service

4

http://healthsupport.org.au/ATSI

The workers at Ngoonbi HACCat Kuranda, Far North Queensland,have been enthusiastic in learningabout workplace information and the

use of workplace technology.

Lois Baird, Fran Oui (pictured )

and Marlene Levers are the first of agroup of workers at Ngoonbi HACCto gain competence in the businesscluster units BSBIMN201A and

BSBWOR204A.

Congratulations Lois, Fran and

Marlene.

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The Project

Indigenous people living inidentified rural and remoteareas will receive targeted agedcare training in their owncommunities under anAustralian Government plan tobring employment

opportunities to Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander

communities.

Eligible services are listed onthe Department of Health and

Ageing Fact Sheet:

http://www.healthsupport.org.au/

ATSIeligibleservices



Disclaimer The material presented in this

publication is distributed by the

Department of Education and Training as an information sourceonly. The information and data in this

publication are subject to changewithout notice.

Activate your career, activate your passion, your promotion, your ambition and activate your future

Your Mind,

Your Learning

Hi, I’m Venessa Curnow. I’m on thereference group for the Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Rural and RemoteTraining Project. I want to introducemyself to the students, service providers

and trainers.

I’m Ait Koedal and Sumu. My backgroundis a registered nurse working in Aboriginaland Torres Strait Islander aged care andhealth in various positions in cities, rural

and remote areas.

Now I work as National Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Liaison Officer,Alzheimer’s Australia, and as a Director

with the National Congress of Australia’s

First People.

Learning is great for your mind, it’s aprotective factor to keep your mind

healthy.

Your mind is more than just chemicals and

messages in your physical brain. Your mind, isyour spirit, motivation, relationships, emotionsand much more. Keeping your mind strongand healthy, also helps to keep your whole

body healthy.

Everyone is learning and teaching every day, it’snot new, we are doing it all the time. So if something seems hard, just ask questions orask for it to be explained in a different way till

you understand it.

One of the best parts about learning, is applyingwhat you’ve learnt to your work. Using what

you have learnt when caring for Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander old people or peoplewith disabilities. This is a way of how learningalso helps your motivation, relationships and

emotions.

Gaining more skills also helps with more jobsfor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoplein aged care and long term care specialities.With certificates of attainment in nationallyrecognised qualifications in aged care andcommunity services your job opportunitiesgrow, and communities capacity to provide

services grow.

Photos: Positive Image Series IV, Alzheimer’s Australia

CONTACT US

TAFE Queensland

Regional Contact Details:

Tropical North

Queensland TAFE

PMB 1 CairnsQLD 4870

Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander Rural andRemote Aged CareTraining Project - Queensland

Geoffrey HardwickeProject Manager

Phone (07) 40 422 457

Email:geoffrey. hardwicke

@deta.qld.gov.au

Sue Winchester Lead Teacher

Phone: 0408 852 162

Email: sue.winchester @deta.qld.gov.au

Alinta Batten

Administration

Phone (07) 40 422 677

Email: alinta.batten

@deta.qld.gov.au

Department of Healthand Ageing ContactDetails:

Peter Okwechime

Aboriginal & TorresStrait Islander AgedCare Workforce

Section Aged Care

Workforce and Better Practice ProgramsBranch Office for Aged Care Quality &ComplianceDepartment of Health &Ageing

GPO Box 9848

Canberra ACT 2601

Phone: (02) 6289 7714

Email:peter.okwechime @health.gov.au

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student guide

Have you received your student guide yet? The TAFE Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander rural and remote aged care training project student guideprovides a brief overview of TAFE policies and services and how to accessthese services. If you would like a copy, contact your teacher or one of the

project staff listed on page 2 of this newsletter.



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Do you use facebook to communicate withyour workmates and fellow students? Whynot post a story, share your experiences, aska question or upload a photo to the projectfacebook page - we would love to hear from

you!

To find us on facebook search for: Indigenousrural and remote aged care training project Queensland

Join the campaign

help us reach 500 likes!

Bamaga HACC has just celebrated

Seniors Week (22nd – 26th August). During

the week long program one of the many

activities was ghost net weaving, Migi-kersar

(Small River) a turtle made totally out of ghost netting.

Bamaga HACC Activities Officers completed

their Certificate III in 2010 and are now going

undertaking their Certificate IV in Leisure and

Health.

Seniors Week was the first major event that they have organised and along with all the

staff at HACC they are celebrating their success and are gearing up to make next year’s

week bigger and better.

Mkd Abgnl

Cpn Home and Community Care,

Cloncurry. Bev Wardrop, Robin Blackburn (actng

manager ) and Laurellee Punch.

Bev Atu and Gayle Tabuai new Activities Officers

Migi-kersar lounging about



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Email:

[email protected]

Telephone:

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For information about the project and electronic copies of

newsletters have a look at http://healthsupport.org.au/ATSI

Artwork:Living in Harmony by

Nicole Wone

STAFF PROFILE

Sue Winchester Project Lead Teacher

Sue is known for looking at life from all

directions!

Sue lives on acreage and has a goal to be

self-sustainable from what she can grow and

how she lives. Sue, an animal lover,

currently has only one dog a great dane

cross named ‘Cheese’, wild brumbies and

cattle to keep her happy. Sue has been

teaching for 12 years in WA, NT and QLD

in a variety of remote and rural areas. Sue

feels that she always takes away more

knowledge than she gives out and feels

richer for the experience. Sue says her

current experience is a challenge and she is

enjoying meeting lots of very interesting people.

Woorabinda Multi-Purpose Health Service

Students at Woorabinda Multi-Purpose HealthService recently learnt about communicationskills. This included aspects of ‘following writteninstructions to complete a task’ as part of units

CHCCS411A or CHCCOM403A.

Students identified a range of issues that impactedon their individual and group communicationmethods and had fun while putting together their

construction.

Lillian Dunne, Joshua Weazel and Evol Doyle

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander rural and remote aged care training project - Queensland Newsletter No: 2, September 2011