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Community-Led Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health

Workforce Solutions 14th National Rural Health Conference, Cairns April 2017

Donna Murray - IAHA CEO

Kylie Stothers - IAHA Workforce Development Officer

Copyright © 2015, Indigenous Allied Health Australia

Indigenous Allied Health Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which this workshop is being held. We pay our respects to elders past, present and future and we thank them for their continued custodianship and care for

country.

Acknowledgment of Country


Membership


Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Workforce; • GROWTH – building an Allied Health workforce • EDUCATION – transforming the curricula,

professional standards, pathways & delivery • SUPPORT – leadership, professional development,

cultural responsiveness and success • RETENTION – workforce innovation, cultural safety

& sustainability

IAHA Workforce Development


• Contribute to better health outcomes for Aboriginal people and all Australians

• Bring unique cultural knowledges, perspectives and strengths in addition to professional skills and knowledge

• Holistic view of health - physical, spiritual, emotional, social and cultural wellbeing

• Contribute significantly to eliminating racism from the health system

Why build an Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Workforce?


• Leaders and our health professionals have the solutions and strategies to improve health and wellbeing outcomes

• We see our profession and practice through unique cultural and professional lens – social and cultural determinants

• We actively participate in decision making required to make sustainable change – generational thinking

• Culturally safe and responsive practice embedded • Have personal investment in leading change and innovation

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Strengths


Northern Territory (Allied) Health Academy


Governance and Leadership • AMSANT • CDU • Flinders NT • NT Govt

– Health Department – Education Department – ISACNT

• High School students • Families • Schools • Community


• GNARTN Workforce Forum (2014)

• GNARTN Allied Health Rural Generalist Program (2015)

• GNARTN Enhancing Training Post Capacity to Meet Supply and Demand for Medical Trainee (2015)

• Flinders NT : NT Allied Health Workforce Study (2010)

• Blueprint for Action - Pathways into the Health Workforce for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (2008)

Health Workforce Research


• National Cultural Respect Framework • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan -

Implementation Plan: (2015 – 2023) • National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce

Strategic Framework (2016 – 2023) • Indigenous Education Strategy (Dept of Education) 2015-2024 • Supported School Based Traineeships • NT Aboriginal Health Partnership Framework (NTG and AMSANT)

(2015 – 2020) • NT Govt investment in Allied Health services in the NT (2016) • NT Aboriginal Health Plan (2015-2018)

Health Workforce Policy


Our strategies to build a workforce

• Community led and driven • Centrality of Culture • Wrap around supports that

meet the needs of NT community

• Collaboration and partnerships


NT (Allied) Health Academy Model


• Sustainable outcomes that are led by the local community

• Privileging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of KNOWING, BEING and DOING

• Continuously adapt to local community and student needs and aspirations

• IAHA as a facilitator of change • Broad stakeholder support and investment • Successful model that can be transferred

WHY this approach?


“After I finished high school I completed a Certificate III and IV in Fitness to become a qualified personal trainer.”

“I met a few people who had done allied health degrees and it was awesome, just to know that there was that support network while you’re studying and after you finish your degree.”

“Definitely do it. Any of the allied health professions is a great area to get involved in. The one piece of advice I would give would be to try and get some work experience as a student beforehand”

Elly Wone, Student Bachelor of Exercise Physiology


Contact Details IAHA Secretariat Postal address: PO Box 323 Deakin West , ACT 2600 Phone: 02 6285 1010 Fax: 02 6260 5581 Email: [email protected] Web: www.iaha.com.au

Indigenous Allied Health Australia is supported by financial assistance from the Australian Government Department of

Health

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