Skill development
Existing Aboriginal employees will be provided with opportunities to develop new skills. Plans will extend to prospective employees and offer a range of options to develop skills enhancing entry to the workforce.
Our initiatives aim to raise awareness of training and development opportunities. We will maintain a system for identifying current skills, knowledge and experience, and help implement professional training plans.
Career pathways
We will work with education and training providers to introduce specific employment streams within formal education and training.
Professional learning and development for current employees
We will identify development opportunities for staff through the performance management process.
Scholarships and traineeship programs
We will review existing scholarship arrangements to ensure they continue to be relevant. We will continue working with the Department of Education and Training and other stakeholders to initiate and develop traineeships in health including an Aboriginal enrolled nurse traineeship.
Aboriginal (Health) education partnerships
We plan to establish health education and training pathways. These will extend across schools, vocational education and training and higher education sectors to improve the participation and retention of Aboriginal people within the health workforce.
Career development and progress
We will continue to support the rollout of the Aboriginal health work national competencies. We will support competency reviews and implementations for:
- enrolled nursing
- information technology
- laboratory technical work (PathWest)
- business
- trades
- dental services
We will continue to support work being carried out on a scope of practice model for Aboriginal health work.