Speakers

Day One – Exploring the Workforce Landscape

Morning

PLENARY 1 – Revolution Not Evolution: It’s Happening!

Hon Paul Caica MP, Minister for Employment, Training & Further Education; Department of Further Education, Employment, Science and Technology
Skilling Australia and the Education Revolution

Andrea Rowe, Skills for Care UK
Developing a trained and trusted social care workforce for all our futures.
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John Kirwan, Consultant, Launceston General Hospital TAS
Australian Health Workforce, reform or rhetoric?
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PLENARY 2 - Revolution Not Evolution: It’s Happening!

Dr John Buchanan, Workplace Research Centre, University of Sydney
Moving forward with the CS&H ISC Industry Skills Report
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Peter Carver, National Health Workforce Taskforce
The National Health Workforce Taskforce and the professionalisation of the health industry
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Afternoon

STREAM A – Skills Integration: Partnerships in Children & Youth Services

Dr. Estelle Irving, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
Making a difference for young children and their families: Educating, training and supporting service providers
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Dianne Payne, My Other Mum Childcare & Training
Community capacity building – a sustainable workforce evolves from an innovative AND industry supported training option
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David Bradford and Lisa Molloy, Department of Child Safety ( Queensland) and Sunshine Coast TAFE
The Child Protection Workforce
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STREAM B – Paving School to Work Pathways

Nick Heyne, SA Health
South Australian Health – School to Work Transition Strategy
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Nicole McGreal and Sandy Eagar, Sydney South West Area Health Service
Planning for our Future: Health as a Higher School Certificate Subject
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Caitlin Cox
Australian School-Based Apprentice of the Year
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STREAM C – Enabling the Disability Services Workforce

Rosemary Johnson and Siggy Mills, Lady Lawley Cottage
An Outline of a Competency based Training and Assessment Program implemented at Lady Lawley Cottage
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Maureen Sullivan and Mike Ward, NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC)
Transforming Case Management in DADHC
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Paul Size, Focus - Individualised Support Services
Recruiting and retaining the ideal direct support professional in community residential services for adults with intellectual disability – research findings
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Communities of Practice
Bite-sized sessions designed to stimulate discussion and inspiration…
Delegate may attend four of the following: 4 rotations, 25 minutes, 5 minute change over time

David Bradford and Jude Harrison, Department of Child Safety ( Queensland)
To skill or not to skill: facing the brave new world of work
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Jude Harrison and Patrick Palmer , Department of Child Safety – Queensland
Stretching the curriculum: Learning, retention and professional development in child protection
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Jill Cleaven, South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Health (SESIH)
Getting a head start in nursing
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Susanne Hunter & Lisa Fripp, TAFE NSW & St Vincent's & Mater Health Sydney
Successful Communication for Employees who are from a Non English Speaking Background and work in the Health Support Services
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Lisa Vertue, Royal Adelaide Hospital
New Evolution in the Health Care Revolution
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Elizabeth McNally, ACT Health
The Enrolled Nurse Revolution: Practical solutions for practical nurses
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Kate Milbourne, ACT Health
Important Considerations for Examining the Health Education to Workforce Pipeline
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Christine Schultheis and Angela Wood, Sunshine Coast TAFE and QLD Health
Training to meet current and emerging Allied Health roles in community rehabilitation in Queensland
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Mark Kirk, Churches of Christ Care
Capacity Building - Pastoral Care with a Difference
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Elaine Hall, Premium Health
Flexible Learning in First Aid
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Sharon Carter Figueiredo and Kim Campbell, NuSkills
Positive Futures Caring Togerther – A collaboration between Axis Development, DHCS and Foster Care Agencies in the ACT
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Irwyn Shepherd and Lyn Taylor, Box Hill TAFE
Using Human Patient Simulation (HPS) within the Nursing Curriculum to impact on leaner-centred outcomes and patient safety – the journey thus far
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Sharon Harrison, Allison Young & Brenton Smith, Murray Bridge Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Country Health SA Hospitals Inc, TAFE SA Regional
Locally grown Catchin ‘em and Keepin ‘em – Attracting and retaining health talent in Regional SA
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Ruth Pidriz and Catherine Healion, Victoria University
Enabling the older worker
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Dr Maria Murphy, La Trobe University/Austin Health Clinical School of Nursing
The implementation and evaluation of podcasting and video/audio supported PowerPoint presentations to enhance undergraduate nursing theoretical units
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Jennifer Brooker, RMIT University
Working together to make a difference
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Kathleen Stanton, Health First Training
Training for Excellence in Health
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Dr Tom Karmel, National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER)
How do the community services and health industries acquire their skills?
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Dr Lewis Hughes, Enviro-sys
Capacity building through Awakening enthusiasm for further learning
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Christine Tayler, Charles Darwin University
Indigenous training and development project. Using technology innovatively for low literacy learners
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Michael White
Doing quality differently - A Victorian disability approach
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Anita Jacobsen
The New Community Services Training Package
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Emma Silvester
Skilling Australia for the Future Policy Initiative CS&H ISC activities and response including the use of workforce development tools
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Matthew Palmer
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Mark Shaddock
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Day Two – Innovative Ideas to Action

Morning

PLENARY 1 – Skilling for Social Inclusion

Jonathon Welch, The Choir of Hard Knocks
Accentuate the positive…eliminate the negative!
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Rob Simons, The Smith Family
Head of Research and Evaluation, The Smith Family
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Nicole Highet, beyondblue
beyondblue – A national approach to changing depression awareness, knowledge and attitudes
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Afternoon

STREAM A – Policy to Practice: A Future Focus

Michael Hannon and Jane Conway, NSW Health
When curriculum integrity is not enough: Beyond education and training practice to policy
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Joan Hughes, Carers Australia
Making a difference for working carers
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Gill Genet and Ruth Kibble, Careerforce
A new approach to qualification development and to embedding sustainable workplace learning and assessment within workplace infrastructures
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STREAM B – The Future Nursing Workforce

Natalie Conyer and Fiona Morris, Navitas’ Workforce Division
Nursing: the Global Landscape and the Local Map
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Debbie Blow, Gold Coast TAFE
The N Generation
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Karen Workman, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Enrolled Nurses: Expanding Roles - Make it Happen Collaboratively
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STREAM C – Training: The Next Frontier

Al Dawood and Dennis Owen, NSW Dept. of Community ServicesTAFE NSW National Business Office
Embracing Workforce challenges – Investing in skills development for caseworkers within NSW Department of Community Services
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Trish Gerritsen, Mayfield Education
Building capacity through education by linking people to content, content to purpose and purpose to outcomes
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Evan Brett
Australian Apprentice (Trainee) of the Year
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STREAM A – Growing the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Workforce

Lisa Huff and Josie Kitch, SA Health
Aboriginal Traineeships in Allied Health
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Dr Jan Schmitzer, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
Apprenticeships in Remote Communities
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Erin Peers
Victorian Vocational Student of the Year and Koorie Student of the Year

STREAM B – Contemporary Career Progression In Allied Health

Abbe Anderson, GPpartners Ltd
Medical Assistants – Building Capacity in General Practice
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Rosh Devi and Lisa Huff, SAHCSSB Allied Health Workforce Reform Project & SA Health
Allied Health Workforce Reform - from Work Re-design to Career Progression
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Dr Jenny Sturgess and Meaghan Poulton, QLD Health
Allied Health Workforce Development Officers – An exploration into clinical organisation development
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STREAM C – Collaboration In Communities

Joan O’Connor, Save the Children Australia

Pamela Francis and Susan Jackson, TAFE SA and Community Foodie
Making a Difference - Community Foodies and TAFESA in the Health Sector
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Kooryn Sheaves, Bernadette McKay & Linda Leggott, Community Services Section Nirimba TAFE (NSW)
Together We Do It Better
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