Month: July 2024

News

IUIH announces new RTO: EMPOWA Training

Post author By Angela Yin
Post date 22 July 2024

The Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) is proud to announce that on 14 June, we received registration for our new Registered Training Organisation (RTO), EMPOWA Training (RTO code 46204). It is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled RTO.

IUIH CEO Adrian Carson said, “We established EMPOWA Training in response to a need for training and learning opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who want a pathway into the health and community workforce that is led by Community and based on Our Ways.”

Through accredited training and nationally recognised qualifications, EMPOWA Training will train Mob and grow the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce. These graduates will be essential to expand the range and capacity of culturally safe health and community care services needed to support the growing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in southeast Queensland.

EMPOWA Training broadens IUIH’s scope to provide training and education pathways for Community. It will provide culturally safe, wraparound support for learners and increase the skilled, qualified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workforce. This directly impacts the social determinants of health while building our workforce and supporting better health outcomes for Community.

Initially, EMPOWA Training will offer the HLT30121 Certificate III in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care to a small cohort of network staff. Over time, we will offer eight courses in total across health, work-readiness, business and community services.

“We look forward to welcoming EMPOWA Training’s first learners in the coming months,” Mr Carson said.

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The IUIH Employment Strategy 2023–2026

Post author By Kristie Harris
Post date 11 July 2024

The IUIH Employment Strategy 2023–2026 guides how we build our workforce, following our Strategic Plan and Cultural Integrity Investment Framework, and embedding The Ways. It aims to grow both IUIH’s and the broader health and community services workforce, while simultaneously addressing employment as one of the social determinants of health for Our People.

The strategy builds on effective programs and work already underway. Through socialisation/propa ways, employment pathways, and growing our own, we will continue to develop the broader workforce, and equip and empower IUIH staff to enable effective and propa delivery of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Southeast Queensland.

Supporting more than a decade of growth, 20% of our workforce has been recruited through our training and development pathways, and nearly 50% of IUIH staff are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander.

The focus areas of education, employment pathways, and socialisation and development are already included in IUIH programs and ways of working, from Pathways, Our Way Academy (POWA) and orientation to regular check-in yarns. Under the employment strategy this will continue to expand further into accredited training, school-based traineeships, work readiness programs, work-based traineeships, cadetships, broader university partnerships, and mentoring and support.

In collaboration with our network, funding bodies, and wider industry partnerships, we aim to achieve four strategic goals:

Strategic goal 1: mobilise our communities to increase employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
- attracting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
- culturally responsive best practice recruitment and retention
- opening pathways
- community collaboration
Strategic goal 2: an organisation with cultural integrity
- socialising our people
- working in propa ways

Strategic goal 3: growing a strong and deadly workforce
- supporting continuous learning and development
- facilitating networks that build supportive relationships and promote growth opportunities
Strategic goal 4: accountability for our outcomes
- conduct rigorous reviews and be accountable and transparent in reporting our achievements.

Tags Employment, IUIH, Strategy

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Yarnin’ Disability: July 2024 edition

Post author By Angela Yin
Post date 1 July 2024

Does your child have a disability?

We want to know if there is community interest in a potential new service specifically for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with a disability.

The new service would use the Early Childhood Education Intervention (ECEI) Key Worker model to ensure that we provide services aligned with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways, in a culturally safe environment and framework. Our team would work with families to identify the needs and priorities of their children and to connect them with the community and services.

We are seeking expressions of interest from carers of children under nine years old with a disability who would be interested in accessing this service, or finding out more about it.

Skilling up Mob with a disability to work

We joined forces with HELP Enterprises and All Abilities to employ two Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduate interns on three-month contracts as part of our focus to support Mob into employment.

Both interns will finish their contracts at the end of June with on-the-job experience and ready to secure employment either within the IUIH network or in the wider disability services sector.

This is what Jade had to say about the experience:

“My working experience in the disability team has been amazing. Especially since it’s an entirely new work environment for me. The girls were so lovely and helpful when needed. I’ve really enjoyed my placement and being able to go out and see/connect with Mob and see what other business units also do. Last week I was on placement in reception and had a ball! The girls were so nice and explained things very well. I wasn’t expecting to be taking phone calls the first day, but I just jumped in and had a go, which went really well. I think my favourite part of this internship is being able to work with the disability team and being able to help them with their tasks. I’ve learnt so much working besides Temika, she’s great at explaining things and very helpful with any questions I have. I’ve definitely learnt so much about IUIH and the NDIS and hope to continue to learn more.”

– Jade (pictured)

Upcoming events - come say hi!

We’re excited to be part of some upcoming community events:

5 July – Buranga Widjung Justice Group – Caboolture NAIDOC event
17 July – NAIDOC for Jarjums
13 September – Burpengary School and Community Expo
25 September – Kyabra Family Fun Day – Kyabra Community Association.

Throughout July, we are coming to a clinic near you! The IUIH Disability Services team will visit each clinic across Moreton ATSICHS and Yulu-Burri-Ba to provide information about the NDIS and the services available. Ensure you have your questions ready to ask!

Check with your local MATSICHS or YBB clinic to find out when the disability team will next be there.

Protect yourself from the flu

We are sure that you have noticed the chill in the air! Now is the time to get the flu shot.

Our public health physician, Dr Jacqui Murdoch, was recently on DC Radio, talking all things flu. Click the picture on the right to hear it!

Book in to your local clinic to get your flu shot today.

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