CARING YOUR FUTURE A Pilot Partnership Program introduction to the Aged Care Industry

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CARING YOUR FUTUREA Pilot Partnership
Programintroduction to the Aged Care Industry

• ACSA Conference
• Jane Bartlett
• Partnerships Manager
• YouthJET

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Career Advice Australia

• NICS (National Industry Career Service)
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• RICA (Regional Industry Career Advisors)
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• Local Community Partnerships

Career Advice Australia (CAA) is an Australian
Government initiative aimed at providing Young
Australians with improved access to high quality
information on career opportunities in industry
and to assist Australian industry address skill
needs and engage in young peoples career
development.
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YouthJET -a Not for Profit Organisation
To enhance information, services and programs for
young people aged 13 24 years, which assist
them to make successful transitions from school.

• Structured Workplace Learning
• Career and Transitions Services
• Adopt a School Programs

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Caring Your Future

• is a local partnership of community, industry and
  schools working together to promote careers and
  offer work experiences within the Aged Care
  industry.
• Introduction to whole of industry and career
  opportunities

• Life Care
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• Italian Benevolent Foundation
• TAFE SA
• University of SA
• Loreto College
• Australian Industry Group
• YouthJET

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Why develop this partnership?

• Key stakeholders actively contribute to design of
  programmes
• Key stakeholders responsible for their areas of
  expertise
• Sustainable and cost effective
• Development of programmes that engage our youth
  in Aged Care career pathways
• Proactive approach to skills shortages

Life Care Youth Ambassadors
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An Adopt a School Partnership Program
Stage 1-site visits and training 3 Days
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Stage 2 Work Experience Project

• The aim of this work experience project is to
  enable students to understand, empathise and
  learn from an elderly person with a view to
  consider whether they would like to undertake
  work with elderly people as a career.
• Oral history interviews
• Art, craft or music project
• Develop a Myspace or Facebook site with an
  elderly person/s
• Other ideas to be negotiated.

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Stage 3- Public Presentation

• Students were able to present their projects to
  an audience of Industry personnel, School staff
  and parents at a celebration event

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• Students also received certificates for their
  participation and completion of the project

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Stage 4- Students become industry Ambassadors.

• All Students then delivered a presentation to
  their peers at school highlighting their
  experience and the careers identified within the
  industry

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South Australian Certificate Unit

• The SACE Board of SA approved an assessment plan
  for this program enabling students to receive a
  unit towards their secondary Certificate.

• Assessment includes
• Situated Learning Task 40
• Collaborative Task 30
• Portfolio Discussion 30

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Student Feedback

• I learnt that old people are fun and theyre not
  what people say about them. You dont really know
  what they are going to do next
• The older people were very nice and easy to get
  along with.
• I enjoyed listening to their stories.
• I loved the atmosphere
• It gave me a good understanding of what aged
  care involved
• I enjoyed getting involved in the activities the
  residents did
• I really enjoyed listening to the talks and the
  tour of the Uni
• loved the people
• This nursing home was like a close knit family,
  living together and enjoying time together
• meeting and talking to people doing jobs/careers
  in Aged Care gave me a good understanding of the
  variety of jobs in the industry

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Outcomes

• 9 students completed the program evaluation
• All students enjoyed the 3 days
• 7 students believe they would like a career in
  Aged Care, 2 were undecided
• 7 students indicated the program had changed
  their mind about a career in Aged Care
• 7 students would be interested in VET studies in
  nursing or Community Services
• 8 students would like to become volunteers in an
  aged Care facility
• All students would recommend this program to
  their peers

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What next!

• Developed a course through the Australian Nursing
  Federation for students in Yrs 10-12
• Planning teacher programs
• Opportunity for other organisations to engage
  with schools
• (Connell Wagner model)
• (Life Care Youth Ambassadors)
• Plan future programs for 2009

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Thank you to the partnership committee John
Lawrence and Anthea Daly Life Care Robert
Dempsey Italian Benevolent Foundation Josephine
Cray TAFE SA Pamela Alde University of
SA Megan Clark Australian Industry
Group Vanessa Hearnden Loreto College