Volunteer Coordinator
Human Resources
HS2
Permanent Part Time
(48 hrs per fortnight)
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We are seeking a Volunteer Coordinator to join our professional team to help the development and implementation strategy that will enable a large and diverse workforce of adequately trained, appropriately skilled and well supported volunteers to contribute to the services and strategic goals of Wimmera Health Care Group (WHCG). This permanent part time position is available from the 2nd March 2020, and includes a 24 hour working week spread over four days. This is an opportunity to work within a sub-regional, dynamic, and highly respected Public Health Service. This position will further develop internal processes for the consistent approach towards engaging and skills matching volunteers, to assist with the facilitation of social and recreational support services for our consumers. This position will be responsible for a minimum of 80 volunteers, and will develop key stakeholder working relationships throughout WHCG and the wider community.
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Competition time!!!!!!
The Wimmera Regional Sports Assembly annual Sports Star of the Year is being held on February 14th 2020. It is a great way to celebrate the achievements of the Wimmera's sporting achievements for the past year.
There are plenty of other awards that are up for grabs on the night as well, follow the link below to nominate someone or a team for any of the categories.
http://wrsa.org.au/…/sports-star-of-the-year-online-nomina…/
Nominations close January 31st for these special awards.
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The 4CCardiology Conference
Catch us at the 5th International 4 Corners of Cardiology (4CC) conference in Melbourne 7th-8th February.
REGISTER NOW |
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New Aged Care Assessment Arrangements
New aged care assessment arrangements will provide streamlined consumer assessment for access to aged care services from April 2021. Improved processes will mean older Australians get the care they need sooner more information |
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Secure messaging standards to be mandatory
State, Territory and Commonwealth Governments have released a joint statement in support of new standards for secure messaging, stating that the standards will be mandatory in future procurement for applicable systems.
The Australian Digital Health Agency has been working with industry and governments over a number of years to achieve interoperable secure messaging across different systems – necessary to accelerate use of electronic messaging over fax machines and paper transmission.
The approach to national scaling has been launched for a consistent, standards-based approach to secure messaging across Australia, to enable healthcare providers to communicate effectively as part of the National Digital Health Strategy 2018-22. ADHA Media Release |
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Host a kitchen table discussion and invite your community to talk about the future of primary health care!
Submit your Expression of Interest now!
The Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF), in collaboration with Health Consumers Queensland (HCQ) is offering consumers and carers from across Australia the opportunity to facilitate a consultation with their local community on primary health care, and how we can deliver health care in the community that is accessible, convenient and keeps people well.
Primary health care is usually the first contact a person has with the health system and relates to health care received outside of a hospital setting. Primary care providers include your local general practitioner (GP), community nurses, nurse practitioners, allied health professionals, pharmacists, dentists and Aboriginal health workers.
CHF is contributing to the development of the Australian Government’s Primary Health Care 10 Year Plan, and we want to ensure consumer views are central to that plan. They have commissioned HCQ to run a series of 12 Kitchen Table Discussions across the country to hear from consumers about what matters to them when it comes to primary health care.
WHO CAN BE A CONSUMER OR CARER HOST?
HCQ is looking for 12 people to host the Kitchen Table Discussions from across all states and territories. They would like the hosts to have personal experience with, or an interest in, primary health care. They are also interested in representing the views of a range of consumers who may not typically have a say in healthcare. To achieve this, they are particularly looking for hosts who are consumers and/or carers and can demonstrate they have strong links with their communities.
Please complete this application form and return it to consumer@hcq
.org.au by 4pm on
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Consumers can now apply for an aged care assessment online
A new online form is available on the My Aged Care website that allows consumers or someone acting on their behalf to:
- register with My Aged Care
- apply for their first assessment online.
The form can be completed in their own time as an alternative to calling the My Aged Care contact centre.
Visit the My Aged Care website for information about how consumers can now apply for an assessment.
This new functionality will be continuously improved. Please encourage consumers to provide feedback via the survey or Contact us page of the My Aged Care website.
Sector professionals must continue to use the existing ways of making a referral including:
GPs with Medical Director, Best Practice or Genie Practice management systems are encouraged to use the new pre-populating e-referral form.
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Clinical Care and Quality in Home Care Seminar
There will be a focus on how to support non-clinicians, legislative requirements and feedback on recent Aged Care Quality Standards audits in home care.
Melbourne 13th February 2020
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Ambassador Program
Do you want to improve the cardiovascular health of your patients? Apply now for our free 2020 program.
APPLY NOW |
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Most effective ways to tackle Australia’s obesity epidemic revealed
Increasing the price of unhealthy food and improving nutrition education in schools are among the many initiatives that could help address Australia’s obesity epidemic, according to a rapid review organised by the Sax Institute more information |
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NDIS Data and Insights
The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has released some new data and insights.
There is a large amount of diverse data, that provides snapshots, some deep detail and an ability to drill down on specific details. It gives a picture of the needs, successes and challenges for Australians who live with a disability, those who support them, and those who work within the sector more information |
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Working With Stolen Generations
These resources were developed to support GPs, dentists and aged care workers in providing support to Stolen Generations survivors.
Many Stolen Generations survivors experienced childhood trauma as a result of their forced removal from family, community, culture and language, and sometimes also as a result of abuse and racism. Interacting with aged care staff, GPs, dentists and other services is often difficult for survivors, as everyday events can trigger the original trauma, particularly if a situation brings back the lack of control Stolen Generations survivors experienced when they were taken from their families.
These factsheets were developed by The Healing Foundation in collaboration with Stolen Generations survivors, Community Services Australia and the Aged Care Industry Association. They provide practical tips, tailored for each profession, for how staff and management can improve services to Stolen Generations survivors and are designed to create greater awareness about the best ways to provide services to the Stolen Generations without triggering trauma.
Fact sheets for hospitals, allied health professionals and disability services will be available in early 2020 link |
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Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria resources
The DVRCV has created innovative and award-winning resources for those affected by violence. These include:
Arc app - With technology playing an increasingly integral role in today’s relationships and social interactions, the use of technology such as smartphones, tablets and social media platforms to perpetrate family violence is also on the rise. The Arc app enables women experiencing family violence to track details of abusive behaviour by uploading photos, videos, audio and diary entries to create a record of what has happened, when it happened, and how it made them feel.
What's Okay at Home? - based on focus groups and surveys with young people in Victorian secondary schools, DVRCV created a website for young people living with violence and abuse at home. This site is a redesign of the site 'Bursting the Bubble' - a winner of the 2005 Australian Crime & Violence Prevention Award, and the site’s evaluation won the Australasian Evaluation Society Award in 2005
Check out their website here
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Concerned about your drinking or drug use?
24 Hours 7 Days Free And Confidential
1800 888 236
Directline
Self assessment, Support options, Service finder, Peer Support
For you? For someone else?
Find support that’s right for you
Speak to a DirectLine counsellor for on-the-spot information, counselling and referral
1800 888 236
https://www.directline.org.au/self-assessment |
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Have Your Say on Australia’s Long Term Health Plan
The Federal Government wants your feedback on what is important to you when it comes to being healthy or becoming healthier to help shape Australia’s long term national health plan.
The Living Well For Longer – National Preventive Health Strategy Survey focuses on your thoughts and experiences relating to health and well-being and will be used to assist the development of the 10-year National Preventive Health Strategy.
The survey is open to all Australians of all ages and will take around 6-8 minutes to complete. All input to the survey is anonymous. The survey will close on 31 January.
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Census of Workforces that Intersect with Family Violence 2019 / 2020
Deadline extended: Help shape the supports available for workforces preventing and responding to family violence.What does your workplace need? Your feedback is needed for the Family Violence Workforce Census (Census extended until 28 Feb).
The Family Violence Protection Act 2008 recognises family violence as physical, economic, psychological and sexual, and that it can happen in different kinds of family relationships.
A range of workforces play important and different roles in preventing and responding to family violence and violence against women. This was recognised by the Royal Commission into Family Violence and is reflected in the Victorian Government’s long-term plan to equip and support workers to prevent and respond to family violence.
This 2019 Census of Workforces that Intersect with Family Violence is being conducted on behalf of Family Safety Victoria by ORIMA Research, an independent market and social research company link |
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2020 ACAR – It’s not too late to have your say
Stakeholders who have not yet had their say in identifying unmet needs for residential aged care in the 2020 Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR) stakeholder consultations are encouraged to do so by completing a short survey. The survey is currently open on the Consultation Hub and closes this Friday 31 January 2020 at 11.59pm.
Your views are important. Responses will help inform the distribution and targeting approach for the 10,000 new residential aged care places to be made available for allocation in the 2020 ACAR.
Further information on the 2020 ACAR is available on the department’s website |
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Improved Health Program
Supports initiatives which help produce better health outcomes for young Victorians, particularly those in rural and regional Victoria who are at risk of, or living with physical and mental illness.
Click here to view full funding guidelines on the provider's website.
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Research Project Funding
Promotes high quality research by researchers working on topics that will contribute to reducing the negative health and/or social impacts of alcohol consumption in Australia.
Research projects will be funded for up to $40,000 per year for up to three years and might include, for example, evaluations of community interventions or other prevention programs, policy-relevant studies of existing data, studies of the policy process, pilot studies of interventions etc.
ARC Linkage and NHMRC Partnership grant support will be up to $10,000 per annum for up to three years. The timing of this funding will be negotiated based on the application process for the major grant round.
Click here to view full funding guidelines on the provider's website.
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Real Futures
Encourages the best people into the healthcare, business and finance industries by providing a $5000 to one individual.
To be eligible, you must be enrolled full-time in an accredited Australian Tertiary Education Institution and be studying for a certificate, diploma, degree or traineeship in any of the following areas:
- Business – including any business related courses from any institution.
- Finance – including actuarial, statistics, accounting and general finance courses.
- Medicine – including medical and health sciences, surgery and medical research.
- Healthcare – including health and fitness-related specialties, sport sciences, health services assistance and international health.
- Specialist healthcare – including nursing, optometry, dentistry and pharmacy.
Only citizens or permanent residents of Australia can apply.
You must have reached 18 years of age to enter.
To apply for the Real Futures Grant, you will need to write an essay (maximum 700 words) on why you want to work in your selected industry and the difference you hope to make in your particular field of study. Real Futures are looking for submissions that reflect a real desire to improve the quality of people’s lives. It doesn’t have to be great prose, just honest and from the heart, so start thinking about the real reasons you have chosen the career path you have and then put them into words.
Click here to view full funding guidelines on the provider's website.
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Pain Management - Health Practitioner Education Strategy
The purpose of the grant opportunity is to develop a considered, strategic approach for the dissemination and delivery of pain management education and training across a broad range of health practitioner disciplines. Development of the education strategy will ensure that health professionals have access to, and are appropriately supported in providing, effective evidence-based management and care of patients affected by chronic pain.
The grant strongly aligns with goals in the National Strategic Action Plan for Pain Management 2019 (the Action Plan), to address the burden of chronic pain in Australia.
Application: https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/G09499/apply |
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