The Industry Skills Council has made available their 2009 environmental scan report. This document proved that the community services and health industry is one of the largest employers in Australia and confirmed a massive workforce growth (+38%) from 1998 to 2008.
https://www.cshisc.com.au/docs/R&PProjects/ESCIP/environmentalscan2009_v1.pdf
MF
Friday, April 24, 2009
"Health and Community Services Labour Force 2006" Report
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has recently published this report. In 2006, over 9% of Australia's workforce was employed in health and community services occupations - a 26% increase from 2001. The report confirms that the number of workers aged 55 to 64 has increased by 4% from 2001. The report also provides some info on other factors such as country of birth and qualifications.
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/hwl/hwl-43-10677/hwl-43-10677.pdf
MF
http://www.aihw.gov.au/publications/hwl/hwl-43-10677/hwl-43-10677.pdf
MF
Thursday, April 16, 2009
"BIG Skills Conference" - Papers and presentations
In the last Community.Net newsletter, TRI Community Exchange has made available some presentations from the "Big Skills Conference" held in March 2-5 in Sydney. The Conference brought together major national and international players with an interest in skills and training issues. I would recommend to visit the powerpoint presentations of Phillip Bullock and John Buchanan as they provide a good glimpse of the workforce development debate in Australia.
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/training_skills/programmes_funding/Programme_categories/Conferences/Speakers_Presentations.htm
MF
http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/training_skills/programmes_funding/Programme_categories/Conferences/Speakers_Presentations.htm
MF
National Training Information Services Directory
Looking for an Aboriginal RTO, I found the National Training Information Services Directory website. It is a great resource. I have attached the link to this message
http://www.ntis.gov.au/Default.aspx?/rto/all&page=1&state=01
MF
http://www.ntis.gov.au/Default.aspx?/rto/all&page=1&state=01
MF
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Sydney Facilitators Networl - April meeting
The Sydney Facilitators Network - has advertised their next meeting:
"You are warmly invited to the next meeting of the Facilitators Network on Monday 20th APRIL 2009 (a joint meeting with the Games & Simulations Network (GSN)
Topic: Simulations in the Context of Restorative Practices
The Games and Simulations Network (GSN) Team will lead a session on Restorative Practices to reflect on past, present, future options for use in potentially difficult communication contexts.
The restorative practices concept has its roots in "restorative justice," a new way of looking at criminal justice that focuses on repairing the harm done to people and relationships rather than on punishing offenders (although restorative justice does not preclude incarceration of offenders or other sanctions). Originating in the 1970s as mediation between victims and offenders, in the 1990s restorative justice broadened to include communities of care as well, with victims' and offenders' families and friends participating in collaborative processes called "conferences" and "circles". See http://www.iirp.org/whatisrp.php
This is a collaborative meeting of the Simulations Games Network and the Facilitator’s Network The GSN Team will use a number of strategies from simulation-supported learning contexts – including scenarios and the briefing/action/debriefing sequence. The session will model the use of such tools and invite participants to explore how these can be applied to a variety of contexts where improving the quality of communication is a priority.
Restorative Practices assist individuals and groups re-establish equanimity after damaging exchanges, so we can expect a powerful exploration of its principles. The session will provide insights into the values underpinning restorative practices and simulations for learning, a valuable introduction to current and future oriented communication strategies.
Date: Monday 20th April
Venue: Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street. Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium foot bridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.
Time: from 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp
Social Networking: Afterwards at the Broadway Bar, Cnr. Harris St & Broadway, from 7.30"
"You are warmly invited to the next meeting of the Facilitators Network on Monday 20th APRIL 2009 (a joint meeting with the Games & Simulations Network (GSN)
Topic: Simulations in the Context of Restorative Practices
The Games and Simulations Network (GSN) Team will lead a session on Restorative Practices to reflect on past, present, future options for use in potentially difficult communication contexts.
The restorative practices concept has its roots in "restorative justice," a new way of looking at criminal justice that focuses on repairing the harm done to people and relationships rather than on punishing offenders (although restorative justice does not preclude incarceration of offenders or other sanctions). Originating in the 1970s as mediation between victims and offenders, in the 1990s restorative justice broadened to include communities of care as well, with victims' and offenders' families and friends participating in collaborative processes called "conferences" and "circles". See http://www.iirp.org/whatisrp.php
This is a collaborative meeting of the Simulations Games Network and the Facilitator’s Network The GSN Team will use a number of strategies from simulation-supported learning contexts – including scenarios and the briefing/action/debriefing sequence. The session will model the use of such tools and invite participants to explore how these can be applied to a variety of contexts where improving the quality of communication is a priority.
Restorative Practices assist individuals and groups re-establish equanimity after damaging exchanges, so we can expect a powerful exploration of its principles. The session will provide insights into the values underpinning restorative practices and simulations for learning, a valuable introduction to current and future oriented communication strategies.
Date: Monday 20th April
Venue: Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street. Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium foot bridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.
Time: from 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp
Social Networking: Afterwards at the Broadway Bar, Cnr. Harris St & Broadway, from 7.30"
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Social Bookmarking - Follow up
Dear TDN members
at the last meeting we did not have enough time to talk about social bookmarking which was on the agenda. Social bookmarking can be defined as a method for Internet users to store, organise, search and manage your favorite web pages. It is a really useful e-learning tool. Attached to this message you will find a YouTube presentation on what is social bookmarking and I hope that we can have a brief demostration at the next TDN meeting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU
at the last meeting we did not have enough time to talk about social bookmarking which was on the agenda. Social bookmarking can be defined as a method for Internet users to store, organise, search and manage your favorite web pages. It is a really useful e-learning tool. Attached to this message you will find a YouTube presentation on what is social bookmarking and I hope that we can have a brief demostration at the next TDN meeting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU
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