Trainer / L&D Project Manager
(Child Protection/ Out of Home Care portfolio)
Passionate about social justice and building the capability of the community sector?
Enjoy being part of a supportive team that values diversity?
Thrive working in a dynamic environment?
• Full-time appointment (35 hours per week) – part time may be considered
• Flexible working hours
• Central Haymarket location
Download the application guidelines and job description - applications close Monday 21st November 2011
Further questions can be directed to Linda Watson, Senior L&D Project Manager, at 02 9281 8822 or email linda@acwa.asn.au
MF
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Training in Western Sydney
TRI Community Exchange has made available a list of 53 Non-for-Profit organisations providing training to the welfare and community services sector. The list is available from this link:
http://www.cnet.ngo.net.au/content/category/4/90/504/50/0/
MF
http://www.cnet.ngo.net.au/content/category/4/90/504/50/0/
MF
“LOW PAID CARE FORUM – INSECURITY OF EMPLOYMENT IN HUMAN SERVICES” – University of Sydney
I have recently attended this forum (18 October 2011) on workforce issues affecting the third sector at Sydney University. There were speakers from the Union, Academia and the NGO sector and this is a summary of the main points discussed.
Australian Services Union – Presentation
• The Equal Pay campaign is a response to the employment insecurity faced by the sector
• Background: our campaign was boosted by the decision of the Queensland Government to increase Community Sector funding to achieve equal pay. This also triggered the National Case
• Fair Work Australia is currently processing the case
• The Equal Pay case has two aspects: the political one and the legislative context.
• The community sector is a highly feminized industry compared to others
• The following actions and tactics were conducted as part of the campaign: evidence was collected; “Send a kiss to Julia” cards; and comparing incomes in the public and community sector for similar work.
• The May decision was only half a win confirming that gender is a major issue influencing wage disparity. The other half is getting Governments (Federal and State) to agree to funding the wages upgrades.
• ASU is providing free membership to students
UNITED VOICE – presentation
• Presentation focused on the experience of those cared for in aged care and child care facilities – ECEC
• The main feature of this industry is low pay
• In Aged care, workers are paid $16 to $19 an hour
• The vast majority work part time with high levels of turnover – for example, In ECEC – one third of the workforce – leave the industry every year
• This is skilled work that is not recognized as skilled and not remunerated according to skill levels. Most workers in the aged care industry have certificate III – level qualifications.
• Insecurity: for aged care and ECEC low pay is the major cause of insecurity because workers cannot afford the basics and need to work additional jobs
• In aged care, the high turnover jeopardizes quality care
• ECEC/Child Care – first five years are vital for development. High turnover is disruptive and impacts quality education
• Why are aged care and ECEC low paid?
1. Highly feminized industry
2. Perceived as low skill
3. Low level of union membership
4. Difficult to organize – large numbers of small employers
• Solutions
1. Union and community organizing to win professional wages
2. Professional wages will lead to higher quality care and education
3. Employers, care recipients, parents cannot afford to pay
4. Quality aged care and ECEC benefits all – Government needs to pay wages
5. Acknowledge that employers on their own cannot afford wage rises – need to be allies with them when approaching Government.
Gabrielle Meagher – University of Sydney – Presentation – “Care and Vulnerability to Poverty”
• Workers working with people with disability, old people and children concentrate the low wages in the economy
• In Australia most of the workers and carers are female
• State services provision has shrunk, services have been outsourced to the Non-for-Profit sector
• Undervaluation of care matters
• For care workers – as a matter of gender equality
• For people in need of care – care quality depends on the care workforce
• For society
Paul Falson – St Vincent de Paul – Presentation
• In our sector, Gender is the main issue
• Reasons: how society is structured
• Care has been commodified
• Who is designated as “spare”? the poor, the disadvantaged
• Social policy is shaped by a “professional discourse” which supports the idea that “people can turn their lives around if they want”. This implies that those that need “support” are somehow faulty/at fault and the work of those doing the supporting is devalued.
Miguel Ferrero
Australian Services Union – Presentation
• The Equal Pay campaign is a response to the employment insecurity faced by the sector
• Background: our campaign was boosted by the decision of the Queensland Government to increase Community Sector funding to achieve equal pay. This also triggered the National Case
• Fair Work Australia is currently processing the case
• The Equal Pay case has two aspects: the political one and the legislative context.
• The community sector is a highly feminized industry compared to others
• The following actions and tactics were conducted as part of the campaign: evidence was collected; “Send a kiss to Julia” cards; and comparing incomes in the public and community sector for similar work.
• The May decision was only half a win confirming that gender is a major issue influencing wage disparity. The other half is getting Governments (Federal and State) to agree to funding the wages upgrades.
• ASU is providing free membership to students
UNITED VOICE – presentation
• Presentation focused on the experience of those cared for in aged care and child care facilities – ECEC
• The main feature of this industry is low pay
• In Aged care, workers are paid $16 to $19 an hour
• The vast majority work part time with high levels of turnover – for example, In ECEC – one third of the workforce – leave the industry every year
• This is skilled work that is not recognized as skilled and not remunerated according to skill levels. Most workers in the aged care industry have certificate III – level qualifications.
• Insecurity: for aged care and ECEC low pay is the major cause of insecurity because workers cannot afford the basics and need to work additional jobs
• In aged care, the high turnover jeopardizes quality care
• ECEC/Child Care – first five years are vital for development. High turnover is disruptive and impacts quality education
• Why are aged care and ECEC low paid?
1. Highly feminized industry
2. Perceived as low skill
3. Low level of union membership
4. Difficult to organize – large numbers of small employers
• Solutions
1. Union and community organizing to win professional wages
2. Professional wages will lead to higher quality care and education
3. Employers, care recipients, parents cannot afford to pay
4. Quality aged care and ECEC benefits all – Government needs to pay wages
5. Acknowledge that employers on their own cannot afford wage rises – need to be allies with them when approaching Government.
Gabrielle Meagher – University of Sydney – Presentation – “Care and Vulnerability to Poverty”
• Workers working with people with disability, old people and children concentrate the low wages in the economy
• In Australia most of the workers and carers are female
• State services provision has shrunk, services have been outsourced to the Non-for-Profit sector
• Undervaluation of care matters
• For care workers – as a matter of gender equality
• For people in need of care – care quality depends on the care workforce
• For society
Paul Falson – St Vincent de Paul – Presentation
• In our sector, Gender is the main issue
• Reasons: how society is structured
• Care has been commodified
• Who is designated as “spare”? the poor, the disadvantaged
• Social policy is shaped by a “professional discourse” which supports the idea that “people can turn their lives around if they want”. This implies that those that need “support” are somehow faulty/at fault and the work of those doing the supporting is devalued.
Miguel Ferrero
Sydney Facilitators Network - November Meeting
The Sydney Facilitators Network will hold their November meeting on Monday 14th November at 5.30 pm at UTS. The main speaker will be Dr. Claire Jankelson. Claire has a teaching background and has a particular interest in the nature of learning. In the last 2 years, Claire has been teaching Transformative Leadership at UWS, conducting research at the Metavision Institute and supervising PhD's at Macquarie Graduate School of Management.
The session will work towards defining the kinds of questions that are invigorating our work; a clarification of our leadership!
"Are you intrigued by the notion of what you are actually doing?
What is the relationship between what you imagine you do and what happens?
And what do you imagine you’re doing, when you say I'm 'facilitating'?
When we say we're coaching or facilitating or mentoring, what is it that is really happening? Who is doing what to whom and then how does the next thing happen?
This session will be an opportunity to hold a dialogue with our work.
• How do we make 'form'; How do we shape 'substance'?
• How are we 'in sympathy' with our work?
• And what are those moments in our work where we feel amazed? Amazed to be alive!
This exploratory session will dialogue with our work or with our role working towards clarifying our actual intentions and goals.
We hope it will invigorate what we do".
Venue: [Our usual venue]
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street.
Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.
Time:
From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up
The session will work towards defining the kinds of questions that are invigorating our work; a clarification of our leadership!
"Are you intrigued by the notion of what you are actually doing?
What is the relationship between what you imagine you do and what happens?
And what do you imagine you’re doing, when you say I'm 'facilitating'?
When we say we're coaching or facilitating or mentoring, what is it that is really happening? Who is doing what to whom and then how does the next thing happen?
This session will be an opportunity to hold a dialogue with our work.
• How do we make 'form'; How do we shape 'substance'?
• How are we 'in sympathy' with our work?
• And what are those moments in our work where we feel amazed? Amazed to be alive!
This exploratory session will dialogue with our work or with our role working towards clarifying our actual intentions and goals.
We hope it will invigorate what we do".
Venue: [Our usual venue]
University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street.
Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.
Time:
From 5:30pm to 7:30pm sharp | No RSVP - Just turn up
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Two Articles - Learning and Technology
Two interesting articles explore the relationship between learning and technology.
The first article is called: "Toward a Personal Learning Environment Framework" which examines the potential for personal learning environments where learners can design a ‘flexible entry point that enables learner-controlled integration of different learning tools and services into a personalized place' (p. 71).
Website address: http://apo.org.au/commentary/research-review-self-directed-learning
The second article explores and argues that transparency promotes interactivity and participation in collaborative Web 2.0 learning environments. Transparency enhances a pedagogy centered around the learner and the production of knowledge in open communities. The best practical example of this is the Wiki. The wiki is a flexible, social, and easy tool to use for collaborative purposes.
Website address of the article: http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3333/3070
MF
The first article is called: "Toward a Personal Learning Environment Framework" which examines the potential for personal learning environments where learners can design a ‘flexible entry point that enables learner-controlled integration of different learning tools and services into a personalized place' (p. 71).
Website address: http://apo.org.au/commentary/research-review-self-directed-learning
The second article explores and argues that transparency promotes interactivity and participation in collaborative Web 2.0 learning environments. Transparency enhances a pedagogy centered around the learner and the production of knowledge in open communities. The best practical example of this is the Wiki. The wiki is a flexible, social, and easy tool to use for collaborative purposes.
Website address of the article: http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3333/3070
MF
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
NSW Government VET Consultation forums
The NSW Government has announced the start of a skills reform consultation process to develop a more highly skilled workforce and make NSW the number one economy in the country. Skills play an important role in boosting productivity and raising workforce participation, which are vital to economic growth.
DEC will be holding consultations from Monday 10th to Monday 24th October 2011 in the following locations around NSW:
•Western Sydney – Monday 10th October
•Sydney – Wednesday 12th October
•Nowra – Friday 14th October
•Dubbo – Tuesday 18th October
•Newcastle – Friday 21st October.
•Wagga Wagga – Monday 24th October
•Wollongong - Tuesday 25th October
•Tamworth - Friday 28th October
•Coffs Harbour - Wednesday 2nd November
The consultations will be held from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. Venues will be confirmed after registration. If you are registered you will be able to get the venue details for the Western Sydney consultation. I have attached to this message the following links which will give you more background including the discussion paper.
https://www.training.nsw.gov.au/vet/skills_reform/index.html
https://www.training.nsw.gov.au/forms_documents/vet/discussion_paper.pdf
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/skills_reform_registration
MF
DEC will be holding consultations from Monday 10th to Monday 24th October 2011 in the following locations around NSW:
•Western Sydney – Monday 10th October
•Sydney – Wednesday 12th October
•Nowra – Friday 14th October
•Dubbo – Tuesday 18th October
•Newcastle – Friday 21st October.
•Wagga Wagga – Monday 24th October
•Wollongong - Tuesday 25th October
•Tamworth - Friday 28th October
•Coffs Harbour - Wednesday 2nd November
The consultations will be held from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. Venues will be confirmed after registration. If you are registered you will be able to get the venue details for the Western Sydney consultation. I have attached to this message the following links which will give you more background including the discussion paper.
https://www.training.nsw.gov.au/vet/skills_reform/index.html
https://www.training.nsw.gov.au/forms_documents/vet/discussion_paper.pdf
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/skills_reform_registration
MF
Sydney Facilitators Network - October Meeting
The Sydney Facilitators Network meeting will be held on Monday 10th October at 5.30 pm at University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Jones Street, Ultimo corner Thomas Street.
Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.
The topic will be Collaborations:
" Collaboration is the word on everyone’s lips as it seems that collaboration is a desired ingredient in current business, government and social change initiatives. Collaboration is the key trend in change for the foreseeable future and along with climate change is one of the great challenges of our time.
According to change guru John Kotter, Change Management doesn’t work 80% of the time. If this is so there is huge potential in filling this yawning gap. Is this the once in a generation big break for facilitators?
In this session we will explore the following big questions and more
· What is collaborative change?
· What are the opportunities for facilitators?
· What skills are required of collaborative change agents?
· What roles make collaborative change really work?
· What tools are required to facilitate grassroots initiated collaborative change?
Who should come? Change agents, facilitators, project leaders, strategists and anyone planning or implementing collaborative change"
Room 5.580 Level 5, Building 10, Take the lift to level 5, cross the atrium footbridge, walk straight ahead to room 580.
The topic will be Collaborations:
" Collaboration is the word on everyone’s lips as it seems that collaboration is a desired ingredient in current business, government and social change initiatives. Collaboration is the key trend in change for the foreseeable future and along with climate change is one of the great challenges of our time.
According to change guru John Kotter, Change Management doesn’t work 80% of the time. If this is so there is huge potential in filling this yawning gap. Is this the once in a generation big break for facilitators?
In this session we will explore the following big questions and more
· What is collaborative change?
· What are the opportunities for facilitators?
· What skills are required of collaborative change agents?
· What roles make collaborative change really work?
· What tools are required to facilitate grassroots initiated collaborative change?
Who should come? Change agents, facilitators, project leaders, strategists and anyone planning or implementing collaborative change"
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