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10619NATCertificate IV in Aboriginal Family Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Work
Course Information and Application Flyer
Workshop #:AB1 / Location:
Tamworth / Coordinators:
Natalie Shortand Sigrid Herring / Applications Close:
2 February 2018
Target Group:Aboriginal male and female applicants only.Aboriginal Family Wellbeing and Violence Prevention workers; Aboriginal Health Workers, sexual assault and family violence counsellors employed by NSW Health; Aboriginal industry partners employed by other government and non-government agencies ie counsellors, safe house workers, refuge workers, court support workers, early childhood workers, mental health, Witness Assistance Officers. Applicants must be employed or work in a voluntary capacity that can be verified.
Description: This course adheres to the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) and has been accredited by the Australian Skills Qualification Authority (ASQA). This program is currently being reviewed by ASQA to place on the NSW Health RTO scope of delivery.
Over the 6 modules participants will have the opportunity to gain skills in:
•Ways in which power and control are used at a historical political social cultural and personal level. Implications of power and control for work in family violence sexual assault and child protection in Aboriginal communities.
•Knowledge and understanding in Aboriginal healing framework with an Aboriginal world view
•Theories behind work in family violence sexual assault and child protection and the implications of these for work in Aboriginal communities.
•Nature, extent and impact of child sexual assault and offender tactics on the child and other family members.
•Ways of working with Aboriginal communities to address family violence sexual assault and child protection.
•Co-operative interagency approaches.
•Community development strategies to address family violence sexual assault and child abuse.
•Respectful approaches to individuals, families and communities affected by family violence sexual assault and child abuse.
Course structure(Completed within 12 months 6 x 1 week modules)
- Socio-political context of Aboriginal Family Health
- Community Development in Aboriginal Family Health
- Issues in Family/Domestic Violence
- Issues in Child Sexual Assault
- Protecting children and young people / physical and emotional abuse and neglect
- Issues in Adult Sexual Assault
Workshop Numbers
AB1-Module 1 - AFHSP
AB2-Module 2 - AFHCD
AB3-Module 3 - AFHDV
AB4-Module 4 - AFHCSA
AB6-Module 5 - AFHCP
AB5-Module 6 - AFHASA / Subjects
Socio-political context of Aboriginal Family Health
Community Development in Aboriginal Family Health
Issues in Family/Domestic Violence
Issues in Child Sexual Assault
Protecting children and young people / physical and emotional abuse and neglect
Issues in Adult Sexual Assault / Dates
26Feb – 2Mar 18
9 Apr – 13 Apr 18
14 May – 18 May 18
25Jun – 29 Jun 18
13Aug – 17 Aug 18
24 Sep – 28 Sep 18
Course Costs:
Your workplace is responsible for funding your travel, accommodation and course fees. Should you experience any difficulty please contact the Course Coordinator in writing to request a payment plan. If you are worried about securing a place in the course please contact the Course Coordinator to record your Expression of Interest and follow up with your application form when your Manager has approved to fund your study.
Whilst the course is funded by NSW Health under the Aboriginal Family Well-being and Violence Prevention strategy it is only free of charge for NSW Health Aboriginal Family Well-being and Violence Prevention Strategy workers employed under this strategy.
Costs for other workers:
Aboriginal workers employed by NSW Health (attendance & assessment)$100/module
Other NSW Aboriginal workers (attendance & assessment)$120/module
Interstate Aboriginal workers (attendance & assessment)$200/module
Any applications for Recognition of Prior Learning and Work Experience (RPL) will be charged at these same rates.
ABSTUDY Status:
Once this course is approved to be on the NSW Health RTO Scope an application will be submitted to ABSTUDY to request that students apply to Centrelink for ABSTUDY Incidental and Away From Base ABSTUDY payments.
Pre-requisites:
Applicants must be Aboriginal and must be employed or working in voluntary capacity.
Enquiries:ECAV Course Co-ordinator: Natalie Short | Phone: 02-9840-3977 | Email:
Application Form – Section A
10619NAT Certificate IV in Aboriginal Family Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Work
Surname: / First Name:Gender: / Date of Birth:
Job Title:
Organisation Name:
Organisation mailing address:
Suburb: / State: / Postcode:
Phone: / Mobile: / Fax:
Email:
Mailing address for correspondence
(if different):
Suburb: / State: / Postcode:
Employer Type
(NSW Health): / Central Coast LHD
Far West NSW LHD
Hunter New England LHD
Illawarra Shoalhaven LHD
Mid North Coast LHD
Murrumbidgee LHD
Nepean Blue Mountains LHD
Northern LHD
Northern Sydney LHD
South Eastern Sydney LHD
South Western Sydney LHD
Southern LHD
Sydney Children’s Hospital
Sydney LHD
Western LHD
Western Sydney LHD / Employer Type (Other): / Aboriginal Affairs
ADHAC
Family & Community Services (FaCS)
Corrective Services
Department of Education
Forensic Mental Health
Housing
Interstate
Justice Health
Juvenile Justice
Ministry of Health
Non-Government
Other Government
NSW Police
Private Practitioners
St Vincent’s Health Network
Please indicate the fee you or your workplace will be paying for this course: $______
Please specify access/mobility requirements:
Application Form – Section B
10619NAT Certificate IV in Aboriginal Family Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Work
Please complete the following questions, as they are relevant to the assessment tasks over all subjects.
Do you identify as: / AboriginalAboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
Torres Strait Islander
Course Details
- Please tell us a little about yourself and what has been your experience of working and or living with community.
- How do you think this course would benefit your work as an Aboriginal Worker addressing sexual assault, child protection and domestic violence?
- What additional skills would you like to learn?
Personal Learning Requirements
Do you have any learning needs?Please outline your support needs / YesNo
Recognition of Prior Learning and Work Experience (Recognition)
Recognition allows a person to receive recognition for the knowledge and skills they have acquired, no matter how and where attained, including overseas. Recognition includes:
Availability to all applicants;
Qualifications issued by other RTOs;
Evidenced previous study (including courses at school or college, through adult education classes or training programs at work);
Evidenced work experience (including both, work that is paid and unpaid;
Evidenced life and community experience (for example leisure pursuits or voluntary work)
If you are requesting Recognition then it is an ASQA requirement that you contact the ECAV workshop coordinator to request a recognition application package.
Please note: The AFWSPC001 Competency in Module 1 is only delivered by ECAV and we encourage participants to complete this module of learning in the classroom rather than through a recognition process.
Language, literacy and numeracy
Learning may be challenging for those people experiencing difficulties in reading, writing, and/or numeracy. NSW Health RTO encourages students experiencing these difficulties to advise the course coordinator to discuss support strategies.
Additional Information to note once you have been accepted into the course:
Welcome:
We welcome you to the 10619NAT Certificate IV in Aboriginal Family Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Work course delivered by the Education Centre Against Violence under the NSW Health RTO.
The Course:
This course is funded through ECAV by the Centre for Aboriginal Health NSW Ministry of Health specifically for workers employed under the Aboriginal Family Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Strategy and their interagency partners. These partners can be Aboriginal workers from any non-government, government, or community based organisation or service across NSW and even inter-state.
The Fees:
Unless you are an Aboriginal Family Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Worker employed under the Aboriginal Family Wellbeing and Violence Prevention Strategy you are required to pay the fees listed on page one of the information/application form.The fees are billed to you annually but you can pay them module by module. Please let us know if you want to pay them module by module.
Travel and Accommodation:
It is your workplace’s responsibility to provide travel and accommodation and pay the course fees. ECAV does not provide travel or accommodation. Students have been successful in applying for ABSTUDY away from base and/or an incidentals payment. These are arrangements between yourself and Centrelink and what we are able to do to support this process is provide the evidence you need that you have enrolled in and are completing the course.
Course Rules:
The course is delivered in 6one-week blocks/modules over the year. One significant course rule is that Module 1 must be completed before any of the other modules can be attempted.
You can complete this course in two ways:
- Attend and participate in the classroom-based learning and receive a Statement of Attainment detailing the competencies you have achieved in the course.
- Attend and participate in the classroom learning and complete all the assessments for this course and receive a full Certificate IV qualification.
Attendance:
Attendance and participation in the class-room based learning is mandatory and students must attend a minimum 80 percent of each of the modules in the course.
If for any reason you miss a module through the year you will be required to catch this module up in the following year. Don’t worry too much if you cannot catch up in time for your graduation. You can still graduate with a Statement of Attainment and be included in the ceremony with your own class. When you have completed the module you missed, you will receive the full certificate qualification.
Graduation:
Every year at the end of May we hold a graduation for students in all the ECAV accredited courses. We hold this ceremony in Sydney and you will need to negotiate travel and accommodation with your workplace. It is an amazing event and important in celebrating your hard work and success. If you need any assistance with advocacy to attend the graduation please let us know.
Training Pathway:
This Certificate IV qualification can be the beginning of an exciting accredited training pathway to University. If you successfully complete the Certificate IV you will be invited to complete the Advanced Diploma of Aboriginal Specialist Trauma Counselling, also offered by ECAV and on the successful completion of both these qualifications you can apply to complete the Graduate Certificate in Human and Community Services offered through Sydney University.
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