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'Discovering Babies'
Well …our
Discovering Babies project is coming to a close, and
what a fabulous response from the industry we had
over the past 12 months.
If you recall, our
project was to research specifically the care for
babies within the industry and to determine what
training is necessary to provide the skills to care
for this age group. We did recognise that there are
specific skills to care for very young babies and
that services are finding more and more that babies
are coming into care from as early as 8 weeks old.
Our project aimed to look at what skills are needed
and how can they be obtained within the parameters
of the current training package. Also, what
training needs to occur and by whom?
What we do know and
what has been confirmed by our project findings is
that there are various types of skills, technical
knowledge, practical skills, employability skills
and skills we call 'soft' skills. The outcomes of
this project that we anticipated was to identify a
set of specific training strategies that will ensure
that all skills, but particularly the 'soft' skills
such as nurturing can be delivered and assessed as
part of the training.
From the
beginning…..we identified a range of participants
from various age groups, with varying
qualifications, from a cross section of children’s
services sectors, with varying years of experience
with babies.
Then......we met with and interviewed a range of
practitioners, from all sectors and groups and asked
them some specific targeted questions such as:
From
this and other questions and conversations, we
developed some lead questions to further explore.
Symposium Dinner
On the 21st August 2008 we held a hugely
successful dinner symposium at the Amore Hotel in
Richmond. This dinner was attended by over 30
guests from a range of service types, industry areas
and with varying qualifications and specialties.
At the dinner we explored in more details some of
the key findings of the surveys.
The group provided us with an abundance of
information, some of which confirmed what we had
expected in terms of the across the board lack of
confidence from staff working with young babies and
highlighted strongly some new information such as
the opportunity to just observe skilled workers in
practice.
So what do we do
now?
From this information we were able to make some
generalized assumptions and after many months of
confirming with participants and meetings internally
with our team and a range of specialists we have
made a range of changes to our training package and
to our delivery methods.
If you would like more information,
or would like to enroll a student into our new
training package, please contact
Caren Watts on 1300 799 610 or 0402 771 597 or
caren@practicaloutcomes.com.au
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We would love to hear from
you ! A copy of this information is available
here
- feel free to download
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New
Project!! Recognition of Prior Learning
(RPL)
Practical Outcomes
is also pleased to announce that we have a new
project for 2009. We are very excited about
the opportunities that this project will offer our
students and employers.
This project
provides us with funding from the Commonwealth
Government's Department of Education, Employment and
Workplace Relations to review all our RPL processes
and methods. In short this means developing a
streamlined process that allows students to have
their skills and experience recognised and mapped to
the Diploma of Children's Services.
The outcome will be
a shorter Diploma time.....
The project will
involve:
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Reviewing and extending on our interview and
observation based RPL process.
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Looking at whether a web-based or CD based
accelerated learning program will help students
during the RPL process.
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Reviewing our gap training program and mapping
this to
our RPL tools to allow for a smooth transition
between RPL and identified training.
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Reviewing and developing a workplace based
mentoring/coaching program to strengthen our
third party (employer based) assessment.
We are keen to work
with all our employers on this project.
Watch this space
for more information !!. Alternatively you can
contact us for more information on 1300 799 610 or
caren@practicaloutcomes.com.au.
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Skills
Stores and Recognition- GREAT
OPPORTUNITY !!
$250 Grants
are available from the Government's
new Skills stores.
These grants
can be used to help pay for your
recognition program for 1 unit or a
whole qualification.
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Are you looking to re-train
or re-enter the workforce?
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Do you have lots of skills
and experience but no “piece
of paper” to prove it?
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Do you need information on
courses or training for
employment or career
improvement but don’t know
where to start?
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Are you a business looking
to increase the skills of
your workforce?
If you answered
‘yes’ to any of the above, then a
visit to your nearest Skills Store
can help you recognise your skills
or the skills of your staff and
build your future.
All Skills Store
Services - including advice,
obtaining an initial skills profile
are free-of-charge.
Please feel free to
call if you are interested in
finding out more information or if
you would like a referral to a
skills store near you.
To find out more
click here -
Skills Stores.
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