Greg Franks Executive Officer

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Greg FranksExecutive Officer

• Domestic Violence Workforce Development, Training
  and Professional Development Scoping Project
• Summary of Findings

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What is a Skills Board?

• State based 9 in SA
• Reincarnated from ITABs
• Not-for-profit
• Industry led
• Not an RTO or NAC and
• Comprises members that genuinely represent the
  interests of the relevant industry parties
• Employer Union representation

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What does the Skills Board do?
Promote Workforce Development
Support Careers Employment
Collate Communicate Industry Intelligence
Industry Representation
SA Input to Training Packages Qualifications
Promote Advantages of Training Education
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Workforce Development definition Skills for the
Future 2003

• those activities which increase the capacity of
  individuals to participate effectively in the
  workforce throughout their whole working life and
  which increase the capacity of firms to adopt
  high performance work practices that support
  their employees to develop the full range of
  their potential skills and values

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Overview of Project

• The Domestic Violence Sector Workforce
  Development project sought to identify the
  priority needs for workforce development,
  training professional development of workers
  that, if implemented, would improve service
  delivery.

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Methodology

• Half day workshop with the industry
  representatives to identify issues, areas for
  reform, and PD of workers
• Online survey that was disseminated to the field.
  
• Key findings reported to a workshop of industry
  representatives for validation and
  prioritisation.
• Findings, priorities and recommendations
  implementation plan was prepared for endorsement
  by the Board and submission to DFEEST

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Priority Issues

• Common understanding of DV (and philosophy and
  shared practice)
• Coordination of training
• Delivery
• Whole of violence
• Training calendar (accessible to all)
• Identification of gaps
• Training that incorporates awareness of other
  forms of violence and the relationships

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Priority Issues

• Connection between on the job training and
  training (supervision, time, integration,
  realism, support, regular periodic interventions)
• Training Content
• Baseline training for CJS (and other sectors) and
  DV sector
• accredited non-accd
• DV content in higher ed
• Non-gov Gov workforce equity (including wkrs
  leaving NG for higher pay in Gov).

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Training Needs
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Training Content Findings
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Training Availability Findings
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Recruitment Findings
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On-Line PD Training Calendar

• Develop an online training calendar for the
  violence sector, including encouraging and
  supporting organisations who deliver training
  related to domestic violence, rape and sexual
  assault and child protection.
• Launch the online training calendar. Ensure it is
  promoted both within the violence sector and also
  to other sectors that have a need for training in
  this area.

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DVeLOP Project

• This research project will explore the best ways
  to structure an e-learning program on the topic
  of domestic violence so that the advantages of
  e-learning are maximised and the disadvantages
  are minimised.

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Violence Sector Model of Communication and
Implementation
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Acknowledgements

• Department of Further Education Employment
  Science Technology
• CPD Biz Consulting
• Jill Gael Melinda Mayne
• Steering Committee
• Gayle Peak, Fiona Mort, Libby Hicks-Maitland,
  Steve Golding

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